Building a Teepee

[Trichocereus Panza]

Anyone ever tried this? We wanna set one up to use in the woods all summer, have a fire inside and have some trips. :)

We've got some strong bamboo for the poles. Mostly I need to know what kind of fabric to use that would be water and fire resistant, and where to get it for cheap...:confused:

[BobBong]

Isn't that how the native american dude died in his house?

He drown in his Teepee!

[Bong30]

Trich,
Sounds super cool just a web search away from a killer design im sure.

you could go all tech with faberic, but i bet you find Natural is the way to go.

hemp teepee.... cool...it catches on fire and your too stoned to care....lol

[JunkYard]

I used to build them all the time. Mine were temporary, though. As in, for a weekend campout, so I just used blankets, lol! Try some water resistant canvas, or maybe even tarps...ugly I know, but they will work!

[bedake]

Oh oh oh oh, you can get some nice water resistant stuff from civil war suttlery shop... you prolly dont have any near by unless you live by a battle site but you can get em off the net! Great idea man sounds like a fun time!

Anyways http://www.fcsutler.com/fccanvas.asp You could prolly buy that and then perhaps sew them together if need be to make a teepee. I use a tent like that for when i do civil war reenacting and Its pretty nice.



EDIT that might be too expensive for you... um then you can just find some high quality tarp somewhere, if its not water proofed spray some polyurethane on it, i dunno if that would work but mabye

[the image reaper]

I did a web search a few years ago for tipis, and came across a company that makes them, and surprisingly affordable ... just go Googling ... :smokin:

[benagain]

We made a bigass one in boy scouts. slept like 5 people with a fire in the middle. It was awesome, but a pain to put together.

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come to the rainbow gathering in colorado this june/july and see 100's of tipi's in varying styles and sizes...

[Trichocereus Panza]

^^where/when/which one is that? it's a festival right?

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