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Way Cool British Technology - Concrete Tents
« on: August 04, 2011, 08:20:46 AM »
http://www.wimp.com/concretetents/

 Canvas Shelters (Tents) impregnated with cement that harden within 24-hours.
 
Way too cool!!!!!
 
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Re: Way Cool British Technology - Concrete Tents
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2011, 09:02:47 AM »
That is cool! Good idea.
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Re: Way Cool British Technology - Concrete Tents
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2011, 07:58:53 AM »
Great structure for a hunting camp.  I'm sure the size could be made to order, from a small size, to a huge size to be used as emergency shelters for many people.  Their shape would make them resistant to wind damage.  I like it, loads of uses especially for the military.  (Hay, I was a career NCO.  I always think of the military uses.  Them boys are family.)
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Re: Way Cool British Technology - Concrete Tents
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2011, 03:54:30 PM »
price is impossible to find and the U.S. rep does not seem to know he carries this product
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Re: Way Cool British Technology - Concrete Tents
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2011, 05:08:49 AM »
Quote from: TM7 on August 05, 2011, 03:24:10 AM
Pretty cool...reminds me of ferro-cement yacht construction....
 
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Since it is formed to an inside support it would probably be easy enough to form a double hull boat with a sandwiched core. If the truss frame were built first the hard part would be getting the wire mesh on the exterion surface. Might spray it on with a chopper gun or epoxey sprater? The yacht similarity was the first thing that I thought of also.   ear
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Re: Way Cool British Technology - Concrete Tents
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2011, 06:04:16 AM »
"cement boats" had a flash of popularity in the 1960s. The ones I saw were all of house boat or pontoon configuration.
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Re: Way Cool British Technology - Concrete Tents
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2011, 09:32:06 AM »
 TM7: A negative vaccume mold might work with fiber in the mix, then it could be a repeatable manufactureing process.
 
 Conan the Librarian: The boat that I saw was a small World Sailimg class yacht. You couldn't break the hull with a crowbar accordng to popular mechanics. ear
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Re: Way Cool British Technology - Concrete Tents
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2011, 10:13:55 AM »
Jumbo shrimp, cement boat, hmmmmmm, kinda fall into the same mental immage area don't they. ear
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