HOW TO MAKE WOODEN TENT POLES | DIY CAMPING PROJECT
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2022
- This video shows the process of how to make wooden tent poles which was used to make poles for a wall tent. Joe wanted tent poles that could break down into two pieces for easy storage and transport. This is a great DIY project if you've been looking to make some wooden tent poles.
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Cool. Thanks for making this video. If using that slanted cut design, a good way to ensure fit between the two ends is to use your scrap tiny piece and trace it on the mating dowel end before you cut. No biggie. I am sure in the end, everything will match up.
Interesting. A couple changes I'd might make: A longer coupler. Instead of the slant design, straight cut, but I would glue/epoxy/adhere hook & loop/velcro to the two ends for a little extra stick. But as an alternative, you could install a little screw on one (affixed with some Titebond III or the like into one pole) and just screw the other end in. With the combo of a longer coupler and the end screw, it should be quite rigid.
Question with first some context: My understanding is that wood and copper have rather different expansion and contraction properties--will there be problems if these go from say extreme, dry cold to warm and very humid or the like? When the copper gets very cold, it will contract significantly more than the wood. When it is very hot and humid out, the wood will swell/expand more than the copper, etc, etc.
Perhaps a bamboo coupler would work better? (The challenge would be finding bamboo that fits both ends well, and you'd probably want to use just Titebond III wood glue to affix it to the one pole, since bamboo easily cracks and splinters when driving nails or screws through the wall). A bamboo coupler will save a little weight and usually cost as well (especially if you can wild harvest bamboo). If you do use bamboo, it needs to be sanded a bit with some rough grit sandpaper in order to help it glue better. There is usually some silica in some of the layers, and that silica acts a bit as a non stick/hard to adhere to, material.
I honestly don’t know much about the scientific properties of the materials. I copied a design I believe was used during the civil war. I would have preferred a longer coupler as well, but I had to go with the longest ones in stock.
Why not take a longer pole and saw it under an angle. The remaining exposed sides should fit perfectly.
That would have worked much better, and if I ever do this again, I will use that method since once cut should be enough and both angled sides would fit together. The hardware store I went to only had the shorter poles though so I had to make it work. Thanks for bringing this up. It’s a very good point.
Definitely gonna try this
Have to wonder why you wouldn't use a 4' dowel rod/pole and make a single angled/slanted cut in the center.
That would’ve been easier, but the store didn’t have any in stock at the time.
What is the reason for making the joint a slanted cut? What benefit does that give you over the factory straight cut?
I based the design off of poles I purchased years ago for a civil war dog tent. I believe the angle provides more surface area for the two poles to make contact with each other in theory making it stronger. I could be wrong, but that’s my theory.
did you ever finish the rifle?
Yes. Hard to find time to edit videos lately. Hoping to get the rest of the rifle videos out soon.
It's good to see Woodglut have new instructions to save my money and energy to build it.
May I ask what the tent is as where you got it? Love the video! I’m subbing to you chanel
Thanks! The tent is possibly an old Boy Scout tent that I found on Facebook marketplace.
@@theoutdoorrealm1658 OK thanks. I found something close to it on eBay last night so I got it ordered. It doesn’t have a stove jack, but I could probably put one in it.