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August 13[edit]

Book enquiry.[edit]

Are there any books that explain how to construct a moderately complex tent/pavilion structure from scratch with appropriate materials?

The size of tent is for a single convention/ren faire type "booth", through which merchandise will be sold? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 12:51, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Another possible subject to look into is Glamping. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:50, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is this for a single day's use in fair weather, or should it be possible to dismantle and store the structure for future uses? Renting a small canopy tent for one day may be cheaper than building a sturdy one from scratch. These YouTube videos may offer some inspiration. --Lambiam 14:02, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Multi-use, and it will need to cope with a British climate ( Based on past experience at events, sudden downpours are not unknown.) which is why I was looking for book references :) ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 14:42, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Try The Near-Perfect Tent: Design and Build a Recycled Tent. Alansplodge (talk) 21:53, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Collapsible Market Stall" also has some simple designs. That whose sides are like diamonds (◊) bisected by the shorter diagonal so as to form to equilateral triangles (see the images under Step 1) appears relatively simple to make, but the detailed instructions are for a different design, with X sides. $100 on materials seems excessive to me. --Lambiam 21:34, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

FYI about "enquiry" vs. "inquiry", enquire is considered an "alternate form" of inquire. And just to make things more interesting, we have major newspapers called The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Cincinnati Enquirer. And then there's the tabloid, the National Enquirer. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 10:05, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bugs is referring to this:[1]. When I followed the horses the announcement of the placings was occasionally held up by a "Stewards' Enquiry". Most people know that a "bookmaker" is not someone who manufactures printed volumes but something else. 88.111.207.8 (talk) 10:27, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]