aha! & plywood can be connected with sheet metal corner angles fastened with self-tapping sheet metal screws. Cut off 8-foot by 6-inch pieces of sheet steel from stock material using common sheet metal shop tools, ease the sharp edges, and bend to the 60 degree and roof angles, hold in place with 2 sheets of plywood and screw together. Repeat for the whole structure and you have a plywood and sheet steel structure that will last quite a while. Use bolts&nuts and drill through the material and it could survive a hurricane.
the metal can be cut and shipped, or fabricated on the spot with basic sheet metal shop tools. and there you have it. On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) < [email protected]> wrote: > Richard, for disasters we recommend using plywood, which is as easy to > find as paper. > > Polyiso is great for burning man, but it won't hold up to years > outdoors with small children poking holes in it with sticks. > > Vinay > > On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Richard Ginn <[email protected]> > wrote: > > An observation on the (un)availability of hexayurt panels and tape. > > > > If we can't easily get even small amounts of insulated hexayurt materials > in > > the USA, how will anyone anywhere get any of these materials in the event > of > > an emergency? > > > > This is a supply chain fail, and also a manufacturing fail. > > > > What to do? > > > > --- > > Richard Ginn > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > > -- > Vinay Gupta > Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest > > http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering > http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision > > "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an > invincible summer" - Albert Camus > > Twitter/Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk/AIM: hexayurt > UK Cell : +44 (0) 7500 895568 / USA VOIP (+1) 775-743-1851 > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
