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shade-pavilns-msg

shade-pavilns-msg - 7/10/00

Period-like shade pavilions for use in camp or at the tournament field.

NOTE: See also the files: MaMSP-art, pavilions-msg, p-tents-art,
tent-fabrics-msg, tent-dsguises-msg, tent-making-msg, Pavilions-101-art.

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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 08:26:31 PDT
From: elizabeth rose <rosemorta@hotmail.com>
To: sca-arts@raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: Shade Pavillions(rather long)

>Something I saw in Colonial Williamsburg may help you: take 4 long poles,
>lash two together at a time about 1 to 1 & 1/2 foot away from one end.
>Those are your ends. Set them upright, like upside-down vee's (have
>people holding them, of course). Take a fifth pole and set it in the
>short vee's, at the top (okay, now that I'm looking at this, either have
>a tall guy do it or do it earlier). When the fifth pole is lashed, you
>have a framework that you can attach any amount of cloth to.
>-Caro

Here's my version - adapted from a Viking wedge I designed with a friend -
Same idea, more pre construction, but I can set it up alone (and I'm 5'2"):
Materials:
6 1x4's (I used 8 footers because they fit in my car)
2 closet poles(8' by 1" diameter)
2 good sized bolts with 4 washers and 2 wing nuts (I use what I think is a
carriage bolt - square just under the head and round from there down)
Using a 1" spade drill bit, drill holes 6" from one end of all the 1x4's
centered from side to side. Drill holes in the other end of 4 of the boards
to accomadate the bolts.

SET-UP:
Lay the boards out, three to a side, in this order - no hole with 1" hole,
1" hole with small hole, small hole with 1" hole. Match up holes on each
side and put the closet poles in spanning each side and the bolts in, using
washers as spacers. Tie a lashing of some sort to the inner closet pole on
each side where it extends past the boards. Now, walk the "no hole" legs up
until the closet pole is fairly high in the air (at least head height). Take
the lashing, wrap it around the extension of the pole on the ground and pull
back until it comes up to the same height and tie off on center board (I
installed an eye hook for this purpose). It should look like a Z on its
side, with closet poles spanning the structure.Throw the fabric over. We use
this as a sun shade/rain fly and also to disguise our mundane tents.
Hint: I tie the back end of the fabric to the "no hole" ends in case of high
wind and my fabric comes almost to the ground on the sides.

Elisabeta Rosa
mka Liz Rose

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