Greetings, On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 12:38 +0100, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) wrote: > Well, for me, I learned to build them by doing it. What's interesting > is that the plywood hexayurt was first built by Marcin Jakubowski > > http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=340
Indeed, that's what inspired my efforts as well. > There were pictures, there was video. I looked at what they did with > the flashing and though "that looks hard, I'm not sure how to do that" > and then when the time came to build my first plywood hexayurt, I took > a different approach using wooden blocks. Video? I'll have to track it down. *grin* The flashing I used was on the outside, and wasn't structural, as much as weather-sealing. I used the tar-backed flashing that is about as thick as the "outdoor rated" panels (the mythical Thermax-HD) that I actually ironed in place (to make sure they stuck properly, teflon ironing sheets are your friend, but a brown paper bag will do in a pinch ...) to seal the edges. > So I'm actually learning little bits from people building hexayurts. > There's a folder that I saw for sale on Craigslist which was an 8' > unit which was fully concertinaed - went down into a 12' long stack, > 4' wide, and you just pulled one side into a full folding hexayurt. A most cool design! > Really a great piece of work. I'm not doing a very good job of > collecting and documenting those bits of data on the site right now, > it's something I should put up a wiki page for. Very probably, the community does tend to produce things for us. > So that's how I'm learning from materials online. As are we all! > Thanks for taking a look at this with us, David. > > Vinay And I hope it continues to blossom and grow. Percy > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:16 PM, David Jennings <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm new to this group, but had a chat to Vinay last week about how to help > > more people learn to build hexayurts with as little need for > > support/intervention from him as possible. This came about after I mentioned > > to Vinay that I help people do online learning - especially the informal, > > non-institutional, self-directed kind of learning... > > > > Obviously a lot of people on this list have learnt to build hexayurts with > > little or no formal support. So what I'm interested in is: how did you do > > this? what worked well for you, and what didn't? > > > > How useful were the various videos and other instructions on the web? > > > > Were you able to learn from others with more experience? If so, how useful > > was that? > > > > If you knew then what you know now, how could you have learnt quicker or > > better? > > > > Any pointers or suggestions very welcome, and gratefully received - many > > thanks! And if you'd be willing to discuss at greater length off-list, > > please let me know. > > > > Cheers, David > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > > > > -- > Vinay Gupta > Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest > > 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 > > http://bit.ly/flucode - please follow the Flu Code > if you are in a flu-effected area. It protects us all. > > Gizmo Project VOIP : (USA) 775-743-1851 > Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk/AIM: hexayurt > Twitter: @hexayurt http://twitter.com/hexayurt > UK Cell : +44 (0) 795 425 3533 / USA VOIP (+1) 775-743-1851 > > "If it doesn't fit, force it." > -- 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.
