Practically speaking, with 1" materials, it makes no difference. But it's lovely, the way the hexayurt just slides together.
Angles are 30 degrees for connections between walls and roof, and walls and walls. The connections between roof-and-roof is 15 degrees. (i.e. 120 degrees total, and 150 degrees total) Vinay -- Vinay Gupta Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest http://bit.ly/flucode - please follow the Flu Code if you are in a flu-effected area. It protects us all. http://guptaoption.com/map - social project connection map http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision Gizmo Project VOIP : (USA) 775-743-1851 Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk/AIM: hexayurt Twitter: @hexayurt http://twitter.com/hexayurt UK Cell : +44 (0) 0795 425 3533 / USA VOIP (+1) 775-743-1851 "If it doesn't fit, force it." On Jul 14, 2009, at 2:10 AM, Kerosene wrote: > > I'll be taking a 6' stretch or 8' to the playa this year. While I'm > still figuring out my needs, I wanted to ask for advice: how > beneficial is it to bevel the edges? > > On the plus side, I foresee better heat and sound insulation since > there's an inch of insulation in all of the joints instead of just a > piece of tape. > > On the minus side, those acute edges might get dinged up in transport. > There's also the additional build time; we're adding several > additional cuts. Let's see... > > 12 cuts (6 walls * 2 cuts for each wall-wall) > 12 cuts (6 roof panels * 2 cuts for each roof-roof) > 6 cuts (6 walls * 1 cut for each wall-roof) > ------ > 30 cuts total > > Finally, those all need to be 30° cuts, right? > > Cheers, > Kerosene > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
