Twodogs Canvas Tent project

[Twodogs]

I found out to my horror that i will never own my cabin in the wood ..........

So a plan was hatched to build a canvas tent in the style of the old explorers ..

Dave Woods up at Military Mart has helped with the tent and other bits very helpful bloke ........Cheers Dave .

A Swedish army medical tent with a big wood burner ,,,ideal

Right then to be honest I brought the tent a few weeks back but due to making " Twodogs " this is the first weekend I have had the chance so its going up whatever the weather..

Pallets on a ground sheet ,,dont panic i intend to level them out ,,,



The tent bag is dated 1964 ....older than me ....just



The Tent canvas is dated 1973 ,,fantastic condition and very well made



Did I mention heavy ...



This box came with the tent .



Full of good stuff ,,Not the coffee K9 !!!



Anyone know what these are for ?



All the guys had the fittings spliced on ,,,nice touch



Stove jack fitted



And its up ,,





One wet but happy Twodogs



Next up will be leveling the pallets and fitting a slab to put the stove and reflector on ..


Right as I said at the start I want to give it an old school expedition look so I contaced Dave Woods up at Military Mart and brought some Swedish army pallet sides .



Much work later I have loads of wood with character to line the floor and sides ..



So when its done wood burner on the go , candles going ....wooden table ...

I will update as and when

Twodogs

 

[bilmo-p5]

Very nice, Cliff.

The doofry that looks like a big'Y' is a hook which fits on a vertical pole.Weight on the long end pulls the hook against the pole whilst pushing the'U' shape against it. It jams like that.
The curly loopy hook thigies look like they are ridge pole hooks; the loopy end goes over the ridge pole and you can hang stuff on the hook end. I used to make similar hooks from wire tent pegs to hang lanterns in the Icelandic.
Just seen the rest of the pics... The 'Y' shaped hook thigies are to set up a shelf or 2.

 

[neilwragg]

Housewarming party?


Handcrafted bags and kit upcycled from leather, canvas and even rubber at http://www.ragsto.com

 

[Twodogs]

Arrr I see it now ,,Thanks Ian

 

[Mesquite]

That looks really good Cliff... a real home from home and especially handy when the wife gets angry with you

 

[Twodogs]

Forgot to mention it came with Tors hammer

 

[Dave]

Fantastic. I just logged onto look at one of your other tent mods, and this new one appears!

 

[Twodogs]

I do like Tents Dave ...lol

 

[Nic Le Becheur]

Just when you think you've seen it all, some genius comes up with a tent that has wood panelling :-D

 

[Man of Tanith]

That looks magnificent cliff

 

[Twodogs]

Cheers Guys ...

Looking forward to working on it ..

Twodogs

 

[richardhomer]

Fantastic Cliff. I can not wait too see it all Finished, Don't forget my invite for the house warming party !

 

[Twodogs]

Your Welcome over when its done mate

 

[copper_head]

That's a man cave to be proud of, very nice

 

[forginhill]

A proper getaway! Set up a workbench inside and some lighting....every man needs a place like that.

 

[bilmo-p5]

Will all this fit in the G-wagen?

 

[Imagedude]

Looking good so far. Be careful to keep the skirts out of the wet med/grass. I think all the more recent UK tents have plastic skirts to avoid the damp/mildew problems...

 

[Twodogs]

Good point i will try to get them off the grass and mud ..

 

[DogRose]

Nice tent! Love the cladding idea Good luck with the project.

 

[Twodogs]

THE STOVE

Today was playing with the stove day ..

The stove that came with the tent was new old stock ,,,nice layer of protective grease ..

Its a lot bigger the the wildo and very solid



With the stove pipe sections came this thing ???



So I start putting the stove pipe up and notice two lugs welded into one of the stove pipe sections ,,,arrrrr thats what it is ,



A spark arrester ,,I did think it was odd in a Scandinavian country not having one



Loads of pipe ,,, Think I may fit some guys though



Fire it up and watch the grease cure onto the stove ,,





Its hard to see in the photo but water is steaming off nicely



Had to be done ,,,,Like the heat reflector behind the stove




Megga hot



Ian you were spot on ,,





Next weekend all been well I will start on the floor

Twodogs