[MR] covering the plastic tent

[Arthur Donadio]

A word of caution to all those trying to retrofit a modern dayshade.  There 
is a reason Wal Mart can sell those things so cheaply.  They are engineered 
(if they are engineered at all) to bear the weight of nylon or plastic.  The 
frame may need to be augmented and a system of ropes and stakes added in 
order to take a canvas load.  This is particularly true when the canvas gets 
wet.  When the canvas gets wet and you get a little wind from the side, the 
tent collapses.  Take it from one who has tried to convert every conceivable 
modern tent/shade into a more period shelter.  Just be careful.  There are 
few things less fun than trying to hang on to the roof of an EZ Up in one of 
those big storms at Pennsic.
Cuan


>From: Michelle -TJ- King <dona_violante at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: mbrunzie at yahoo.com
>To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
>Subject: Re: [MR] covering the plastic tent
>Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 10:26:13 -0700 (PDT)
>
>My lord and I have come up our own solution to replace
>our nylon tent.  We bought a cheap 11 x 12 dayshade
>from Walmart, and I'm currently in the process of
>cutting apart the plastic roof and sides.  These will
>become the pattern from which I cut a new canvas roof
>and walls.  Without the walls it's a dayshade; with
>the walls we can sleep in it.  Yes, this does require
>$$ to buy the canvas and a sewing machine which will
>sew through canvas, but it's still much cheaper - and
>easier to transport! - than Miguel's 20 x 20 pavilion.
>
>Cheers,
>Violante
>Azure, in saltire five towers within a bordure, argent
>Chatelaine, Shire of Roxbury Mill
>
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