It's Day 55- Do you know where your dome is?

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robotland
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It's Day 55- Do you know where your dome is?

Post by robotland » Tue Jul 06, 2004 8:42 am

How's that structure coming?
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Post by gypsy68 » Tue Jul 06, 2004 11:13 am

OH my…so much to do…So little time…Shade structure…still need to build it.
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Post by PurplMyst » Tue Jul 06, 2004 11:17 am

Phase one complete. Now hunting for a power sander and/or a table saw. :twisted:
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Post by Tiahaar » Tue Jul 06, 2004 11:22 am

Just attached two solar panels to the camper roof yesterday, horray for 64 more watts of power (on a sunny day). But the canvas tent/sunshelter still needs several dozen grommets pounded in! Only 7 weekends left.
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Post by robotland » Tue Jul 06, 2004 11:37 am

Grommet pounding gets old quick! I made a Quickie Grommet Anvil (TM) by burying a length of 4x4 in a posthole in the yard- Then you can horse the material around more easily. I made about two dozen custom panels for the Megadome last year, each one seamed with tarp tape and grommeted. Sheesh.
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Post by jbelson » Tue Jul 06, 2004 11:42 am

7 weekends left? Yikes!!!

I still have to transform my tent trailer into something that wont break. And do that mostly after work :?
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Post by kairyth » Tue Jul 06, 2004 12:29 pm

Crumpled in a heap on the drafting room floor. I came to my senses after a couple of months of suffering from 2nd-Year-Burner's Disease. Pragmatism won.

But now I'll have time to make some kickass costumes instead!

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Post by naga brain » Tue Jul 06, 2004 4:26 pm

In the garage in a garbage can. The real question is: where are the bolts for it? :shock:
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Post by dman » Tue Jul 06, 2004 5:56 pm

The frame is done. The 105 covering triangles are cut. Half of those are hemmed & sewn into polygons. The remainder are farmed out to anyone on the team with a sewing machine, with a "polite request" to have them sewn up into polygons by July 31.

Left on the list are the hoist and the flys that will extend from the dome. Got the parts for the hoist, but need to fab the pulley wheel mount and mount the winch to the center pole.

Now mulling over how best to build the support frame for the flys. Given the increased cost of conduit am now thinking 2x4's, rope, and extra numbers of 3' anchor poles. We'll probably try to test that design out on 7/31 - 8/1 (same time we try out hanging the trampoline inside).

So far very happy with the tarp-foil-tarp lamination. Incredibly strong, totally opaque, and much less noisy in wind than single ply tarp.

Lots of work left, but fingers crossed for a smooth completion from here.
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Post by Icepack » Tue Jul 06, 2004 6:00 pm

It's in my kitchen in pieces. Needs a few more holes drilled but it's just about done.
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Post by VerbenaMaya » Wed Jul 07, 2004 7:10 am

I am supposed to have a structure? :shock: Uh oh... Oh wait, is that what those poles and thingys next to the pool were for... damn it must stop be an unmotivated slacker
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Post by unjonharley » Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:25 am



The dome above my shoulders hurts from keeping track of all this shit
I'm the contraptioneer your mother warned you about.
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Post by Tancorix » Wed Jul 07, 2004 9:03 am

unjonharley wrote:
The dome above my shoulders hurts from keeping track of all this shit
Out of all the things I worry about, I'll take the BM worries and time pressures anytime.
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Post by stuart » Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:46 am

you are clearyl not trying hard enough
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Post by robotland » Thu Jul 08, 2004 7:28 am

dman wrote:The frame is done. The 105 covering triangles are cut. Half of those are hemmed & sewn into polygons. The remainder are farmed out to anyone on the team with a sewing machine, with a "polite request" to have them sewn up into polygons by July 31.

Left on the list are the hoist and the flys that will extend from the dome. Got the parts for the hoist, but need to fab the pulley wheel mount and mount the winch to the center pole.

Now mulling over how best to build the support frame for the flys. Given the increased cost of conduit am now thinking 2x4's, rope, and extra numbers of 3' anchor poles. We'll probably try to test that design out on 7/31 - 8/1 (same time we try out hanging the trampoline inside).

So far very happy with the tarp-foil-tarp lamination. Incredibly strong, totally opaque, and much less noisy in wind than single ply tarp.

Lots of work left, but fingers crossed for a smooth completion from here.
Where will you be camping? I HAVE to see this structure.
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Post by Angel Ben » Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:00 am

I just bought 600' of 3/4" EMT last night, so my dome is currently sitting on my living room floor, and hundreds of hours of cutting, drilling, hammering, and bolt tightening in the future.

The cool news is that the price of EMT on the East Coast seems to have dropped about $0.40 in the past week!
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Post by robotland » Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:30 am

Good news for sure! Take solace, my friend- Not hundreds but mere DOZENS of happy work hours lay between now and Dome Time. In my zeal to make my first dome I started and finished a 2V 9rad in about six hours. (tarp playtime not included.) Enjoy!
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