Shelter Building, some info that may or not be useful.

I'm talking about field expedient stuff like cutting a short piece (at an angle instead of straight across) forming a cradle to support the horizontals. A couple of loops will hold it against the uprights. Here's an architectural drawing I spent a couple of hours doing.

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Good god that is majestic! I hear what you are saying, that would definitely improve the stability. And a proper shear (or round) lashing would hold those pieces together nicely. That's good info. I think with a minimal amount of extra effort we could really whip up something very robust.
 
Thanks for the info on knots and I like seeing those kids putting it to use. :thumbup:

One question though. Like Thomas Linton alluded to, what's the purpose of such a complicated structure? Is this for starting a permanent base camp for hunting or the like or was it more of a "because we can"?
 
I think it was more of a "because we can". Ethan said he'd always wanted to build a bamboo hooch.
 
it was supposed to replicate a structure used as a field expedient shelter in the jungle -- where cold was not a factor, other foliage blocked most of the wind, and moisture mostly fell straight down.

as to using jointery -- the bamboo we were using had minimal lateral strength, and tended to shatter/collapse in on itself if lateral loads were placed on it, so mortise and tenon joints were actually weaker than the simple lashings we were using.
another issue -- we were originally told there was only 100' of cord available, so lashings were kept minimal to make it last longer.
 
Ah, I didn't know there was such a limit on cordage. If that were the case no way would something like that shelter structure be reasonable. Debris hut FTW!
 
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