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Shoulder-Pack Tent: One-Piece 8-oz Duck Body, Buttoned Ends and Bent-Sapling Frames (Boy Mechanic, 1919)
J. D. Boylan's shoulder-pack tent from The Boy Mechanic, Book 3 (1919): ground and roof of 8-oz duck in one piece 6 ft wide, buttoned end pieces, and a frame of pliable branches cut at camp, their pointed ends pushed through grommets into the ground. Rolled up, it is a pack with its own shoulder straps.
Intermediate
About 2 days
Instructions
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His layout in centimetres
His layout in centimetres
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Read The Boy Mechanic, Book 3
Read The Boy Mechanic, Book 3
"It is of light weight, easily set up or taken down, and when buttoned closely is practically rain, wind, and bug-proof." Stakes, rope braces and poles are not needed: the supports are cut at camp.
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Cut and sew the main piece
Cut and sew the main piece
Cut the ground section and covering of 8-oz duck in one piece 6 ft wide, joined at the middle as drawn (5 ft 6 in, 4 ft 0 in and 5 ft 6 in along its length). Sew the edges A together, and the edges B, which form the ridge, after the other pieces are joined.
Materials for this step:
Canvas Fabric1 piece
Sewing Thread1 pieceTools needed:
Scissors
Sewing Machine
Sewing Needle
Tape Measure
Pencil4
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Make the ends
Make the ends
Make each end of three pieces: one for the ground (rounded, 1 ft 6 in) and two, divided vertically, for the end covering (2 ft 6 in by 4 ft 6 in on the drawing). Sew them in and fit snap buttons down the divided end (buttonholes, buckles or harness snaps also do).
Materials for this step:
Canvas Fabric1 pieceSewing Thread1 piece
Snap Fastener12 piecesTools needed:
ScissorsSewing MachineSewing Needle5
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Grommets and straps
Grommets and straps
Fit brass grommets where drawn, for the points of the supports. Sew on the shoulder straps C so they are in place when the tent is folded and rolled into a pack.
Materials for this step:
Eyelet8 pieces
Cotton Webbing1 pieceSewing Thread1 pieceTools needed:
HammerSewing Needle6
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Cut the frames and pitch
Cut the frames and pitch
At camp cut pliable branches for the supports D, point their ends E and twist them together at the top; cut a ridge pole F. Lay the canvas flat, put the twisted supports through the grommets, spring them into the ends of the canvas, and spring the ridge pole between the supports.
Materials for this step:
Wooden Pole3 piecesTools needed:
Hand Axe
Leather Knife7
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Pack tent troubleshooting.
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History and honest limits
History and honest limits
From "Homemade Shoulder-Pack Tent" by J. D. Boylan, in **The Boy Mechanic, Book 3**, Popular Mechanics, 1919 (Project Gutenberg 71856; checked on the archive.org scan boymechanic0003unse, p. 131). Panel sizes are read from his drawing; the number of grommets and snaps is ours. The tools and metric figures are ours.
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