Group weaving. Hammock work is often social and sometimes is combined with meetings. Was this meeting or a social gathering?
Visitor tying off hammock. Ryoo from South Korea was part of our visitor program. Besides mastering hammock making in his short time here he participated enthusiastically in many community activities, notably singing groups.
Outdoor hammock weaving is a common activity here though not too often in midwinter. Perhaps it was a sunny day. Or maybe Anja was shivering and laughing.
Ted runs molder. Planer molder is used to cut stretcher blanks down to finished dimensions with nice smooth bevelled edges.
Shal does R & D. A fair amount of Research & Development work goes into keeping the hammocks business viable. Shal has maintained a long term commitment to that sort of work.
Hammock stretchers. We have a very well equipped industrial woodworking shop. The hammock spreaders were drilled and sanded there and are waiting for the final oiling step.
Drum sanding. Matt is using an inflatable power sander to smooth off sides and ends of a hammock stretcher after it was drilled.
Dressed for hammock trade show. The hardest part: someone has to sell the darn things. Pax is dressed in the correct outfit for the important annual Chicago hammock wholesale tradeshow.
Hammock hanging kit making. A pleasant day makes for easygoing hardware kit assembly and packaging on the Emerald City dock. Kristen, Jane and Woty at work.
Our kids participate in appropriate work. Imani helps out, as our other kids often do, with the hardware kit making effort.
Grommetting machine. Fabric beds are visible in lower foreground, grommets already fitted.
Grommetting. Thomas applies grommets to a "Fiesta" model fabric hammock. Listening to music is a common part of solo work of this type.
Gang drill. With this modern machine we can drill all 22 holes at a time on a large hammock stretcher.
Micro-size hammock jig. This is not a photo manipulation. Someone actually made this tiny jig and matching shuttles, just for the fun of it.
