Post by Geist3 on Mar 25, 2007 22:59:19 GMT 1
How to make a teepee
This pic is of a full size teepee.
Teepees are good because you can have a fire in them, wind from the bottom of the tent or the door carries the smoke out through smoke flaps. Only a small fire is needed to keep the occupants warm. The downside is a teepee uses allot more poles than a tent, making it difficult transport. You can buy them at
www.albioncanvas.co.uk/c2287/Tipis.html
But they cost over £500 for the smallest one, and really you want at least 10ft, preferably 12ft+ if your going to have a fire and visitors.
You can make them yourselft. Below are the instructions to make a small simple teepee you could probably fit a dog in or something. This was a practice before considering making a full size teepee, which requires 12 15ft poles, allot more material, sprays and allot of sowing. So heres a proof of concept kind of teepee you can make. Links to instructions for a full-on teepee at the bottom of the page.
This is what the finished item looked like.
This one has smoke flaps and some extra stitching and a door, but in hindsight, for having a go I could have left them off. So I left these items out of the instructions for simplicities sake. They can be added on at any point and instructions are on the linked to pages.
stuff needed
material 5ftx10ft (£3 army surplus tablecloth)
wood 3x3meter planks (£2.10 from hardware store)
string
tape measure
scissors
safety pins
Cut out a semicircle in the cloth as large as you can.
Measure the radius and remember as distance X.
Measure distance X on the 3 planks from one end and mark.
Tie planks together at that mark and erect the teepee as a tripod, the planks should be evenly spread out as if on a circle with diameter X.
Wrap the semicircle sheet around the tripod and do up the entrance with safety pins. Thats the basic thing, and the instructions for a full one are very similar.
To make a better teepee,
use waterproofing and fire retardent spray if needed
Add smoke flaps, requires needle and thread
Hem sides and add cord at the bottom, requires a sowing machine
Strengthen parts that may wear
Make three times bigger
Add door
Replace safety pins with pegs
You can make a real one by following the instructions on this site
www.manataka.org/page186.html
(These instructions were based on, modified to use less materials)
Heres another good set of instructions
www.inquiry.net/outdoor/shelter/tepee.htm
This pic is of a full size teepee.
Teepees are good because you can have a fire in them, wind from the bottom of the tent or the door carries the smoke out through smoke flaps. Only a small fire is needed to keep the occupants warm. The downside is a teepee uses allot more poles than a tent, making it difficult transport. You can buy them at
www.albioncanvas.co.uk/c2287/Tipis.html
But they cost over £500 for the smallest one, and really you want at least 10ft, preferably 12ft+ if your going to have a fire and visitors.
You can make them yourselft. Below are the instructions to make a small simple teepee you could probably fit a dog in or something. This was a practice before considering making a full size teepee, which requires 12 15ft poles, allot more material, sprays and allot of sowing. So heres a proof of concept kind of teepee you can make. Links to instructions for a full-on teepee at the bottom of the page.
This is what the finished item looked like.
This one has smoke flaps and some extra stitching and a door, but in hindsight, for having a go I could have left them off. So I left these items out of the instructions for simplicities sake. They can be added on at any point and instructions are on the linked to pages.
stuff needed
material 5ftx10ft (£3 army surplus tablecloth)
wood 3x3meter planks (£2.10 from hardware store)
string
tape measure
scissors
safety pins
Cut out a semicircle in the cloth as large as you can.
Measure the radius and remember as distance X.
Measure distance X on the 3 planks from one end and mark.
Tie planks together at that mark and erect the teepee as a tripod, the planks should be evenly spread out as if on a circle with diameter X.
Wrap the semicircle sheet around the tripod and do up the entrance with safety pins. Thats the basic thing, and the instructions for a full one are very similar.
To make a better teepee,
use waterproofing and fire retardent spray if needed
Add smoke flaps, requires needle and thread
Hem sides and add cord at the bottom, requires a sowing machine
Strengthen parts that may wear
Make three times bigger
Add door
Replace safety pins with pegs
You can make a real one by following the instructions on this site
www.manataka.org/page186.html
(These instructions were based on, modified to use less materials)
Heres another good set of instructions
www.inquiry.net/outdoor/shelter/tepee.htm