Do-It-Yourself A-Frame Tent an easy guide
YOU ’LL NEED:
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4-foot long 1” dowels
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4-foot long 1” by 2” boards
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insert nuts
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yards of fabric
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2 .5” hex bolts
YOU 'LL ALSO NEED: a drill, a hex wrench, and a sewing machine.
INSTRUCTIONS:
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Drill holes in each end of the dowels so that the insert nuts will fit snugly.
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Hammer the insert nuts into each end of the dowels.
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Now drill holes for the hex bolts into the boards:
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A . For two of the boards, drill a hole all the way through that is 1” from both ends. B. For the remaining four boards, drill a hole 4.5” from one of the ends and 1” from the other end. Attach two of the boards from 3B to either end of one dowel using the hex bolt (the side with the hole 4.5” from the end will be on top) Open the boards (from step 4) up to make an A shape.
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Place the boards from 3A across the bottom of the A shape.
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Use the two remaining dowels to connect the bottom points of the A shape, then attach them with a hex bolt at each end.
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Cut the fabric into a 56” by 95” rectangle
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Hem the long edges, an hem the short edges with a 3” hem (this includes space for the bottom dowls to slide through) Place the tarp on the frame by draping it over the top dowel, then unscrewing the hex bolts at the bottom corners of the frame. Slip the dowels through the pockets sewn in step 9, then reattach the hex bolts.
Voila!
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