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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
How to Make a Bell Tent
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| An Inexpensive Home-Made Tent |
The last seam sew only for a distance of 4 ft. from the top, leaving the rest for an opening. At the end of this seam stitch on an extra gusset piece so that it will not rip. Fold back the edges of the opening and the bottom edge of the bell-shaped cover and bind it with wide webbing, 3 in. across and having eyelets at the seams for attaching the stay ropes. Near the apex of the cover cut three triangular holes 8 in. long and 4 in. wide at the bottom and hem the edges. These are ventilators. Make the tent wall of the same kind of cloth 2 ft. 2 in. high. Bind it at the upper edge with webbing and at the bottom with canvas. Also stitch on coarse canvas 6 in. wide at the bottom, and the space between the ground and the wall when the tent is raised, fill with canvas edging. Stitch the upper edge of the wall firmly to the bell cover at the point indicated by the dotted line, Fig. 2.
For the top of the tent have the blacksmith make a hoop of 1/4-in. round galvanized iron, 6-in. diameter. Stitch the canvas at the apex around the hoop and along the sides. Make the apex into a hood and line it with stiff canvas. Have the tent pole 3 in. in diameter, made in two sections, with a socket joint and rounded at the top to fit into the apex of the tent.
In raising the tent, fasten down the wall by means of loops of stout line fastened to its lower edge and small pegs driven through them into the ground, Fig. 5. Run the stay ropes from the eyelets in the circular cover to stakes (Fig. 5) stuck in the ground. Use blocks, as in Fig. 6, on the stay ropes for holding the ends and adjusting the length of the ropes.
Excerpt from the book:
THE BOY MECHANIC
VOLUME I
700 THINGS FOR BOYS TO DO
WITH 800 ILLUSTRATIONS
1913, BY H. H. WINDSOR CHICAGO
POPULAR MECHANICS CO. PUBLISHERS
Monday, March 16, 2015
A Better Way to Get Immediate Medical Care
In the past, if you needed medical care quickly, you could call 911 for a paramedic, or if the need was less critical, you could go to a walk-in emergency room. This latter option has been the only choice for many people, but there has been one big problem. You may end up waiting hours to see a doctor. Walk-in emergency rooms have become crowded, and the level of care has become questionable as well. Today, all of this is changing with urgent care facilities.
An urgent care facility is sometimes owned by a local hospital, but it can also be owned and operated independently of a hospital. In either case, the doctors working at an urgent care facility are board certified. There is seldom any backlog of patients, so waiting times are minimal, if the exist at all. Anyone who cannot wait to make an appointment with a doctor but is not in so urgent of need that they require an ambulance can now go to an urgent care facility.
These facilities will accept all major forms of insurance, and for those without insurance, their fees are usually lower than the walk-in emergency room of the local hospital. In fact, it is a good idea to use an urgent care facility before a hospital. It will save you money. One example of this type of urgent care facility is the Urgency Room. A nearby location can be found under the Urgent Care Near Me portion of the website.
An urgent care facility is sometimes owned by a local hospital, but it can also be owned and operated independently of a hospital. In either case, the doctors working at an urgent care facility are board certified. There is seldom any backlog of patients, so waiting times are minimal, if the exist at all. Anyone who cannot wait to make an appointment with a doctor but is not in so urgent of need that they require an ambulance can now go to an urgent care facility.
These facilities will accept all major forms of insurance, and for those without insurance, their fees are usually lower than the walk-in emergency room of the local hospital. In fact, it is a good idea to use an urgent care facility before a hospital. It will save you money. One example of this type of urgent care facility is the Urgency Room. A nearby location can be found under the Urgent Care Near Me portion of the website.
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