9ft A Tent Poles

[arlawson]

I need help on how to make my tent poles for my 9x7 A-tent.

Aaron, you need to sign all of your posts with your full name. Also, the content of your posts has tinges of "farbism" in it, in that the majority of members here do "campaign" camping which doesn't entail using tents. Another poster had a good suggestion about contacting the manufactorer. You can also check the Links area here for some other forums that have users that may be able to answer your question. - Mike Chapman

[Clark Badgett]

Re: 9ft A Tent Poles

Is the tent an accurate recreation of a documented common tent? If not then ....

[Vuhginyuh]

Re: 9ft A Tent Poles

Ask the person that made the tent.
I do not know many folks on this forum that use anything other than a shelter, if that at all.

[DougCooper]

Re: 9ft A Tent Poles

I have an authentic common or "A" tent specifically commissioned on the correct dimensions, tabling, sod cloth, sewn grommets, correct weight fabric, etc off of the Army wartime (1864) QM specs, virtually unchanged from pre-war specs.... only thing we can use since no known original survives (all were used up post war out west). I am getting pole directions from James Owens this week - and will forward those to you. If anybody else has photos/diagrams and hints feel free to chime in as well.

Considering that shelter tents did not arrive in the east until May-June 62 and a little later in the west, any early war (pre-summer 62) scenario with shelter tents is as wrong as Zouave rifles.

I am just glad somebody actually offers a correct (as correct as we can know) version of this tent (Yakima). We go nuts producing ultra accurate shelter tents - time to apply as much knowledge to hospital, Sibley, wall tents and tent flys. I do know Chris Daley is working on the correct tent flys and Yakima is making a few of the correct common tents because we asked them to and supplied info from Steve Osman and the QM specs. Yakimas regular A tent is wrong (brass grommets, no sod cloth, etc) and their wall tent is too long, etc. They have produced one tent fly that is accurate for James Owens, but it was a painful process.

[VMI88]

Re: 9ft A Tent Poles

Period photos show hexagonal wooden tent poles, very similar to the poles used in modern GP Medium army tents. [Censored by moderator]

[Censored by moderator] I'd be interested to see Doug's info on how these poles should connect -- [censored by moderator]

Please find out what practice or item is "Correct" before offering such advice. Utilizing modern items that "don't show" violates forum rules against farbism. John Wickett, Forum NCO

[Stonewall_Greyfox]

Re: 9ft A Tent Poles

I have an authentic common or "A" tent specifically commissioned on the correct dimensions, tabling, sod cloth, sewn grommets, correct weight fabric, etc off of the Army wartime (1864) QM specs, virtually unchanged from pre-war specs.... only thing we can use since no known original survives (all were used up post war out west). I am getting pole directions from James Owens this week - and will forward those to you. If anybody else has photos/diagrams and hints feel free to chime in as well....

Could someone elaborate on what is meant by "Tabling".

Thanks,

Paul B.