Yep, my RUclips algorithm made a good selection here! Distributed tension is your objective so you want your second ties to go directly to the black line as far away from the anchors as possible at about the midpoint of the black line between anchors and then work back towards them. Hope this helps!
@@scuzzjumper Thanks for the comment and help! I’ve actually started another “test net” since shooting this video and did exactly as you have suggested. The new one I am making is a triangle. I ran my first strings from an anchor into the middle of one of the opposite perimeter sides. This pulled in a lot and then I halved the distance and did it again. Confusing to explain but it is basically what you said. As I have gone a bit more with the weaving the center (the first lines) have still gotten a bit loose but it’s better than before. I am thinking that maybe I should tie off my first lines so that I can untie them and tighten them as I work. We shall see how things progress… but that’s the fun in testing/learning. Thanks again for the help!
Your problem of the strings becoming looser as you add more strings reminds me of how guitar strings will need to be tuned in multiple passes, because tightening one string alleviates some of the force on the other strings, meaning that they become looser. As someone who has never made a tree net, but who has tightened guitar strings, I would say that it is normal that the initial strings become loose as you add more.
Yep, my RUclips algorithm made a good selection here!
Distributed tension is your objective so you want your second ties to go directly to the black line as far away from the anchors as possible at about the midpoint of the black line between anchors and then work back towards them.
Hope this helps!
@@scuzzjumper Thanks for the comment and help!
I’ve actually started another “test net” since shooting this video and did exactly as you have suggested.
The new one I am making is a triangle. I ran my first strings from an anchor into the middle of one of the opposite perimeter sides. This pulled in a lot and then I halved the distance and did it again. Confusing to explain but it is basically what you said.
As I have gone a bit more with the weaving the center (the first lines) have still gotten a bit loose but it’s better than before.
I am thinking that maybe I should tie off my first lines so that I can untie them and tighten them as I work.
We shall see how things progress… but that’s the fun in testing/learning. Thanks again for the help!
Your problem of the strings becoming looser as you add more strings reminds me of how guitar strings will need to be tuned in multiple passes, because tightening one string alleviates some of the force on the other strings, meaning that they become looser. As someone who has never made a tree net, but who has tightened guitar strings, I would say that it is normal that the initial strings become loose as you add more.
@@haydenhoes Good comparison… and I think you are right. So… maybe I should contemplate how to be able to “tune” the first string again. 🙂