Finally I have some progress worth showing. I have two of four panels finished. The screen is bonded to the cuben and overlayed with a one inch strip in the interior. The bond I am using is Aquaseal Urethane. The zipper is sewn on both the cuben side and the screen side. I am estimating that I will end of using about 1.5 oz of glue for the tent body.src="/backpackinglight/user_uploads/1183875444_02556.jpg" alt="Partially completed side" width="550" height="413">

Edited by vandoe on 07/08/2007 00:22:12 MDT.

Anyone know why the photos are not showing?

Edited by vandoe on 07/08/2007 00:25:20 MDT.

Nice!!! Definitely look forward to its completion -- and more pics! :)

I have completed the tent body. Here are pictures of it. Final weight of body and all the attach points is 9.1 oz. slightly better than my estimate. So I am on track for total weight under 24 oz. Here is the rough breakdown of the weights:

tieout parts 1.3 oz
Bonding 2.5 oz
cuben 2.0 oz
mesh 2.1
Zipper 1.2

Here is the view from the back. Three stakes are required to stake it out. the little straight poles on the rear are built into the body.

Edited by vandoe on 07/13/2007 08:06:02 MDT.

Beautiful!!!! Kudos to you.

wow wow wow :)

Great tent. Any Bill of Materials or Cost estimates?

Thanks,
Mike

What keeps the rain out?

Very cool shelter, but whats the difference btwn. your shelter and using a solo tarp, with a floored bug bivy? This type of set-up could also qualify as a double wall of sorts?

I think my MLD Grace Solo spinntex tarp and bug bivy weigh in at approx. 18-19oz including cordage and (8-12) stakes.

Edited by mfog1 on 10/21/2007 10:31:28 MDT.

Michael,

I believe Scott's design has more headroom than most bug bivies. Also, Scott's door he made should be easier to enter/exit.

Todd

I think this tent looks really cool and was hoping to see a finished version sometime. Did you build a top for it?
Thanks,
Ross

It seems that I missed several posts over several months. Here is the update on this project. The only thing I have left is the rain fly, which will be all cuben bonded together. I have been sidetracked while making down sleeping bags for my kids. I have used the tent once without the fly and it worked pretty well. I hope to finish the rain fly before this summer.

I can easily sit up in this tent with good head room and I am 6' 1"

Bill of materials:

I think I used about 7-8 yards of cuben at about $16/yard
2 yards of nanoseem from Thru-hiker
Two zippers
Graphite pole from Fibrplex ~ $100

Overall I have about $300 of materials in this tent. If you consider labor well... that's a different story!

I am making some progress on the rain fly. I should be done in a week or so. Here is a picture of the progress.

Rain fly is complete and it came in at 6.5 oz. So here is the final weight breakdown.

Main body 9.1
Rain fly 6.5
Carbon pole 3.1 don't have this yet
Stakes 1.7
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Total 20.4 oz

I love cuben fiber!

Here are the pictures:

Nice job on the tent! It looks pretty sick!

20.4 oz for a ful double wall tent - not frickin' bad!

That looks great too...tons of headroom. So, when is it going into production?

"So, when is it going into production?"

You saw the dates on some of the early photos didn't you? I have thought about it but from a production stand point this tent design has a huge amount of hand labor. To make others at even a modest profit this would be one expensive tent. I think after tackling this one there are simpler methods/designs to get double wall tents in the less than 20 oz range using cuben.

So we'll see I want to get some test days under my belt with it. Is there much interest out there for double wall tents?