How did he do it?!!

[mrsbrown]

maxlu179 posted pictures this evening of his new tent. It's a lot like the soldiers tent we made for my children a few years ago, but his seems to be more taut than ours. Also, a bit bigger, which is sensible.

Also, as sjkasabi predicted a while ago, the next step in tent making is to sew it by hand. I think he did.

Here are the pictures I have of the soldier's tents.

Comments

[doushkasmum.livejournal.com]

I think he has a ridge pole. Note the absence of spikes at the corners. His canvas is also new, give it a couple of years to stretch 8-> But a ridge pole would make a big difference to the shape. Hand sewing tents may well be the next step, yes. Who in this circle of RSI afflicted people do you nominate? 8->

[omnot.livejournal.com]

Indeed that is a very sleek tent.

I interpret the little protrusion at the top end of the tent as encasing the end of a substantial ridge pole. Then I imagine the uprights slotting in to the ridge pole somehow, making the internal structure look something like "π".

[omnot.livejournal.com]

Dagnabbit! Arial is the wrong font face for what I'm trying to describe. Capital Pi better illustrates what I mean when imagined in a font with serifs.

[doushkasmum.livejournal.com]

Yep, wot I think too.