"Nordic" tipi [made in China] and matched stove = $4000 + Tune in to Far North Bushcraft and Survival and learn how to make this setup for less than $100... At the end of the day this sort of knowledge is priceless.

I realize you did this years ago, but for future reference and any one else who might be reading this, you can use a line of glue just inside the line that you want to cut. You can use Elmer's glue, but that does take a while to dry. There is a product found in the sewing sections of fabric and craft stores and even some Walmarts called "Fray Check", it's a type of glue that does just that, it keeps fabrics from fraying. It's sort of like fast super glue. You can run that along your cut line and let it dry a few minutes before you cut. It's much faster than sewing and it really seals in the threads so they don't fray off. Also, for something as tough as fiber glass and Velcro where it's hard to push sewing pins through, get a box of paper clips and just clip the velcro where you want it. Or you can use the spring clothes pins like mini clamps to hold the velcro in place. If using paper clips do not forget to *remove* the paper clips before it gets to the needle! Do not sew over pins either if that's what you're using. If that needle strikes a pin, it can bend and get caught under the throat plate and cause a nasty jamb which can also throw off the timing of the machine ruining it. The needle could also break sending the sharp end right at your face! So remove pins before they reach the needle of the machine.

I don't comment too often, but I have say your videos are extremely informative, entertaining and just downright enjoyable. Keep 'em coming! God Bless.

This is good stuff. And you didn't even say "tactical" even once! That's appreciated. :)

Use duct on the outline of the fabric when you cut to prevent fraying. Then you can roll edge and sew.

i don't comment or interact often on social media but honestly deserves a like a Sub and a comment... keep it up

The pace of the videos and the thoroughness make them easy to learn. If i had to guess, this is a man that has learned his life lessons the best way which is trial and error.

Hello Lonnie, Very well thought out series. My 21 yo daughter has overheard a couple of your videos and now watches them as well. That is truly priceless. You are very kind to share you knowledge in an accessible way,

Hi Lonnie, not only is this video extremely instructive but it's also entertaining. I appreciate your detailed instructions and your calm demeanor. Will definitely share with my outdoor friends. Thanks for taking the time to post this.

I don't often make comments but credit where credit is due, it's great video and tutorial. Thank you for making and sharing with us.

for the window idea; why not make a 2 layer application, one layer of mosquito net or screen and one layer of clear plastic - giving you venting and protection from skeeters lol !

Thank you for this series. This is a doable project for someone like me. Limited budget, limited ability to deal with a heavy walled tent & "traditional" tent stove. FWIW..... I "see" another use beyond hunting camp or winter car camping. Here, we are subject to hurricanes in summer & ice storms in winter that take out the power. Sometimes for 2 weeks or more. This is economical enough to make, practice with it, and then store for use in the backyard when the grid goes down. A warm place to stay following an ice storm. A dry place to cook following either event. And an alternative to going to a crowded, noisy, shelter, if, heaven forbid, a storm damages the house. I know i'd rather be "camping" in my backyard, if I have the choice. About the only other material prep work that I can see, would be having a stash of dry wood. Much of the rest of the goods needed, could come from the house, itself. From blankets off the beds to cans of beans & soup from the pantry. (Folks with wells & grid down would have to add potable water & sanitation solutions. Ours is a Sawyer SP181, 5 gal bucket, water filter kit & a Luggable Loo 5 gal bucket toilet kit.) Again, thank you. Hope that others will see the full potential of what your series represents.

It would be an honor for the wife and I to meet you folks. Perhaps our trails will cross one day. Until then God Bless.. Larry

Lonnie, This is Brent we talked a few times about birch oil and where you lived, used to work on the slope. Just so you know who I am... I have made the same set up but with canvas and we went about things so similar that it is a little spooky. The one thing I did find that works well is before you cut the fiberglass, is to mix mineral spirits and cut the high temp silicone and apply it with a brush. This allows the silicone to seep into the glass and bind the fibers. So you can cut it without it fraying, and still get the fire rating and waterproofing. This is a DIY method that is like what the commercial guys use. Works well to water proof nylon tarps too. Anyhow Keep the good work up on these videos. You know I always look forward to the next one.

Love your videos, I probably said in the stove building one, how happy I was to see a stove I can build (I can do the little rocket/hobo stoves) as I'm going to need one in the first stages of building my cabin in Scotland, to keep warm and heat water/food on. The lack of welding is what's made all the difference. I am ok with drills and doing a bit of woodwork but welding isn't something I can see myself learning at this late stage. (I couldn't afford the tools either...we've got a portable chainsaw mill and I have the basics that will be needed to build the cabin proper, as I am starting with a kit build barn type cabin but need to add on at least one room which is bigger than the kit build to accommodate living space as I eventually want to get a cooking wood stove with the oven bit. I also want solar as I'm a good mile and a half off grid and don't want to be on grid at all. Thanks for posting. I think a lot of people are downsizing and its not just in the wilderness that these skills would come in handy. I just wish some of the local councils and government would see the sense in the tiny house movement for homeless people. If they were taught how to build tiny houses and utilise skills such as building woodstoves, homelessness could be dealt with and give people a bit of dignity back by helping to build their own places. All the council would have to do is allocate space (government grants for solar could be pooled and put towards a central energy bank and shipping pallets could be used for building and heating). Personally I taught my kids wilderness survival and how to keep warm, build shelters, light fires using birch bark and pine resin etc. The world needs to relearn how to work WITH the planet, not against it and perhaps we may just end up having a future after all. Thanks for posting. .I always tell anyone I know who is interested in becoming more eco friendly to watch channels I like so I will share (and more and more are coming around to living more simply). x

"Now speaking of the stove.... we've got the door wide open now.. reason being it just got to hot" 🤗🤗🤗 Words of success from a great bushman and master of DIY. Absolutely brilliant

I ordered my tarp and will be making one soon! Thanks so much for the great videos on this topic and I can't wait to make and use my own hot tent! There's nothing like a little heat in a winter camping trip to make it sooooo much more enjoyable- and without emptying your bank account!

A scrap of window screen would also give you a bug free vent for warm weather, and let in light. Many thanks for these videos, very helpful

I have seen EVERY video that you have made Lonnie, and let me tell you that you always leave me wanting more. Great job doing what you do my friend, please keep them coming.

Awesome work!! My husband and i take turns picking a situation and every weekend we head to a different spot just outside our little mountain town, both toddlers in hand and try to deal with what ever situation is happening... usually we only are allowed to take our 3 day bag, 2 hand guns and a rifle, 2 boxes of ammo, and each toddler gets a small back they have to carry of their own. were a little spoiled because we do take my large 4 wheeler and hubby's 2014 can-am commander side by side. it was his turn to come up with the situation and he didn't give me any notice, at 6 pm he called a "marshall law- evac" my self and two children had to get packed and out the door in 15 minutes, get the machines and kids loaded and running, gassed up and drive 35 miles through fairly deep mountain snow to get to a check point, we set up earlier for emergencies. i ran into a ton of problems but the kids and i got out okay, when i made it to check point 1, i met Quinn there who then told me.. i have 1 hour till sunset... my 2 year old was on my machine and he had my 5 year old. situation has changed.: my son and husband never made it to the check point. 1 hour till dark, with at least 25 minutes of driving left before getting to our safe zone. the SXS carries most of the gear so joey and i had what i was able to quickly throw on my wheeler before leaving home. The one thing i had regretted leaving behind most... the cold weather sleeping bag. Joey and i froze our asses off in the high end of the uinta Mountains this weekend. it rained strait for the last three days. theres still 2 or 3 ft of snow up there even more in some places. and we had to do it without my husband and 5 year old. he was playing out the same situation in a camp west of mine, but much too far to have any kind of communication. i spent 4 hours throwing together the most pathetic little lean too over a hammock i had ever seen in my life. kept us dry... kinda. Now that i have found ur vids, im going to be busy this week with my little wheeler tarp.. and next week he is gonna be so impressed with this one when i get to whip it out. :) thanks so much. wish i would have seen it earlier lol.

How nice it is to have cutting boards, rotary cutters, sewing machines and great big floor areas to work with.

Greetings from Buenos Aires my friends.

Measure twice and cut once, Connie‘s as sharp as one of your knives. I love the logic you use to design your projects, experience shines through. Thanks both.

Here's a tip for ya brother. If you take that silicone, you can dilute it with mineral spirits enough for it to wick in to the glass, and it will also make it transparent more like actual glass, or epoxied fiberglass. It may take an extra coat or two to fully seal, but being fully impregnated it will not de-laminate from the fiberglass. Thanks for the video, take care

Great videos. Life is all about smiles and cries. Or happiness and suffering. May you have many smiles and very few cries.

At first i was thinking that will not be waterproof until you whipped out the rain flaps idea haha! Excellent video. Thanks Lonnie!

Very cool three video's on your tipi/stove. Very cool ideas that dont cost alot. Great music too. Keep up the good work with your wife. God Bless.

Awesome job, Lonnie. Such a pleasure watching a genius at work. And my wife, who doesn't give a hoot or a holler about woodsy stuff, likes your videos too, because of the sound and tone of your voice. She compares you to the actor Sam Elliott, and from her that is high praise indeed! LOL.

I'm just blown away...this is terrific! Most excellent work...Thank you. :)

Perfect project. Thank you Connie and Lonnie.

Always enjoy yall`s videos Lonnie & Connie ! GOD Bless ! ENJOY....THE SIMPLE LIFE

Thanks for you excellent three videos on making a tarp tent. I did training in Alaska in the 1970's while in the U.S. Army. I loved every minute of my time. I often wish to go back.

Really enjoy Lonnie's building things. This and the galvanized ductwork box wood stove he made are just great. Really great alternatives to buying expensive titanium stove since I'm not sure if I will use them much. I can start here and then buy something really nice if I find I use it often.

Thanks alot Lonnie. i Miss Alaska when i watch your videos

This fantastic trio of videos has been a boon in my early hiking adventures. I am a very hands on guy, I'd rather make something than buy it. I have always used tarp tents so turning one into a tipi was just an obvious evolution. I used a larger 16x20' tarp so it can hold me and 3 friends. At first I didn't think I'd make the stove too, but after watching some more videos on youtube I got the idea of building an ALICE frame to accompany it. With the empty stove hooked onto my frame I can use it to carry supplies as a sort of dual purpose backpack. The stove, stove pipe (kni-co), tent and other supplies came out to be about 60 pounds, which I thought was pretty reasonable for a 4 person, heated tent. Thanks a ton, Lonnie!

That is really cool Lonnie I have to say I am very impressed by your setup. Jason

Well done Lonnie, That will keep you warm and dry when the weather turns foul.

You know Lonnie it is rare to find people like you and your lady who share true knowledge of day to day life in the wild. Not Phonies who go for the dazzling tricks. I am not surprized you have followeds from all over the world watching your vids. I am French living (or should I say surviving ;) ) in the UK. I hope you will continue these vids for a long long time. Thank you.

Also if you want to cover up the rest of the grass inside the tent you could always use a fire blanket to do that :)That would be especially great for getting off the wet ground if you were ever setting up the tent while the ground was already wet.

hi loni.greetings to you and your lovely wife , from myself here in the UK . thanks for all the effort you have taken , in producing a wonderful tarp tent and posting how to do it ..i found it very interesting , and intend to make one myself . thanks for the inspiration .

You guys are cool .I plan to take my grandsons bush crafting.Hopefully they make it a tradition.

thank you so much for these vids. my husband and I were planning on buying a new tent, a hot tent, and a stove, but we have so many other items we are wanting to upgrade and purchase we have decided to try to make the tent and stove our selves via your vids. what a blessing to have found your channel, we truly appreciate it. have a beautiful day

Lonnie, you're the best - the Bob Ross of bushcraft. Thanks for making pandemic life all the more liveable!

Deep....Thanks...I'm so tired of seeing everyone's new purchases from Amazon....A man of the earth...

Thanks Lonnie for another informative and interesting video.

Yes, this is the video I missed. thanks. Hey, this is good stuff and inventive. Clever !! A larger square (rolled up to carry or stored inside your stove) might be sewn to be placed under your stove for safety reasons.

Love your videos. Your the type of outdoorsman I strive to be. Thanks and be safe

Thank you for making the video!! I have been wanting to do something like this for a while so I could actually move around in the field without freezing to death. (Canvas tent is too heavy and expensive) It's nice to see a REAL mountain man doing far N videos!

Excellent conclusion on the tent and stove making series! I think you made a good call on the pipe location. When that stove is going well, it will be plenty hot enough inside that you will not need the extra heat from the pipe. Drying space is far more important. For possible spark holes, maybe think about an elbow to route the pipe away from the tent. It does requires a support bipod or tripod though, so its extra work on set up. Great idea on the stove jack rain deflector. I am going to borrow that for a mod in my tents!

+Far North Bushcraft And Survival Thanks for another very helpful video, Lonnie. I do have a sewing hint for you: 1. Fold the raw edge of the fabric over once (about 1/4 inch) and then fold it over again. 2. Pin well to hold everything in place. 3. Stitch close to the first fold, being careful to not run the machine over the pins. This will prevent further fraying, make your finished product looked more "finished" and best of all, will save you the cost and inconvenience of using any of the various chemicals suggested by others. P.S. I was glad to see in the comments that you decided to buy the Fiberglas fabric by the yard! :-)

Wow, I am absolutely deep impressed...my brother is also watching and can`t believe..You give the best bushcrafter knowledge in the whole web...Thank you very much from Germany. Siggy and Olli, Walther, Andy, Helmut, Manne und Stefan..

Lonnie awesome DIY video, I would like to see of you and your wife using this tent in the next couple of months. The setup looks great inside.

You and Wranglerstar are the best on youtube.

That is cool. I'm adding this to my bank of knowledge. This is stuff you can use anytime in life or when you're in a survival situation. I'd think you could make a small tight fit overlay of fiberglass cloth to slip over top of the chimney to completely seal off the opening from rain etc. Now that I see you using Velcro, it looks like you could sew some Velcro about a foot up the sides of the walls in several spots on each wall to mate up to a removable tarp bathtub like floor to keep you dry and off the grass and mud. You have great videos.

Great job Lonnie. I followed along from the beginning of this project. I was thinking when you were sewing , that you might have wanted to sew a couple velcro pieces on the inside to run a line for drying clothes. I guess you could always use the velcro with sticky stuff on the back and attach a piece to those plastic or metal hooks that are stuck to a bathroom tile wall. Well done my friend 👍👍 Peace

I love this video and want to go back and watch the shelter video!

You truly are a survivalist genius.

You're part Einstein, part Grizzly Adams, part Davy Crockett. I am hooked! Thank you for taking the time to create knowledge and share it!

What a handy fellow you are Lonnie. I'm glad to have found your channel.

Nice video Lonnie. Lots of comments to read, so I apologize if someone has already comment on this. If you mix the silicone with some mineral spirits, it will spread easier when sealing the fibreglass.

Thanks Lonnie and Connie

We love you. It takes a real man to do that sewing and teach design and construction like this. You are Grandfatherly, folksy, THE REAL DEAL fella.. Much Respect from Vermont.

Great videos Lonnie, part 1 & 2 your wife is "So Right-On' !!!

Bryan from Sheffield England .Thank you for your very good well explained video ,a lot of good tips , as of all your videos

I watch your videos on 2x speed and love them. Thank you for taking the time to make them.

I've really enjoyed this series. Thanks for making it. Of course, it's just one more thing that will make my wife roll her eyes at me when I tell her I'm going to do it.

Like it....ha, I love it Lonnie. Thank you so much, I have the tarp now, duct tape, and stove ready. I absolutely will share this. Just looked at a canvas one today....1200 bucks. Cant wait to get this done, just in time too

lonnie you just amaze me with your vast knowledge. always a pleasure to watch your videos. regards nick from scotland.

Well done , man , like the diy stove jack . Thanks for sharing,

Thank you for sharing your innovations with us! I’ve often wondered if this was possible, and how to go about it. I’ve been seeing stove jacks available online, at least two different styles, but this is a beautiful and concise explanation. I sure appreciate it. Thank you. You may have this figured out already, but I’ll offer it just in case, by way of giving back where I can: I come from a manufacturing and sewing family. Whenever you have to sew a fabric that’s probably going to fray when you cut it, but that you’re planning to sew, there’s at least a couple of workarounds. You can put down a piece of tape before you cut. Put that piece of tape down right on top of your cutting area, such that the end of the tape on the side that you’re going to sew, ends up well inside your seam allowance, so that the adhesive from the tape doesn’t end up gumming up your machine when you start sewing. Another way is to mark the area that you’re going to sew, then put your fabric into the machine and zigzag either side of the area that you’re going to cut to really limit the amount of fraying that it can do at all. Then you go ahead and cut your piece out; it should be good to pin and sew as usual. You could actually put a thin layer of Silicone on the area that you intend to cut. Allow it to cure first. Ready to cut. Experiment with a little piece on your machine to see how it’ll work on silicone fabric first, though. Fuse a little strip of fusible interfacing over the outline that you plan to cut from fabric that’s prone to fraying; you can then cut it out without any fraying. Again, I have never cut a welding blanket; If there are possibly two layers of weaving, you may have to fuse a strip on both sides of the fabric. The nice thing about interfacing, is that it gives more strength to an area that’ll take the most stress. I’ll throw this in there even though it’s not going to work on a welding blanket. It could work for a lot of other things that are really a nuisance to work with for the tendency to fray, but are sensitive enough to heat to make that a useful tool. Swap out the tip of your soldering iron with one that you filed into a bladelike configuration. Experiment on a scrap piece of fabric to get the temperature right, and with many fabrics, you can use that to cut your fabric beautifully, so that the heat seals the edges at the point of cutting. I really enjoyed your video; It’s always a pleasure to watch you two think and work.

bushcraft-scotland here fantastic stuff.

Very well executed. Thanks for sharing. -Will

Another idea, instead of using that welders blanket, use a large piece of silicone. Either you cannorder them online or look in the cooking section in the store. I would caulk it well on the tarp then use gorilla tape to make sure its water tight and stays in place. Now I have another project I need to do lol. Good video Lonnie. Thanks for all the info and hard work!

Nice hot tent brother. Very welcome place for the coming winter for sure. I brought a 'titanium goat' hot tent 2 years back and cannot get enough of it. When it lashing it down outside; cold, dark and windy- there is no higher feeling of cozyness than what these tents can offer in those conditions! Everyone that I bring inside the ti- goat when camping out just wants to fall asleep due to being overwhelmed by comfiness! Thanks for sharing!

Great job Lonnie. Looking forward to maybe a hot tenting video come winter. I'm gonna share this on Facebook. Many thanks as always.

I just want to say Thank you 🙏 very much

Love your videos. Keep living the dream.

Loved all 3 video's. I subscribed. Take care and God bless you and your wife. I can see she is a great helper and companion for you.

That is a great setup. I will pick up a tarp tomorrow and give this a try.

Excellent job Lonnie, totally impressed. Now to go back and see how you made the stove. This should work out very well, and teepees are intrinsically stable in higher winds so that is is the real deal.

Lonnie , You might already know but you can use 'welders curtain' for a stove jack material - much easier to work with . You can get it at tarp sales places or welding supply. I have built a couple of poly tarp tents -just the A-frame style though. I tie a rope between two trees about 7' high stake it down along the bottom edges -bam- easy shelter. No sewing machine so I just used a Swingline stapler to attach doors and screen on the ends. Good tip on the Gorilla tape -I'll have to get some. Thanks

Another great video. You have the solutions in your head, and your hands to make it works. Cool.

Really good series!! Thank you very much for posting these three videos!!

Got me thinking about a good shelter for the hunt. Practical and cool. Thanks for the ideas and knowledge.

AWESOME VIDEOS! I watched all the ones for this tent. and I will share on my F.B. page and directly to my buddies page so he can watch them too so he knows what we are doing when I tell him its time to make the tent get over here.........lol

Nice job on the T/Pee Lonnie .. Hope your ready for the coming winter.. Preper

great tarp tent i enjoyed the videos , and i can now make me a permanent shelter for camp after seeing how simple they are to build .

this is one of the only times iv ever commented on a video, iv been watching bushcraft videos for a few months, did my one week winter camping tour and loved it, I used more than one idea I got from your videos, I'm planning my next trip as I type this and love this idea, you are very intelligent thank you for sharing your knowledge and TACTICAL skillz with us! it is also nice seeing you have a wife who enjoys this with you. I hope to see more videos from you and your lovely wife soon!

Great inovation. I like the idea of multi uses. Maybe another idea to add can be a screen in musketoe area.Thanks for the video.

thanks for the videos found you like a few year and then stopped watching youtube and just found you again not thatlong go and i justgot done making my own hot tent and alreaady did a test run and it works amazing and cant wait for the snow so i can try it out

you put a lot and time and effort into it and it came out great,,,plenty of heat in that tent,,,good job

I'm going to start my stove soon. Thanks for sharing your wisdom.

Excellent gotta do this, its true bushcraft and will save me some bucks buying the real deal. Thanks

Great video series this one Lonnie, enjoyed greatly. It's great to see that in some parts of the world, the inhabitants are still allowed to use and develop their own intelligence when it comes to being out doors! I'm a Brit, Lonnie and you would not believe what we have to put up with from the law givers in our country. Some of us are born free spirits and to us being out doors and doing what comes natural is a way of life, just as the civilized world has its beliefs and religions their should still be some wild place's put a side in our country for us to be at one with the natural way of doing. You guys in the far north keep the dream alive for a lot of us thank you. Nice to meet Connie, please say hello! ol' Buck he's really looking good. I have two Flatcoat's myself.

Thank you so much, was looking forward to this post. I made the tent, have to find a bucket and work on the stove now before winter sets in!

Sounds reasonable to me Lonnie, that is all I have left to do to the tipi which I made per your instructions. Thank you for the videos and the advice. I am anxious for some cold Illinois weather to try it out.

Great thinking ahead and design Lonnie. A great project...

I watched the hole series thank you a truly ingenious tipi hot tent. You have inspired me to attempt it myself.

Great job on the hot tent I hae learned so much from your videos thank you from Germany!

Lonnie mon ami this is another example of a good job well done. Thank you for sharing.