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Old 19-08-2006, 04:57 PM
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5m Geodesic Dome , progress so far

And I allready sick of triangles.... .

All dimensions on target...LOL
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Old 19-08-2006, 05:14 PM
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Hi Shawn,

I am very interested to see how you are going to get that out of the house, when it is finished.

Keep us posted on the progress, looks very good.
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Old 19-08-2006, 05:20 PM
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A description of whats happening here my be appropriate,3 rings laminated out of 17mm marine ply, 130 triangle in 5 different flavours equilateral, Isosolese, and the othe sort, "no rhyme nor reason" from hard wood structural bracing ply. sticthed together with construction adhesive,,prior to moving outside, break piont 180 degrees apart so I can get it out f my den. will be reenforced on the first two ring, cut and slit made,,then glass cloth and resin,,,and nice white paint,,,rollers 6 pairs of rollerblade are about to die an unnatural death,,, , the locating track cannot obviosly be seen in these pics,,,post mor later,,,


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Old 19-08-2006, 05:25 PM
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Hi Shawn,

I am very interested to see how you are going to get that out of the house, when it is finished.

Keep us posted on the progress, looks very good.
The wife would lynch me if I tried to build this in the house... AAARRRGGGG triangles,, 40 down 90 to go ....
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Old 19-08-2006, 05:33 PM
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Thats a 2.7 m piece of mdf in the middle,,,you get an idea of the size yes ?
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Old 19-08-2006, 05:45 PM
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Lester, your a genius,,,gave me a great Idea...Ill finish it in the den , then punch it up thru the roof, and then extend the den, be easier and cheaper...

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Old 19-08-2006, 09:17 PM
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you just going to roll that wonderful piece of engineering out of there?
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Old 20-08-2006, 01:25 AM
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Bottom bits waiting for the top bit,,going to need to hire a crane me thinks...
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Old 20-08-2006, 08:54 AM
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Oh Pooh

Lester you jynxed me..

One of the halves doesnt fit out of the slider... ...Ok remove slider...No sweat...



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Old 22-08-2006, 05:06 PM
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Its Outside, shimmed flat

And I cut another 60 triangles today, will post a fresh pic with layer 2 on, after that a lot fewer triangles are needed per layer, 1st layer 40 , 2nd Layer 40, third layer 32, 4th 22 and so on.... going batty here
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Old 23-08-2006, 05:44 PM
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2nd Layer of triangles well on the way, any error in the first layer is compounded 5 fold in the second, since its having a big slit in it anyway all errors are focused on the part to be removed. pick the bad spot and cumulate errors there. Second layer is tricky because the support for curing of glue is limited, its coming along ok though, and I will post pics, and maybe even write an article for IIS, once finished...Just in case your intersted..

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