Nancy Today: Crystal palace birth 2 Teepee building

[Rhinoch8]

Wow i think you use too thick poles. They are dead wood, might be rotten and be weakened. You should take saplins half thinner imo.

[NancyToday]

@Rhinoch8 What kind of trees do you use?

[Rhinoch8]

@NancyToday In my country (switzerland) there are lots of thick beech natural coppice in the forest, between the spruces. There are a lot of beech poles simply growing in competition to each other (that makes them very long for their width). They are long, robust, flexible, and much lighter than those dead spruce timbers. They are my favorite for tepee and yurt making. Spruces are also good for lean to shelters.

[Sharkusaf]

Very nice to see that you manage these large polls quite well. My compliments. A good idea is practice with flowers or bamboe sticks. The trick is to get them all in the same direction and same angel. One opposite or wrong angel and it will stick out. Best is to stat with three and bind them together with wet leather or wet organique rope. It will tighten up when drying.

[NancyToday]

@Sharkusaf thanks for the tip. A pole that sticks out just doesn't cut it!