Teresa,
It is possible, that even you, can put this thing together. Stick with one of the tried and tested designs first. Take it one step at a time. Aquire all your materials before you begin construction. Think about each step before proceeding. Measure twice, cut once. Assemble carefully. Enjoy yourself. When you are done, you'll have building experience! And take notes, you'll immediately want to build another one, bigger and better, with all the ideas you come up with for next time. Zach (who thinks empowered chicks building things is kinda hot) ----- Original Message ---- From: teresa liggin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 12:55:05 PM Subject: [hexayurt] Re: Hexayurt paper dolls I'm interested in building a hexayurt to live in on some land I have but I have little to no building experience. The impression I'm getting is that even I could put this thing together. Does this sound like a possibility? Thanks, Teresa --- On Mon, 5/11/09, Plague <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Plague <[email protected]> > Subject: [hexayurt] Re: Hexayurt paper dolls > To: "hexayurt" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, May 11, 2009, 10:45 PM > Didn't find any paper dolls so I took a scrap of > cardboard from a book > I just got in the mail. > The link below is an image of the finished models with > ruler to show > the scale. > http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/oIKlfI73n-_3tBysyI2c9A?feat=directlink > I used 1" X 2" cardboard building blocks. > Then I followed the pattern for a 6 foot hexayurt and 6 > foot stretch > modified to have 6 foot high walls.(Scale 1 inch = 4 feet) > > I still like the idea of a single page print out for each > Hexayurt. > One with a common scale like 1 inch = 4 Feet so you can see > them next > to each other in scale. > It would also be cool to have one with the maximum scale > for a regular > piece of paper. > > I will see what I can do for creating some Hexayurt Paper > Dolls. > I don't have good software for this as a Vector drawing > program like > Illustrator would probably be best. > > At BM last year I got sick of bending over to get into my > Hexayurt. > I like 6 foot walls as they make the structure easier to > build with > less people. > The roof is plenty tall at 10 feet for a 8 foot Hexayurt > using 6 foot > walls and 8 feet for a 6 foot Stretch Hexayurt with 6 foot > walls. > > Rich Shumaker > > On May 11, 12:07 pm, teresa liggin > <[email protected]> wrote: > > If so, I am interested in obtaining these. Thanks. > > > > --- On Mon, 5/11/09, RichShumaker > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > From: RichShumaker <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [hexayurt] Hexayurt paper dolls > > > To: "hexayurt" > <[email protected]> > > > Date: Monday, May 11, 2009, 3:04 PM > > > If you are going to build one of these Hexayurt > things, the > > > best first > > > step is to build a model. > > > That is what I did last year, actually 3 or 4 and > they > > > really helped. > > > Oh and they make an awful hat in my opinion. I > think the > > > roof only > > > would be a good hat just no sides. > > > > > Anyway I am just about to start that process > again. I > > > wanted to find > > > out if anyone has made paper doll style cut outs > for making > > > all the > > > Hexayurt models. Last year I found getting > copies made on > > > stiff > > > cardboard(thickest they had at the copy store) > worked best. > > > My models > > > were 1 inch = 1 foot so I was able to get 2 - 4 X > 8 per > > > sheet of 8 1/2 > > > by 11 paper. Not much cutting. If you do it at > the store > > > they have a > > > cutter that will shorten the time even more. To > that end > > > if you are > > > good with a paper cutter you wouldn't need > any guide > > > lines on the > > > paper. > > > > > I originally used 4 X 6 note cards and that was > way to > > > time consuming > > > adding 2" per card. Also it looked > visually messy and > > > did not > > > represent the real build methodology. > > > > > So has anyone made paper dolls for Hexayurts? > > > > > Rich Shumaker > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
