@17:07 I helped a friend of mine make a teepee and I used 4oz leather strip to sandwich the lacing peg holes as she was living in the teepee year round .we also made a wool liner for winter .........I wish I had seen this video beforehand I know I could have made improvements but after 5 years her teepee is still in pretty good shape .she has cleaned it and added a marine waterproofing which helped with mold at the bottom and she built a platform with a rocket mass stove under the floor it is unbelievable how warm her teepee it in the winter. Such a great tutorial that is easy to understand!Thanks so much!
Omg this is like gold to me right now. Thank you! Sewing a 21 ft Crow-style cover on a 1955 singer at the present time so your video was fun to come across lol. I am about to cut smoke flaps now so your info help cover more than Laubin's book. I just finished 3 sets of 9ft liners too. Nice bias facing on the door. I've seen chisels used to open the pin holes. Button hole stitching was nice too! Great job! (If you need poles Jeff Iverson from Noisy Creek in Wisonsin can help!)
two thing I enjoy about this video. One is that I truly love being outdoors and two you're doing it in a dojo, another lifelong love of mine is martial arts. My channel, itself, is a place where I share these two loves outdoors adventure and martial arts.
Great video! You're a great teacher. Will you also do a video on making the inner liner and an Ozan? Can't wait for the next video. I'm going to make one using your methods. Thanks and keep up the great work.
beautiful we decided to make our own here in the community , and this will be very helpful i made one years ago but need a refresher to reproduce and its impossible to find directions on length ,, how much fabric etc...
Good job. I have been working on a design myself and it’s nice to see someone do one similar. Have you set it up? Are you going to do a video of the set up. Awesome paintings also.
I wanted to ask if paint store drop cloth is strong enough to make tipis with? This material is a bit cheapter than normal canvas. But I'm not sure if its as durable? Thank you.
I and using 24 foot poles, this is the maximum length that I can legally transport on mu car. that is--- 3 foot extending over the front bumper and 6 feet over the back bumper, car being 15 foot long, that makes 24 feet. I am using bamboo poles because of light weight to transport. I still have to season the poles. with bamboo they are lashed together and dried inside if possible and out of the sun. Traditionally poles are dried by setting up the Tipi framework to expose all sides evenly. If poles have a bend, that bend is placed outward in the Tipi framework with the skin over and with time those poles will straighten, Don
If you cut balsam they dry for a few weeks after peeling before oilng. Peel immediately and never leave on the ground with bark on the borer beetles will eat them! I Iost poles on my first harvest because I piled on the ground. I had to wait for a trailer to transport and it was not a week before they were eaten
Hey my friend! I’ll give you 25 dollars for that machine! Just kidding what model is it? And love your skills! Hope my teepee comes out half as good but think I’m going to start on a bakers tent first something smaller. Great video!
Don, I know it's been a while since you posted this video, but I sure could use some insight if you don't mind. Trying to figure out how long and wide the first tongue was before you added the tie strips. Should the tongue length & width increase with a bigger size Tipi ? I'm making my very first Tipi (20' Dia.) using your method, because I think it's as close to authentic as I can get in modern times - I simply love your design and methods. Also, I'm a little stuck on the Cheyenne Extension, the drawing shows |10| but I'm a little confused as to what that means. Is it just a stitch pin extension with reinforcement ? I would very much like to talk with you if it's at all possible, I'm building this for a meeting house for our Grand Fire Council for the Aniyvwiya nation (known by treaty as Cherokee nation of Indians). Sure could use your help brother. I just acquired two industrial leather sewing machines (Consew & Juki - vintage versions) and this Tipi with be my very first project ever on a sewing machine and I don't want to screw it up. Thank You for your consideration We appreciate your keeping the first nations culture alive!
get online and find this book--- published in 1957. great reference! the Indian tipi, by Reginald & Gladys Laubin. the Cheyenne extension helps keep weather out when flaps are used. it is 10 inches.
Thank You very much I was hoping for a little more detail but I'll take what I can get. Thnaks for the book reference. Can you/will you tell me how long and wide the tongue should be for a 20 footer or if it even matters ? And what the Radius was for th one you built in the video ? @@donaldporta
Love the video. I see that you use bamboo poles 25’ long. How many and what size did you use please and can you use them without drying while they are still green. Thank you so much.
My daughter and I are planning a tipi. We have bought used cotton tarps ( tarps used to cover large bales of cotton in the field). They are 32'x7' , with a 40" drop on each side. We figure 3 should be enough for each tipi. My question is, how many yards of thread will I need per tipi? Did that one big spool do one? Or are multiple spools needed? Thank you for this video.
@@donaldporta thank you. We're on 10 acres and are using what we have. Thank you for the quick response. I think I'll do the pins out of the black locust too.
I bought a large canvas from Chicago canvas company out of portland. Amazon or ebay , I don't remember. Its like 16 x 20. It's tan color though ( which I like) , like animal skin. It is not one solid piece and not quite large enough for my teepee but will save me a bunch of sewing. I think it is 10 oz canvas. I used it on a roofing job last winter. Northern NY state. It survived at least 3 wind storms and our normal lake effect snow. Highly recommend this material. I will document the construction of my teepee next spring hopefully.
@@donaldporta thank you. I just measured from the top to were I wanted the canvas to stop and I used that measurement to draw out radious. It actually worked! This is my first attempt. It is 10f high and 8 feet inside. Your video really helped.
