Plan carefully and get the correct angles with a table saw. Tedious for a non-carpenter. If you have the $$$ hire a laid off carpenter to help......they're all over in this economy !!!
On May 3, 11:23 am, Spiral Syzygy <[email protected]> wrote: > Vinay, > > I'm not the picture taking type usually so I forget to document this > stuff. I think some pics of it are floating around in the ether along > with all the other great resonate photos. If I come across any I will > forward links to the list. > > Cheers! > Spiral > > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter > > > > > > Project) <[email protected]> wrote: > > Any pix of the Resonate model, Spiral? I'm always up for news from Chicago > > :-) > > > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Spiral Syzygy <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> I learned by building one with Vinay at Burning Man in 2006. I built > >> my own for Burning Man 2008 and beyond. If you were at Resonate 5.0 in > >> Chicago a week ago you may have seen it there. > > >> Cheers! > > >> Spiral > > >> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:06 AM, The Distinguished ... > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> 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: @hexayurthttp://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 > >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > >> -- > >> 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 > >> athttp://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. 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