The following instructions were created for a set up of an A-Frame built by Cylinder Stoves, but these instructions should apply to all general A-Frames.

1. Unpack your canvas wall tent and find rope and metal tensioners. Thread the rope through one end of tensioner, then through the eyebolt, then back through the other hole on tensioner, then tie a knot. Tie stake loop on other end of rope.

2. Stake out the corners of your tent. Pound log nail stakes through the grommets on the bottom of the wall tent, leave approx. 2-3? above ground. Try to get the wall tent as square as possible. Make sure the buckle at the bottom of the door is fastened. This keeps door from getting stretched to tight for the zipper to work freely. Stake down the rest of the tent keeping walls straight.

3. Assemble 2 piece sidewall poles. Install sidewall poles by placing sidewall pole over top of stake and set it on top of grommet. This holds the bottom of the wall tent down and keeps the sidewall pole from moving. If you are using different stakes, let the side wall poles stand on the ground. Insert the eyebolt thru eve grommet and into the top of sidewall pole. Stake out ropes and adjust tensioners so that the rope holds sidewall poles upright but don?t tighten yet. Do corners first, and stake corner ropes out at a 45 degree angle from the end of the tent. Once side wall poles are up, this will allow you enough room to get ridge pole through the tent without having to crawl.

4. Assemble frame legs and place two in front of tent and two in back. Leg pieces are marked 1-2-3 and must be assembled in sequence with #1 at top. Assemble the ridge pole outside of your canvas tent. Take the ridge pole through the door and stick it through the ridge pole opening at back of tent, then bring it back through the front ridge opening until it sticks out evenly on both ends, front and back.

5. Insert adjustable leg fitting (T shaped pieces) into the ends of ridge pole. Turn this adjustable leg fitting to the right side leg. This will make the cable truss hang evenly in the center of the legs. Legs go on the outside of tent. Insert legs into the welded leg fitting on the ridge pole and adjustable leg fitting, lift ridge pole by bringing legs closer together. Lift both ends evenly.

6. Make sure legs have a sufficient bite in the ground to hold them in place. Also make sure that the legs are even vertically with the end wall of tent, or slightly closer at the bottom. By moving legs closer at the bottom it puts tension on frame and keeps joints tight.

7. When ridge pole is at the proper height, make sure it is centered in the peak of the tent by moving either the right or left leg accordingly. Go around your wall tent and tighten ropes as needed. You may have to move corner ropes to get corners tight. For extra stability, it is a good idea to have a rope staked out from both ends of the ridge, this eliminates wrinkles in the ridge and keeps the ridge tight. These ropes should be 15 - 20 ft. long so they can be staked out far enough to avoid doorway. Alternative: use a short rope and just tie the canvas tent ridge to end of frame to keep it tight. This is easiest to do before ridge is raised all the way. You may have to tighten the ropes periodically in windy conditions.

8. Take tent and frame down in reverse of instructions. When packing frame back in bag, you will want to put smaller poles inside of larger poles to save space. Put ropes, cable, and stakes in your tent bag after tent is folded and packed.