Tent Window Rods

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I added some tent rods to hold my outer tent windows open.

I was concerned about tearing the tent fabric so I added some reinforcements to the corners (inside and out) that I made from orange iron-on patch fabric, then I carefully attached the patches to the tent with a heat sealing iron. I installed stainless steel grommets to make durable mounting holes for the rods.

I picked up some ARB window rods which are held into the extrusions with some simple support blocks that I 3D printed from ASA. The blocks are held into the extrusions with 10-32 GFC T-nuts.

Total cost for this project (not including shipping, sales tax, my labor, & tools I already own) was less than $60.
Window rods: $11.16
Iron-on patches: $8.99
Grommets: $7.99
GFC T-nuts: $28.43
ASA filament: ~$2.00

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Pretty sweet. I hate that those ARB Window Rods are always sold out. Did you buy them directly from ARB, or elsewhere?

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Nevermind, I found the same ones at Jegs…

ARB 4X4 815121 Tent Window Rod

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I ordered them from trailrecon.com

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So rad!! love the clean look here too. Nicely done! :metal:

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How do these small 3D printed pole blocks hold up? and chance you have the file still?

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Are the window rods cut to length or do they come in this size? I like this whole idea :clap:t6: