Bay area hexayurters! Count me in! I unfortunately have no free weekends between now and burning man, except for Saturday the 16th. Weeknights are a better possibility. I think American Steel might be an interesting central meeting/work place that's wind-free. It wouldn't be hard to get in touch with those folks.
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 8:06 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt/topics > > - Hexayurt Bee for Burning Man? <#130bd0a1200a0edb_group_thread_0> [5 > Updates] > - Legal Status for Hexayurt Constructions ? - Construction Permit > Required ? <#130bd0a1200a0edb_group_thread_1> [5 Updates] > > Topic: Hexayurt Bee for Burning > Man?<http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt/t/8652b741cbdd387a> > > Steve Upstill <[email protected]> Jun 22 11:58AM -0700 > ^<#130bd0a1200a0edb_digest_top> > > Hey all, > > This post is for Bay Area Burners who need to build a yurt for the > Playa. Having built mine last year, and intending to build another this > year, I wonder how many people are in the same position--and how much > redundant effort is involved in everybody doing it for themselves. I know I > spent close to a week assembling tools, doing layout, laboriously cutting, > taping edges, etc. etc. etc. and finally cleaning up (GAH!), all in my > little driveway with my pathetic collection of tools. > > Suppose we yurt-Burners (hmm, dodgy naming there...) joined forces (and > expertise, and tools...) and set up an assembly line to build generic > yurts. > How many of you would be up for such an endeavor? > > Cheers, > Steve Upstill > -- > Activity should never be confused with progress. > -- Peter Allport > > > > > Robert Binning <[email protected]> Jun 22 12:04PM -0700 > ^<#130bd0a1200a0edb_digest_top> > > Im up in Sacramento but would certainly make the trip. Having never > built > one, that would he awesome. > > Hey all, > > > This post is for Bay Area Burners who need to build a yurt for the > Playa. > Having built mine last year, and intending to build another this year, > I > wonder how many people are in the same position--and how much redundant > effort is involved in everybody doing it for themselves. I know I spent > close to a week assembling tools, doing layout, laboriously cutting, > taping > edges, etc. etc. etc. and finally cleaning up (GAH!), all in my little > driveway with my pathetic collection of tools. > > > Suppose we yurt-Burners (hmm, dodgy naming there...) joined forces > (and > expertise, and tools...) and set up an assembly line to build generic > yurts. > How many of you would be up for such an endeavor? > > -- Peter Allport > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > Danielly Aldana <[email protected]> Jun 22 12:18PM -0700 > ^<#130bd0a1200a0edb_digest_top> > > I'm down... my main issue is space! > > > > > > Tim Hohne <[email protected]> Jun 22 06:24PM -0400 > ^<#130bd0a1200a0edb_digest_top> > > That would be great. A bit of an assembly line could make building them > much > faster. > I am moving to SF about July 20th and need to build this years yurt. > I've done a new one every year for the last 5 and shipped them from the > east > coast. > > Anyone else up for building the H13? > > Beaker. > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Danielly Aldana > > -- > > > > > "Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to > grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after > all." > — Douglas Adams (Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency) > > > > > Keith Brown <[email protected]> Jun 22 04:03PM -0700 > ^<#130bd0a1200a0edb_digest_top> > > I'm in Berkeley, have the classic Hexayurt but with 6' sidewalls and an > arched front door. The only mods for this year are the addition of a > sill-iron across the doorway to keep the two segments from spreading > and/or > getting out of alignment. The sill-iron will be taped to the wall from > underneath (before assembly of course). The whole unit is packaged up > as > three two-piece sidewalls, plus two roof-halves taped up to unfold. > Then I > just have to add three pieces of tape to the sides, and one long piece > across the top (while it's still on the ground). > > Oh, and I'll be putting in a couple small windows in the upper sidewall > using 24" x 8" Lexan inlayed and taped into the walls. > > -Oswego > > > > > Topic: Legal Status for Hexayurt Constructions ? - Construction Permit > Required ? <http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt/t/c169b1619c324eb7> > > "Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project)" <[email protected]> Jun 22 > 05:27PM +0100 ^ <#130bd0a1200a0edb_digest_top> > > We really, really need to sort out the naming scheme for various kinds > of > hexayurts to stop misunderstandings like this arising. > > One more thing on the to-do list, maybe somebody will have a great idea > and > figure it out! > > V> > > > > > "Lucas González" <[email protected]> Jun 22 05:38PM +0100 > ^<#130bd0a1200a0edb_digest_top> > > What would be the concepts? Number of panels, symmetry and height? > > A 12-panel, round-symmetric, 4-foot-walled one ... > A 13-panel, elongated-symmetric, mostly-4-foot-walled one ... > > ? > > Seems hard-ish. Because, well, on top of the variables of the space, > there's > the "common name". Which might even be internationally pronounceable. > > :-/ > > Lucas > > 2011/6/22 Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) <[email protected]> > > > > > > Ray Kornele <[email protected]> Jun 22 10:09AM -0700 > ^<#130bd0a1200a0edb_digest_top> > > How about > hexayurt is normal > HY8 is with eight walls > HY9 is with 9 walls > etc. > > 12-panel, round-symmetric, 4-foot-walled with 6' center height > HY12x4x6 > > KrazyKyngeKorny (Krazy, not stupid) > > > 2011/6/22 Lucas González <[email protected]> > > > > > > Joshua Keroes <[email protected]> Jun 22 11:24AM -0700 > ^<#130bd0a1200a0edb_digest_top> > > Proposal 1: if we say that the Hn represents the minimum number of > material > sheets to make the base model in that design, then the compact notation > Hn+m > can represent additional sheets of material to increase wall height. > > Examples: > > H12: the canonical hexayurt (12 sheets) > H12+3: hexayurt with 6' tall walls (15 sheets total) > H12+6: a hexayurt with 8' walls (18 sheets total) > > H7: a stretch hexayurt (7 sheets total) > > H13: http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_H13 (13 sheets total) > H13+3: an H13 with 6' walls. > > > Proposal 2: Same definition of Hn as above. Instead of focusing on > material > usage, let's tell people how tall the beast is. > > H12: the canonical hexayurt > 10' H12: a hexayurt with 6' tall walls > 12' H12: a hexayurt with 8' tall walls > 10' H13: an h13 with 6' tall walls. > > > Pragmatically, using "Hn" instead of "HYn" is preferable for two > reasons: > it's already in use and Google searches for "hexayurt h13" already > work. > > -Joshua > > PS This assumes that providing both the wall height and center height > is > redundant. Can't we derive one from the other? > > PPS I'm explicitly not using n to represent the number of walls. That's > already indicated by the name: a hexayurt has six walls, a pentayurt > five, > and below, that would be an octoyurt and a nonayurt, I think. I believe > the > non-six sided shapes are rare and therefore don't need a shorthand > notation > at this time. > > PPPS I'm also not using n to represent the number of faces. A stretch > hexayurt would then be an h10 instead of an h7. Someone else can argue > in > favor of that if you're so inclined. > > > > > > > "Lucas González" <[email protected]> Jun 22 09:28PM +0100 > ^<#130bd0a1200a0edb_digest_top> > > The larger yurts, tridome and quaddome, are not even yurts. No problem > in > naming those. They share the origin (rectangular panels) and the > zero-waste-ness. > > Lucas > > 2011/6/22 Joshua Keroes <[email protected]> > > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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]. 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