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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
By:frankp
Date: 5/24/2011, 8:20 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs? (Mike Bielski)

: Redesigning the wheel is often an exercise in futility. Some people
: enjoy the challenge of futility, though.

: Personally-I'd say that since the name describes the use, maybe
: tent poles are best used for the purpose they're designed.

: m
Not to be rude, but "tent poles" are used for all sorts of things other than tents. I simply called them that because I was thinking specifically of sections shock-corded together. These things have a pretty high tensile strength and, depending upon whether you chose fiberglass or aluminum you wouldn't have the same "crimping" issues. Like I said, I'd like to test this but it probably won't be any time soon.
FrankP

Messages In This Thread

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