great question chris! On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Chris Phoenix <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tape adds a lot to the cost and skill of hexayurt building. I'm > wondering whether there might be more mechanical joints that could > work. > > For example, truss joint connectors - those little metal plates with > spikes stamped out of them - might be pre-bent to the correct angles > and used to attach the panels together. Although putting them into > wood requires a hydraulic press, they should go pretty easily into > foam. A bolt through them to a large washer or plate on the other side > should hold them in place. > > The resulting joints would not be water-tight, but just a little tape > should be able to fix that. > > I think I remember reading that an important part of hexayurt strength > is the tension in the tape that's wrapped around between the walls and > roof. If so, it might be necessary to add a cable or strap, either > wrapped around the outside, or run through the bolts (eyebolts?) > attaching the truss connectors. > > Has anyone tried anything like this? Can anyone see a major problem? > > Chris > > -- > Chris Phoenix > [email protected] > 650-776-5195 > > Executive Coach > Director of Research, Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, > http://CRNano.org <http://crnano.org/> > > -- > 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]<hexayurt%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > -- May you love, may you be loved, may love enfold surrounding you, may love penetrate resistance of living life and may this love spread like fire everywhere! MOC~775.848.8609 Bridgette Lyn Dolgoff [email protected] 775.624.7862 -- 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.
