> Chris Phoenix <[email protected]> Jan 26 01:54PM -0800 ^ > > 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.
Nope. You can search for years if you like. Anything mechanical means you would have to get a company to make something custom. Not gonna happen. Think COTS people! > Spiral Syzygy <[email protected]> Jan 26 05:03PM -0600 ^ > > I would love to see something cheaper and less flammable than the bi > filament tape. As it is, the rolls are about $30/each and you need about 1.5 > - 2 rolls to do a 12' hexayurt. Also, when building these on the playa, the > wind poses challenges beyond moving boards. I found that dust between the > tape and boards can reduce the holding power of the tape. Get rid of the bidirectional tape! Listen, I proposed an internal frame on Vinay's Global Swadeshi site. Please look it up. http://globalswadeshi.ning.com/forum/topics/hexayurt-greenhouse-frame The ENTIRE internal wood frame costs $70. Same as two rolls of the flammable tape. That fact alone should tell people to stop using that tape. It was a great idea in the first place but the design can progress beyond it easily. Throughout history people have used skin on frame structures. You cannot deny thousands of years of development. Tents, yurts, tipis, geodesic domes even the stick frame house is a skin on a frame. One of the only people in history to create something different was Sanford Ponder. His pod buildings were cheap and BRILLIANT. I hope he is reading this and decides to let others run with his idea. Lightweight internal frame is the only way to go. Foam can then be attached easily with plain screws and plastic washers. Plain foil tape is then used to seal all gaps. The tape is never subject to mechanical stress! Foam boards cannot fly away due to tape failure. No guy wires needed! I'm going to host a workshop in the spring. If anyone wants to see how to do this for real, please get in touch. My hexayurt frame is sitting in the backyard right now doing it's duty. It's been up since November taking on the high NM winds without a problem. I don't have access to Dow foam board easily here. First person to show up with 15 sheets of foam will take themselves home something BAD ASS. Feel free to come anytime before the workshop. I want to shoot a video documenting the construction for the hexayurt website. No collaboration, no video. Will announce details more details on my blog: http://exploratorylaboratory.blogspot.com/ -- 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.
