@DoctorIKnow, Hammocks on a conduit shade structure? No way. Forget it. Which brings up another aspect of the basic rules for conduit shade structures: "Walls" Not sure what you mean by walls vs. virtual walls,, but solid tarp should only be used for the roof. Mesh or camo for the sides. Seriously.....

Thanks everyone for the replies @BBadger, 1) I like the idea of drilling the hole in the middle. Does this have any advantage other than reducing the number of lagscrews I need to use? My feeling is that it would be less rigid which I think is a good thing. It doesnt have holes right now, so I need ...

I am thinking of building a 36’X30’ shade structure based on 1” EMT conduits. In my first year, I created a 10X10 shade structure as discussed in https://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=78129 Last year, I redid the shade structure and increased the size to 24’X20’X8’ with all the roof poles at...

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Hi all, thanks for all the feedback. I scaled down the structure to 10x10 and used t connectors everywhere. I am just coming back from a camping trip where I tested out this structure and am very happy with the result. I have a veteran burner friend who is good with building stuff and he did not hav...

roof rack is not a possibility at this time. Thats another investment just for burning man (for me). Being able to carry it inside the car is one of my biggest requirements. I just requested the retailer to cancel my order for the parts. If that goes through, I will start looking at some popup canop...

I am statring to get nervous about my idea: and it might become very expensive if I have to put a t connector at every joint and one more foot which again needs a connector. Couple of things I am thinking 1) attach 3'/4' rebar at the pole connections and duct-tape the hell out of it 2) For the legs,...

haa!!! that makes sense re: buckling when cut. 1. I think I understand what you are saying. But I am still kind of confused how tension would improve the stability though!! So I try to pull the corners away from the center using ropes? The tarp will try to pull the poles in and the ropes will try to...

Thanks Token and Trilobyte for the replies. I am definitely bringing lot of rope to tie it down. I know many people use EMT conduit based structures and I am not worried about that part. My main concern is about breaking poles and using a connector to make a long pole. On one hand, I feel like havin...

Hi all, I am going with a kodiak 10X10 tent to BM and I was looking for shade structure options. I want the shade structure to be compact as I need to be able to carry it in my car. Given this constraint, I figured making my shade structure would be the best bet. I am going with a emt conduit flat t...