Festival ASXLIII
For the last couple of years I've been camping in my big viking A-frame tent, 10m long, 5m high, 5m wide, with the four poster canopy bed, heavy floor, cushions, carpets etc.
It normally takes 4-5 people about 1-1.5 hours to pitch, and is absolutely rock solid in the Yass winds.
With the move to the new, damper site, I want to get things lighter, lower, and simpler to pitch.
I was flitting around and found this (click here for the site):
See in the middle, behind the mansion, there is a double hub and spoke with a reduced width joiner?
After a little bit of thought I came up with the following model for the tent, designed to take best advantage of the fabric I have available, in my colours. It's about 16m long.
In the original painting it looks like there is about 16 panels (reduced to 12 for the joining section). Between the hubs I intend to use a horizontal pole to spread the uprights (positioned 8' from the ground), with spreaders to the sides to keep the walls out.
Things I have not figured out yet:
How to seam the pockets for the spokes into the roof.
How to tub and seal a floor out of the more expensive awning canvas, and tie it up to the walls (double ring and strap?).
Flappy bit to hang from the roof, over the walls, to make a clear watershed.
How to work into trenches with the floor (reduced floor and extension straps?).
Points to watch for economy:
Sales at the canvas disposals.
Wedge arrangement into the canvas.
Using second hand hardwood to manufacture the spokes. Cheaper, harder, better than anything else.
Forging out my own tent spikes for grip (spiraled square stock).
For the furniture, this tent lends itself to Not having a four poster, even though it appears tobe the more period thing to do (conspicuous consumption, etc.), as it will be able to hang a canopy no problems.
I'd like to have:
A simple low queen size bed (maybe modeled on that stabby picture...No I can't remember which one it is).
Chests for chairs and storage of clothes and armour etc (probably use reclaimed glass packing crate timber).
Carpets (already have).
Cushions (already have).
Table (already have).
Showering/Bathing?
Cooking (not if there's a catered kitchen)?
It normally takes 4-5 people about 1-1.5 hours to pitch, and is absolutely rock solid in the Yass winds.
With the move to the new, damper site, I want to get things lighter, lower, and simpler to pitch.
I was flitting around and found this (click here for the site):
See in the middle, behind the mansion, there is a double hub and spoke with a reduced width joiner?
After a little bit of thought I came up with the following model for the tent, designed to take best advantage of the fabric I have available, in my colours. It's about 16m long.
In the original painting it looks like there is about 16 panels (reduced to 12 for the joining section). Between the hubs I intend to use a horizontal pole to spread the uprights (positioned 8' from the ground), with spreaders to the sides to keep the walls out.
Things I have not figured out yet:
How to seam the pockets for the spokes into the roof.
How to tub and seal a floor out of the more expensive awning canvas, and tie it up to the walls (double ring and strap?).
Flappy bit to hang from the roof, over the walls, to make a clear watershed.
How to work into trenches with the floor (reduced floor and extension straps?).
Points to watch for economy:
Sales at the canvas disposals.
Wedge arrangement into the canvas.
Using second hand hardwood to manufacture the spokes. Cheaper, harder, better than anything else.
Forging out my own tent spikes for grip (spiraled square stock).
For the furniture, this tent lends itself to Not having a four poster, even though it appears tobe the more period thing to do (conspicuous consumption, etc.), as it will be able to hang a canopy no problems.
I'd like to have:
A simple low queen size bed (maybe modeled on that stabby picture...No I can't remember which one it is).
Chests for chairs and storage of clothes and armour etc (probably use reclaimed glass packing crate timber).
Carpets (already have).
Cushions (already have).
Table (already have).
Showering/Bathing?
Cooking (not if there's a catered kitchen)?
Labels: Festival ASXLIII, Festival Tent, SCA
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