An Extended Adirondack Shelter ( The Wayland Shed )

[bushcraftkid2001]

That's great. You could manufacture & market those....

I agree! Maybe you should send the design off to DD hammocks!

 

[bilmo-p5]

Excellent stuff!

 

[bopdude]

I like that idea a lot, gives a lot of flexibility for different conditions, may have to 'borrow' the design, if I may

 

[Clouston98]

Great idea mate!

 

[Wayland]

Never been one for making money out of simple ideas. Consider it public domain.

Making it out of more expensive materials would seem to defeat the object to me. The Poly material sheds snow well, is cheap and potentially disposable.

If I was making a more permanent reusable shelter I would go for a proper Baker Tent but that would be more complex to make and cost a lot more.

 

[John Fenna]

That is a great budget shelter!
I like the way your brain works!

 

[Jared]

It is a nice design.

I think it should be possible to use a hot air gun to weld overlapping seams together. Might make it less reliant on tape in colder temps.

Edit: Only reference can find welding poly tarps...

http://www.dragishak.com/dome/dome.html

 

[Wayland]

Hmm.. That's an interesting option, I hadn't thought of that.

I may have to experiment with that idea.

 

[bopdude]

Or make it out of one bigger tarp and dress up the cut edges, add grommets / ties

 

[TinkyPete]

Thank for putting it up Gary, nice idea and easy to do with a poly tarp, you have now got me making paper models to work some new styles for my tarps with all there different sizes. It is always fun to try and figure things out before hand but I do find that when I get into the woods trees do dictate what type of shelter I will put up

 

[Wayland]

Yep. Amazing how useful a bit of paper can be.

 

[bilmo-p5]

... you have now got me making paper models to work some new styles for my tarps with all there different sizes.

+1 for playing with bits of paper, but beware of 'structural folds', for want of a better expression, there are things which look ok in paper but which don't work when executed in cloth.

I like the Adirondack Wind Shed. It's one of 3 pitches that I use regularly, and Gary's mod has triggered other ideas. I think I might well be taking a light 1.5m square sheet with me next time out.

 

[Midnitehound]

Having made several paper cuts outs of Wayland's plan I've found it gets quite interesting when you start adding them together.

Update: Just ordered 2x new 18'x12' Green tarps for £6 each delivered! I'm going to have a go at making a double version using two nets.

 

[Chris the Cat]

Interesting stuff Wayland, thanks for posting.
Its been a while man, hope you are well.
Merry Yule!

Best.

C.

 

[Wayland]

God Jul Chris.

We are both well apart from a slight cold.

Keeping busy but not getting out enough.

Hope things are good for you too.

 

[Quixoticgeek]

Interesting design. I wonder how well the amount of flat surface will cope with heavy snow fall. Keep us posted on how well it copes in the snow!

J

 

[Wayland]

Obviously the flat sections are an issue. In practice, dropping the front flap a bit lessens the problem but there is still a flat section (Labelled Roof.) that is a risk point.

It coped well in the rain, tending to shed over the front side wall but with snow there would be a need to brush snow off from time to time, which tends to be part of my camp routine anyway.

The biggest risk is overnight of course. Time will tell...