Fwd: TENT - Re: new to tent making

[joesilas@writeme.com]

 ---- Stephen wrote: 
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>Can you please clarify what you mean by "lopsided wagon wheel"? If 

Sure.. I'm refering to a single center pole design.  The center pole has a hub just above head height, and spokes that radiate out from the hub to the shoulder of the tent.

the hole arangement looks like a single wagon wheel and axle rotated 90 degrees and planted in the ground, or like the spines of an umberella.  

> you are referring to the wooden framed internal support structure, 
> there is no historical accuracy to it.

I saw a picture on the web that claimed to be a  reconstruction in a Swiss museum of a 15th century design.  It used this structure, but you can't see where the rim would be, assumeing it's there.

> Also would such a design require a rim hoop, or could it be done correctly without it? 
> > 
> > Would guy lines be necessary?
> 
> Other than yurts (and other similar tents) most tents were simply 
> held up by the action of the main pole(s), the material and the guy 
> ropes and pegs. The use of internal support structures are 
> un-necessary.

OK.. wouldn't that require an enormous amount of ground space to support a reasonably large tent?  What about the many period images of pavilions with no guy lines?  I was thinking that a rigid internal support would allow iether internal guy lines or no guy lines with the seems between the panels serving that function?  

I desperately want to avoid side poles of any kind. 

And that kind of brings up another question.  Did period tent makers piece thier tents together from narrow strips of fabric as we are typically forced to, or did the just weave enormous pieces of fabric?

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