Where can I buy a miniature folding brace for use with 1/4 inch spur point
standard spiral wood boring bits? Can I further miniaturize the bit and brace
set to perhaps palm size by finding a 1/4 inch hex shank bit and brace to fit
it?

I am installing hammocking hooks into trees in my area.

Six hooks have been installed, two pair on private property, one in a park.
They have been in use and under careful observation for one year now.

Can any of you comment on the probability of killing a tree by screwing in a
screw eye? I see each tree adapt to the insert in a different way and there's
no way I'd want my hammocking or that of others using the same spots to kill a
tree, yet in the long run, it seems the trees do OK.

I don't install a hook pair everywhere I hammock. I carry a 40 foot nylon rope
for routine use. But some spots are special, and if I return frequently, it
seems reasonable to set a hard point, as the climbers say. The rope occupies
the same volume in my pack that the hammock does. My back pack has plenty of
room for both. My waist pack accommodates the hammock only.

Try

ftp://users.aol.com/GPSHammockList or
ftp://users.aol.com/GPS%20Hammock%20List

if you wish.

This is my user ID for sharing GPS coordinates of hammock sites. In the
/incoming directory. It doesn't seem to be working. What do you see from your
internet access point, please?


Yours,

Doug Goncz ( ftp://users.aol.com/DGoncz/ )
Student member SAE for one year.
Loves in my life:
Dona, Jeff, Kim, Mom, Neelix, Tasha, and Teri, alphabetically.
So that is who I spend my time with.