I have an alternate approach, which may be more cost/work than people want for a one-off hexayurt but if you're reusing it, you could get good mileage.
The basic idea is that you can turn the soft foam into a nice, hard surface by simply sandwiching it in between two pieces of thin, hard material like plexiglass or plywood. You can then drill a hole and bolt through it from one side to the other. This gives you all sorts of interesting possibilities. Lateral movement of the outer layers is the enemy. You can glue them to the surface of the insulation, or you can tape them on the edges. Make sure your sandwiching material has enough surface area in the direction of stress, so that you don't end up with it digging into the foam on the edges. And make sure to use nice wide washers to maximize the stability of the bolt. So, once you've got that, you can do a lot. One idea I haven't tried but I like the sound of is using a bunch of eye bolts along the seams of the panels, and then lacing them up like a corset. Could be very steam punk. I did try the bolt approach with my windows, and it works great. I've got two pieces of plexiglass cut wider than the hole in the insulation, about 2" on each side. I taped them in place on the inside and outside, and then bolted through them at a few points, and I have a very solid and well-insulated window. At this point I'm pretty much convinced that I want to do a full SIP sort of thing and sandwich the full panels instead of just patches, because then I'll have a really long-lasting structure. I'm just waiting on some time and money to get back into that project. Jack On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Ray S <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the pointers Steve. I like your approach as well, but I'm > more concerned with building a FULLY Folding Hexayurt. In my past 2 > years setting it up and bringing it to the Playa I've done it as > such: Hinge all wall panels together. This leaves me with still > having to hinge 3 outer hinges similar to your setup. Then for the > roof I bring it in two halves that are also pre-hinged. Thus at the > playa it's a little easier to manage, but still also requires 6 tape > anchors to be created (3 strands of tape from corner to corner over > the top). > > My problem with this is that it still requires a bit of tape to be > used every setup, as well as removal when you get home to prepare for > next year. I'd love to eliminate this by attempting to do this > design: http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_playa#The_Folding_Hexayurt > (The Fully Folding Hexayurt). I have yet to see one of these at > Burning Man and am curious if anyone's tried it and how they've staked > it down / tested it against the harsh environment at Burning Man. > > -- > 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
