for anyone else here is a link to some photos: http://www.geekspeak.net/dome/dome.html It's a 3 phase wooden dome with metal struts made at a local blacksmiths shop. Everything was scrap material except for the metal struts that tie the wood pieces together. Total cost $120 not including my labor to...

the material I use is scrap and I get it from viacom here in Denver. It is used billboard vinal (they've got quite a stack of them) and will sell them to anybody for $20 and a drivers license and a signed statement that you will not display the billboard. They want to cover their butts so a brand na...

yea, I really think that that was key. I have a friend who is planning on covering his much larger dome with the silver bubble reflective stuff that goes around water heaters, that method is too expensive for me but the billboard vinal as $20 and was scrap material.

Zaphod

I built a smaller 8' radius dome and placed it on the playa and am pleased to announce that it stayed a cozy 68 degrees during the heat of the day. The nights were cold but that was taken care of with blankets over my sleeping bag. I like camping and it's no big deal. But I suppose an insulating cov...