Outer Limits 4x4 Board

I need to be able to somehow attatch an aluminium pole to the material that the more expensive non-canvas tarpaulins use. It can either be solidly secured to it, or slide through a sleeve, whatever. Im just after ideas how to actually attatch them together. Can you get some kind of good permanant glue to maybe glue a sleeve down the middle of the tarp to slide the pole into maybe? Any other ideas?

Is this to act as a ridge pole?
I'm not sure if i would trust any of the canvas type glues out there for this type of thing, it would cop a fair bit of upward force from the wind, the best way i can think of to get a sleeve in it would be to get it sewed, if you can picture if you were to fold tarp in half, then say 10cm in from the seam you run a few rows of stitches along the whole length, then open the tarp up so sleeve is on the upper side of tarp, then the stitching will be across the sleeve and on the outside of tarp which will eliminate stitches leaking...i can't imagine an industrial sewing machine joint charging too much to run a few stitches along a tarp and it will be heaps stronger than glue...

Yes its to act as ridgepoles. Its a good idea, but the way i have set it up, i can just fit the whole awning in using a 2500mm wide sheet, and if i fold it up like you suggest it will no longer fit unfortunately.
Can i maybe rivet through the tarp into the aluminium poles and use a little coon under the rivets?
Could i maybe use vinyl glue maybe, or stitch some velcro onto the tarp to wrap around the poles like a lot of gazebo's do?

hey mate theres a few thing u can do u can sew a pocket on to it or u can get some velcro and sew it on about every 600mm is a standed but if u wanted to do it cheap and urself get some box noless then 25mm and use popvivets with a big washer as big as u can no more then 300mm spaceings personal i would get someone to sew it its by far the strongest method

sikaflex pj!

or go buy a eyelet kit and install eyelets down the line to make a pocket...This you can do yourself and its a pretty tough way to join two bits of tarp material....

Hehe good ol Sikaflex.
I might actually try that, and if it fails, then big whoops, ill just get it sewed or somethin.

PJ.zook wrote:Hehe good ol Sikaflex.
I might actually try that, and if it fails, then big whoops, ill just get it sewed or somethin.

I now have a fridge in the she to keep my various tubes of sikaflex in .. Will stick just about anything to just about anything else.