Tent pole upgrade

 

 

In an effort to make my life easier, I've upgraded my tent poles. A small thing, one might think, but it's the little things in life which bring joy.

In this case, it's that the poles are slightly larger in diameter and that they are evenly cut in half which means they'll fit neatly into my trailer instead of one long pole hanging over the end and a joining short pole.

Of course, this means I need new tent pole joiners and I'll need to chisel out the wood where the joiner goes. After painting the four poles, I got to work.

 

 

In the second picture, you can see where I've measured and marked out the joiner marks. The idea here is that the joined sits flush against the pole, so it's a smooth looking pole and the joiner isn't obvious and the tent lining won't snag on the edges.

Each pole took quite a long time for me to chisel out and rasp back by hand. Having no workshop and limited tools, meant the job was slower than it needed to be, but the entire project was finished in a day.