Yay! Yes, just to confirm, I spent a while on the phone with Amir Jafari who helped a friend build a yurt in Vancouver recently, and according to him, "beveling, mitering etc is not necessary at all, as long as you use the Camp Danger Hinge Technique". Their yurt was fine without the beveling/mitering, but they did build it with the bidirectional filament tape, which is the ideal way to go apparently. We are also not interested at all in battling for longer than necessary with wind and dust on the playa while we build. Simply pointless especially with having the Danger hinge technique and plenty of bidi fil tape. FYI we finished our H13 model last night, it looks ok actually given I cut it out of cardboard and used masking tape (sucks!). We're building the H13 yurt itself today, and will be camped at 7:30 and E, right next to the group "Camp New Year's Eve".
Thanks for all the videos, postings and pdfs Julie! You seriously rock. -Alejandro On Aug 26, 5:35 pm, Julie Danger <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, I'm in RENO en route to BRC. Hooray. I think we didn't even > forget anything. > > Today I made this PDF (http://www.appropedia.org/File:2D_instructionsPDF.pdf) > to go along with the 2D/Grounded assembly > strategy<http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_playa_checklist#2D.2FGrounded_Asse...>, > for those who are not doing pre-made hinges at home. > > Beveling or mitering your panel edges: will give you greater structural > stability and insulation. But, unless you're doing a bigger hexayurt (like > the tridome), it's unnecessary for stability in my experience--especially > considering what a hassle and mess it is. > > Transport your hexayurts safely and set them up in pleasant, wind free > conditions! Hasta la Happy Hour! > > Julie Danger -- 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.
