medieval tents
gruvystarchild
"A friend of mine just made a big tent. Big. Like 18' tall in the
center, 7'
side poles, 22 feet long or so. Big."
Wow! I can't believe you posted this Sandra. I just spent yesterday
trying to figure out a single pole construction medieval tent. I
found pretty good instructions online for the straight walled
style....I can do all the wood construction myself, but sewing 54
yards of heavy duty canvas totally overwhelmed me.
I was going to do a hub that fits over the center pole and has spokes
going out to the sidewalls, hence no need for side poles. Very cool
and very period.
I'm still pondering whether to attempt something like this, or just
buy one of those pop up patio things and attach my own canvas to make
it sturdier and more period looking.
I'm also trying to come up with a plan for my hawks mews/weathering
area which takes priority over a tent right now.....but both require
math that I don't have in my brain right now. Time to learn.
:) As Mary says, Life IS good!
I still can't post much because I have to log onto the site first,
CompuServe is still having problems fixing AOL's screwup on my
account, I really miss posting here!! Soon I hope...
Ren
center, 7'
side poles, 22 feet long or so. Big."
Wow! I can't believe you posted this Sandra. I just spent yesterday
trying to figure out a single pole construction medieval tent. I
found pretty good instructions online for the straight walled
style....I can do all the wood construction myself, but sewing 54
yards of heavy duty canvas totally overwhelmed me.
I was going to do a hub that fits over the center pole and has spokes
going out to the sidewalls, hence no need for side poles. Very cool
and very period.
I'm still pondering whether to attempt something like this, or just
buy one of those pop up patio things and attach my own canvas to make
it sturdier and more period looking.
I'm also trying to come up with a plan for my hawks mews/weathering
area which takes priority over a tent right now.....but both require
math that I don't have in my brain right now. Time to learn.
:) As Mary says, Life IS good!
I still can't post much because I have to log onto the site first,
CompuServe is still having problems fixing AOL's screwup on my
account, I really miss posting here!! Soon I hope...
Ren
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In a message dated 8/5/02 8:06:29 AM, starsuncloud@... writes:
<< I
found pretty good instructions online for the straight walled
style....I can do all the wood construction myself, but sewing 54
yards of heavy duty canvas totally overwhelmed me. >>
My friend Mike makes boots, so he has a couple of industrial sewing things.
Not "sewing maching" as seamstresses think of them. Sewing industrial
machinery. <g>
The tents I made were trigger cloth and lighter. (Did you know "Trigger" is
short for "Outrigger"? They had to cut off part of it to fit it in the
alloted space, and so the first two letters fell out and they left it
"trigger.") I did felled seams.
Being NOT in the tornado/hurricane zone, I just use internal ropes, so that
the cloth is over the four corner ropes, and that becomes the angle. I
fasten the ropes into the hanging frame with a separate rope loop. The
frames were put together with wingnuts/bolts. So basically it's a center
pole with a cross-piece or small ring holding the ropes which fasten to the
frame and then to stakes, with cloth around the outside. But they're not
giant. They're arming tents, storage tents, big enough for one single person
or maybe two to sleep.
Sandra
<< I
found pretty good instructions online for the straight walled
style....I can do all the wood construction myself, but sewing 54
yards of heavy duty canvas totally overwhelmed me. >>
My friend Mike makes boots, so he has a couple of industrial sewing things.
Not "sewing maching" as seamstresses think of them. Sewing industrial
machinery. <g>
The tents I made were trigger cloth and lighter. (Did you know "Trigger" is
short for "Outrigger"? They had to cut off part of it to fit it in the
alloted space, and so the first two letters fell out and they left it
"trigger.") I did felled seams.
Being NOT in the tornado/hurricane zone, I just use internal ropes, so that
the cloth is over the four corner ropes, and that becomes the angle. I
fasten the ropes into the hanging frame with a separate rope loop. The
frames were put together with wingnuts/bolts. So basically it's a center
pole with a cross-piece or small ring holding the ropes which fasten to the
frame and then to stakes, with cloth around the outside. But they're not
giant. They're arming tents, storage tents, big enough for one single person
or maybe two to sleep.
Sandra