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Re: Slow Geodesic Dome build
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 1:50 pm
by mamos
They are the best structure for standing up to strong winds.
paul
Re: Slow Geodesic Dome build
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 3:23 pm
by doofaloofa
You can start filming Dr Who any time now
Re: Slow Geodesic Dome build
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:28 pm
by diggernotdreamer
Do you know how much it cost you in the end? The Wizard is now considering a dome and wants us to buy the plans for one
Re: Slow Geodesic Dome build
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:28 pm
by Green Aura
mamos wrote:They are the best structure for standing up to strong winds.
paul
That's precisely why we decided to build one.
Re: Slow Geodesic Dome build
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:20 am
by mamos
Green Aura wrote:mamos wrote:They are the best structure for standing up to strong winds.
paul
That's precisely why we decided to build one.
I am surprised at just how stiff the whole structure actually is. You could easily walk on it. I was leaning a ladder against it yesterday to tape up all the seams to make it water tight and it did not move a millimetre.
paul
Re: Slow Geodesic Dome build
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:05 pm
by Odsox
diggernotdreamer wrote:The Wizard is now considering a dome and wants us to buy the plans for one
Yeah, me too.
That or yet another polytunnel if this summer is the shape of things to come.
Re: Slow Geodesic Dome build
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:41 pm
by diggernotdreamer
Odsox wrote:diggernotdreamer wrote:The Wizard is now considering a dome and wants us to buy the plans for one
Yeah, me too.
That or yet another polytunnel if this summer is the shape of things to come.
So my proposed move to the tropic of Cork should be postponed. We had the heating on three times in the last week to take the chill off the place. Perhaps we should be looking at just covering the place in domes, we could dry the washing in one as well
Re: Slow Geodesic Dome build
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 2:37 pm
by mamos
They would be great for drying clothes in.
paul
Re: Slow Geodesic Dome build
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:30 am
by mamos
Just done a quick write up of the the day we built the dome
Find it here
Paul
Re: Slow Geodesic Dome build
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:25 pm
by diggernotdreamer
Thinking of buying these plans, did you print them off and what size were the pages, I can't find anything on his website that says much about the actual printing of them, cheers
Re: Slow Geodesic Dome build
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:31 pm
by Green Aura
He sends them as a .pdf. We haven't printed them, but they look like A4.
Re: Slow Geodesic Dome build
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:39 pm
by diggernotdreamer
oh, that's ok then, wasn't sure if they were large plans and you would have to stick it together.
Re: Slow Geodesic Dome build
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:52 pm
by mamos
Yes I printed them off on A4 so I could make notes and sketches etc.
I think it ended up costing about £400 in the end but I do have a lot of the plastic left over as I ordered more than I needed.
The plans are not a how to on building the dome so you have to do a lot of thinking and beard rubbing but all the info is there.
I would do it a little different on the next one and if you do decide to actually build one I will PM you my phone number as you will have lots of questions.
I really need to do my step by step write up on my blog don't I
paul
Re: Slow Geodesic Dome build
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 6:13 am
by doofaloofa
Re: Slow Geodesic Dome build
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:49 am
by Green Aura
Don't forget he has all the YouTube tutorials as well.
