Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:33:53 -0700
Reply-To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: awning mod
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Hi Stephen.
I did something similar
http://web.mac.com/tubaneil/iWeb/Site%205/AWNING.html
I've made some changes to it since then.
One thing I found handy was to make the piece that goes in the jack
point, a "twist and lock" type. I cut an "L" gap in the pipe so when
you insert it, you twist it and the bottom of the "L" locks into a
tang (tongue) that hangs down at back of jack hole. One other
advantage with mine, is that if you slide the poles up through the
jack piece, you can fine tune the height. I plan on making some kind
of key to keep the poles from sliding through hole, though I found
that if i spread the upright poles (the PVC "T" slides easily) the
tension created seemed to hole the poles from sliding. I'm pretty sure
that if I put bungees on the "T's" that pulled them to the outside,
this would help.
If you're interested in some pics of the "twist and slide" part, I can
go outside and grab a shot.
Cheers,
Neil.
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Did a little work over the weekend to prepare for an
> upcoming trip. The Hummer awning we got last year
> works fine, but I wanted to do away with the guy lines
> and pegs that secure it when erected, so I thought I'd
> try mounting it so that the supports run to the van's
> jack points.
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/bike2vcu/AwningMods
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> This seems to work acceptably, but we lose a little
> height at the outer edge because the poles at max
> length are now the hypotenuse instead of the upright
> of a right angle. I also realize the supports may
> limit chair placement as the patch of shade moves
> during the day and that more tweaking is in the works,
> but this is fine for now and it is kinda fun to drive
> (carefully) around like this.
>
> Stephen
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