Sewing a Canvas Tent | DIY Canvas Wall Tent Project

[@gangstajohnny]

huh. intriguing

[@carolseeley7376]

Like your sewing machine looks a lot like mine. I am impressed that it sews such heavy material

[@wamindustries]

Thanks!! It's actually my wife's... It continues to surprise me!

[@dawnamorgan7364]

I wish that you would show how to actually put the canvas tent up. I have not seen a canvas cabin tent in real life and would like to get or make one, but it would be necessary to know how to put it up as a single person doing it. Thank you. I have enjoyed these canvas videos.

[@wamindustries]

Thanks for the feedback!!! Weather permitting I'll work on filming the setup process

[@dawnamorgan7364]

@@wamindustries You are welcome. And Thank you! I will be waiting to see it.

[@jameskleist9176]

that was interesting. 😀👍 I gave you a thumbs up as well. Plus I saw you had some muzzleloaders in your tent. Do you hunt with them? Or do you go to rendezvous to try to out shoot in competition? I have done both myself? In any case, as my Dad use to say shoot straight.

[@wamindustries]

Thanks! I actually do reenacting, so that's the reason... if I remember right on the floor was a Lee Enfield no1 mk3 and a k98k.

[@mauriceupp9381]

As far as the wax goes I just watched a video which I trust and he used 2 lb of wax and two cups of mineral oil melted it together let it cool and applied it with a warm disposable iron and it doesn't crack off and start leaking or cause the fabric to break it stays soft in cold weather as well as hot

[@wamindustries]

Hmm... I've never tried that. Assuming the oil is primarily to act as a carrier? My main concern is making it even more flammable

[@mauriceupp9381]

@@wamindustries it's softens the wax so that it doesn't crack and fall off after it cools and it stays in the cloth flammable is not a problem it was hard to catch fire with Sparks but just like the one you're putting wax in it will burn like a candle wick

[@blossomthymehomestead6176]

How did the paraffin sealed seams work during the storms? Did you have any of those seams at the tent top?

[@wamindustries]

Good question! Our seams that were sealed with the wax didn't leak at all. We didn't add any seams beyond what the canvas came with at the ridge (we added seams for the door which went up to the ridge and the horizontal seams that formed the drip edge that the poles connected into). It held up to a severe wind and rain and it stood strong and kept us and our gear dry. Wind was somewhere between 20 and 30mph.

[@arcadepiano]

i don't get why many tents has no floor properly sew. it's incomplete. bugs gets in.

[@wamindustries]

There are a wide range of ratings not to include the floor, from weight (tent without the floor is over 50 lbs), ease of set up (frame would be a little more difficult to set up), ease of changing out the floor if ans when it wears out.