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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs?
By:frankp
Date: 4/5/2011, 8:26 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tent pole designs? (Tom Yost)

: My folding aluminum frame tubes are shock corded together. Perhaps
: I'm not understanding your question ?

: http://yostwerks.com/SonnetShockCords.html - Sonnet Shock Cords

: That seems like a pretty small diameter.

: Tom
Tom,

Thanks for the information. I didn't realize your tubes were shock corded together like that. The 9.5mm is just a shade less than 1/3 of an inch so they are fairly thin. I have supported my weight on a tent using the same diameter poles, though, so I was thinking it would be a very light way to do one of your designs.

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