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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
By:frankp
Date: 5/19/2011, 2:13 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs? (Bill Hamm)

: You don't sit on your tent, if you do the poles all fold up into
: strange shapes. Not all that strong, designed to take wind
: loading, not point loading like a kayak. You do sit on your
: kayak :)

: I also don't see the point, Tom's folders fold up pretty small,
: what would be the point of smaller diameter tubes ?

: Bill H.
Actually, the point would simply be weight. My buddy needs to carry this on a plane and every trip he's "packed to the gills" trying to get his retirement home set up. Sorry about the really long response time. Thanks for the feedback, Bill. I think the designs, with some "snap in" points at the station would be up to holding the point loading. The reason tent poles bend funny is they don't have any "hard points" to push against so they just stretch tent fabric out of place. I may be wrong. I'm thinking I'll buy some to test it all out. A sub 25 pound folder would be pretty damn cool, I think.

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Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
frankp -- 4/5/2011, 12:20 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
Tom Yost -- 4/5/2011, 4:33 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
frankp -- 4/5/2011, 8:26 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
Bill Hamm -- 4/6/2011, 12:55 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
frankp -- 5/19/2011, 2:13 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
Charlie -- 5/19/2011, 5:59 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
David Bynoe -- 5/20/2011, 12:01 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
frankp -- 5/24/2011, 8:17 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
Bill Hamm -- 5/25/2011, 1:55 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
Bill Hamm -- 5/19/2011, 8:59 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
Brian Nystrom -- 5/20/2011, 6:46 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
Mike Bielski -- 5/20/2011, 7:38 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
frankp -- 5/24/2011, 8:20 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
Bill Hamm -- 5/25/2011, 1:49 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
frankp -- 5/25/2011, 10:01 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
Carlos Martinez -- 5/21/2011, 11:33 am