I've seen some pretty scary comments on here, I just pray some of you are kidding. Anyways, I've worn out more than a few tents over the years, but I always keep them around. The old poles can be used for ton's of things and right here is a perfect example. I have a few that had some pretty hefty poles that are perfect for this, some fiberglass that you could take the metal fittings off and cut the sections to whatever length you'd like and put the fittings back on the ends to join them. If you're lucky you may even salvage a little shock-cord that's still got a little life left in it to keep all your pieces together. I suppose for the ends that's up to the person making it, if you want to spend a little cash you can pick up some trekking pole ends at an outdoor outfitters or maybe amazon....Me, I'll probably look around and see what I've got hanging around, I'm sure there's 1000 different ways to make a pretty decent, working Clickstand with a little bit of creativity and an old tent. If you're any good with a sewing machine, most tent fabrics make great gear bags. Any time I get a new piece of gear for camping, backpacking, whatever, I make a custom sized bag to pack it in. Once you get good at it you can even get some webbing and buckles cheap from the craft section at Wal-Mart and make compression sacks for tents and sleeping bags, jackets....I've gotten a little off subject from the original post, but basically all I'm saying is, 1. Don't throw out your old gear, you never know what else you could make out of it, 2. I saw the clickstand on youtube yesterday and thought it was pretty cool, and surprisingly the thought of making one never really occurred to me until I saw this thread when I was looking them up, so thanx to everyone who weighed in with useful information