Comments on: Thoughts on a $35 Yurt

By: Wenyeva atte grene

Wenyeva atte grene — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:06:28 +0000

Thank you for the information.

By: DirtyMary

DirtyMary — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:48:42 +0000

The $35.00 was with no Canadian tire money. This gave you a tarp covers. If you wanted Canvas, I’d add another $40-50.cdn to buy two 8×12 painters drop cloths. You may not have a Canadian tire, but you might have a local hardware/general store that has decent sales. The 8 foot cloths have a center seem down the middle. These can be picked apart to get two peices of tarp that equal 4×24feet long. Enough to do the entire sidewall. The roof is one solid tarp carefully laid on the frame to make a cone. Make one cut up the cone then lay the excess over the first layer. leaving a seam allowance, cut off the left over canvas.

By: William of Greenlee

William of Greenlee — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:45:36 +0000

something like that would be ideal for demos… minus the harem. Although that would be quite a demo too..
I was thinking about something like that many moons ago before they built the current clinton castle. Something that would be siege able, but could be disassembled and taken away so noone could vandalize it. Maybe we’ll brainstorm it at clinton over rum.

By: DirtyMary

DirtyMary — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:40:19 +0000

$60 and you’d get a modular system that would wingnut together. I’d have to do a drawing design to figure out exact size, but it could be big enough to have a number of fighters behind it. Possibly a raised archers platform could be worked. Archery slots yes, murder holes no. You get to dig the dugeon yourself. The Haraam room would be a simple beduoin style tent out of tarps. Haraam girls cost extra. I am serious, you could build a usable breakdownable castle for very little. Ask people for house paint (white… then add carbon black to get greys) to paint the rockwork. Used skids are fairly easy to scavange. I can get skinply for free/very little. The biggest cost would be carriage bolts and wing nuts.

By: William of Greenlee

William of Greenlee — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:50:56 +0000

okay, 60 bucks, but we want murder holes for boiling oil, and a dungeon. Oh, and Finleach and his man at arms want a harem.

although, there is something to be said for a portable siegeable castle.. hmmm…

recruit? who?

By: Wenyeva atte grene

Wenyeva atte grene — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:51:08 +0000

So… how much would it have been without the Canadian Tire money? Down here in the states we don’t really have an equivalent… that I know of.

By: DirtyMary

DirtyMary — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:24:59 +0000

Hey Coill Mhor, I was just talking about you guys to a possible new recruit up there. I need more info on what requirements you have in a castle. Portable, wall and battlements (like Clinton outer wall), Inner platform, weight limits, breakdown wall sizes (truck bed?. In otherwords, Yes I can build a castle for $50, but it might be a dinky little thang.

By: William of Greenlee

William of Greenlee — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:58:41 +0000

Coill Mhor wants to know if you can build us a castle. we have 50 bucks.

By: DirtyMary

DirtyMary — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:45:03 +0000

Hey Dr. Carus, I too don’t really mind not standing up in the yurt. The problem with using lathe for the roof beams, is its only ~1/4″ thick. With a roof beam over 4′ long there would be way to much flex. It works really well for the walls as its all lashed together it diamond shapes. Triangular shapes have a lot of strength, long thin slats…not so much. Longer roof beams would mean the collapsed size would be longer than 4′ making transport in a hatchback much more difficult. Comprimised height for size and cost.

By: Dr. Carus

Dr. Carus — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:32:17 +0000

Nyaah, nyaah, my shelter’s smaller than your shelter!

Indeed, I find, for most needs, that sitting up is sufficient.

But if you _must_ stand, I’d think that longer wall laths would suffice; or, longer roof beams (do they really need to be so much heavier lumber than the wall laths?), that would make a steeper pitch, and a place to stand at dead centre.