My first stab at a mid' turned out ok. This website was invaluable for info on it, so i thought i'd pass this on. THANKS!!
I used khaki 1.6 silpoly at 58" wide from ripstop by the roll. 12yds was plenty with extra left for practicing with it by making stuff sacks for the tent and stakes. The stove jack is from bear paw. I also ordered a 7' zipper and some webbing/slide locks from RBTR. Total cost was about $110 in materials and it weighs around 2.6 lbs according to my digital bathroom scale. It's about 9.5'x9.5' floor plan and 6'10" tall. I still have to sew on guy out points on all the seams and beef up the peak somehow.
The current center pole is a trekking pole stood up on a piece of conduit. It's pretty jenky but I'll figure that out later. I put double sliders on the zipper so i can use the upper one for a vent in conjunction with the stove jack minus the stove for venting. Hopefully the dry heat from the stove will help with condensation when i use it (hopefully). Some of the seams are pretty ugly but they seem solid in the stiff wyoming breeze.
Biggest PITA for me was the zipper by far. A zipper presser foot seems pretty essential for this process. I used a chalk line to make cuts and a good pair of scissors. The stove jack was the standard size tapered and it was well made but pretty heavy and had no trim edge around the heat resistant fabric so it gummed up my wimpy sewing machine very quickly and resulted in ugly seams unfortunately. Lots of silicone later it seems solid tho. Pretty happy with it!
I used khaki 1.6 silpoly at 58" wide from ripstop by the roll. 12yds was plenty with extra left for practicing with it by making stuff sacks for the tent and stakes. The stove jack is from bear paw. I also ordered a 7' zipper and some webbing/slide locks from RBTR. Total cost was about $110 in materials and it weighs around 2.6 lbs according to my digital bathroom scale. It's about 9.5'x9.5' floor plan and 6'10" tall. I still have to sew on guy out points on all the seams and beef up the peak somehow.
The current center pole is a trekking pole stood up on a piece of conduit. It's pretty jenky but I'll figure that out later. I put double sliders on the zipper so i can use the upper one for a vent in conjunction with the stove jack minus the stove for venting. Hopefully the dry heat from the stove will help with condensation when i use it (hopefully). Some of the seams are pretty ugly but they seem solid in the stiff wyoming breeze.
Biggest PITA for me was the zipper by far. A zipper presser foot seems pretty essential for this process. I used a chalk line to make cuts and a good pair of scissors. The stove jack was the standard size tapered and it was well made but pretty heavy and had no trim edge around the heat resistant fabric so it gummed up my wimpy sewing machine very quickly and resulted in ugly seams unfortunately. Lots of silicone later it seems solid tho. Pretty happy with it!
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