Summer arrived too soon here in the Mojave desert. Shade is rarely abundant. I’d been thinking of making this for a while and finally pieced together enough items to get it done.
Many of the parts used I had on hand and only had to buy a few things to make it work. I had to scab together two pieces of 4” pvc pipe. I wish it was one continuous piece.
6’ X 9’ waxed canvas tarp
Approx 7’ of 4” pvc pipe(two three and a half foot sections glued together with a pvc slip coupling)
Two 4” pvc caps
Pvc glue
8’ X 1/2” galvanized conduit
Two 5/8” shaft collars
Two 1/2” plastic snap in pipe caps
Two extension poles (repurposed from an easy up awning that the wind destroyed)
About a dozen 1/4” carriage bolts, washers and nylock nuts
Four 1/4” pan head bolts
1/4” tee nuts and button head bolts
1” X 1/4” stainless u-bolts
Inch and a half X 1/4” bolts, washers and wing nuts.
1” X 10” slotted metal strap(repurposed from old work truck shelving kits) for brackets
Thirty feet of 550 cord
Four heavy duty tent stakes.
