Comments on: Setting up the Yurt http://www.maryostler.com/2009/07/setting-up-the-yurt/ Elizabethan Wood Butcher & Builder of Things Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:01:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: DirtyMary http://www.maryostler.com/2009/07/setting-up-the-yurt/comment-page-1/#comment-11162 DirtyMary Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:25:47 +0000 http://www.maryostler.com/?p=792#comment-11162 Hello, Are you refering to an Alachigha style yurt (refered to as the boobhaus / nipple hut) or a more standard lattice walled yurt ? If you are lloking to recreate a alachigha style yurt then I recommend you get a copy of Nomadic Tent Types of the middle East by Peter Alford Andrews. It has 19 line drawings of the schamtics of a tent, and the equipment to use to make it traditionally. It also has 50 odd pages of details on construction, traditions, setting up, engineering and variations from different tribes/ locations. I bought a copy as I am a rabid tent buildier, but you may be able to get a copy the Inter Library Loan. As for my little yurt, I drilled holes at an angle into the side of the yurt ring, and the square roof beams were rounded at the end to fit into the drilled hole. The tent has held up pretty good. Its on its fourth owner now. Single people seem to buy the baby yurt, and then partner up and suddenly its way to small =D. The only thing that has needed repair was a few of the slats have needed to be replaced (but even when they were broken at an event because of the lattice the yurt remain more than functional with a couple broken slats. http://www.maryostler.com/2010/09/nomadic-tent-types-in-the-middle-east/ THIS BOOK ROCKS. Cheers Colleen Hello,

Are you refering to an Alachigha style yurt (refered to as the boobhaus / nipple hut) or a more standard lattice walled yurt ?

If you are lloking to recreate a alachigha style yurt then I recommend you get a copy of Nomadic Tent Types of the middle East by Peter Alford Andrews. It has 19 line drawings of the schamtics of a tent, and the equipment to use to make it traditionally. It also has 50 odd pages of details on construction, traditions, setting up, engineering and variations from different tribes/ locations. I bought a copy as I am a rabid tent buildier, but you may be able to get a copy the Inter Library Loan.

As for my little yurt, I drilled holes at an angle into the side of the yurt ring, and the square roof beams were rounded at the end to fit into the drilled hole. The tent has held up pretty good. Its on its fourth owner now. Single people seem to buy the baby yurt, and then partner up and suddenly its way to small =D. The only thing that has needed repair was a few of the slats have needed to be replaced (but even when they were broken at an event because of the lattice the yurt remain more than functional with a couple broken slats.

http://www.maryostler.com/2010/09/nomadic-tent-types-in-the-middle-east/ THIS BOOK ROCKS.
Cheers
Colleen

]]> By: Leona http://www.maryostler.com/2009/07/setting-up-the-yurt/comment-page-1/#comment-11160 Leona Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:28:23 +0000 http://www.maryostler.com/?p=792#comment-11160 Do you still have your yurt? Im curious as to how you attached the poles to the ring. Also, how well did it hold up? I want to make a Shahsavan tent..and it also uses a compression ring. Thanks. Do you still have your yurt? Im curious as to how you attached the poles to the ring. Also, how well did it hold up?

I want to make a Shahsavan tent..and it also uses a compression ring. Thanks.

]]> By: DirtyMary http://www.maryostler.com/2009/07/setting-up-the-yurt/comment-page-1/#comment-482 DirtyMary Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:47:40 +0000 http://www.maryostler.com/?p=792#comment-482 http://www.woodlandyurts.co.uk/Yurt_Facts/Build_Your_Own.html Its the web site on HOW TO make your own yurt. I made the 8ft yurt. http://www.maryostler.com/2009/06/thoughts-on-a-35-yurt/ My ideas for making it cheap. http://www.woodlandyurts.co.uk/Yurt_Facts/Build_Your_Own.html

Its the web site on HOW TO make your own yurt. I made the 8ft yurt.

http://www.maryostler.com/2009/06/thoughts-on-a-35-yurt/

My ideas for making it cheap.

]]> By: Iriniia Myshkenova http://www.maryostler.com/2009/07/setting-up-the-yurt/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Iriniia Myshkenova Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:06:28 +0000 http://www.maryostler.com/?p=792#comment-471 Would you please send me the specs on the yurt i.e.how long are the lattice slats and height of the door, what type of wood used and how big is the ring in the center. thank you for your time Would you please send me the specs on the yurt i.e.how long are the lattice slats and height of the door, what type of wood used and how big is the ring in the center. thank you for your time

]]> By: DirtyMary http://www.maryostler.com/2009/07/setting-up-the-yurt/comment-page-1/#comment-178 DirtyMary Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:10:55 +0000 http://www.maryostler.com/?p=792#comment-178 Added a couple shots of the knots for the lattice at the end of the post Added a couple shots of the knots for the lattice at the end of the post

]]> By: Saraqan Uneged of Meridies http://www.maryostler.com/2009/07/setting-up-the-yurt/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Saraqan Uneged of Meridies Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:49:23 +0000 http://www.maryostler.com/?p=792#comment-177 Wow, thank you for the setup pics... uhmmmm can you get a close up pic and put up an explanation of how you tied the lathes together? The spacing and type of rope used? Thank you every so much. And yes, I'm a fledgling Mongol... lol Wow, thank you for the setup pics… uhmmmm can you get a close up pic and put up an explanation of how you tied the lathes together? The spacing and type of rope used? Thank you every so much. And yes, I’m a fledgling Mongol… lol

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