Please do! I linked to it on ePlaya and someone named Canoe has suggested some details on the design: http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?f=277&t=56116
I'm hoping to build this on the July 21 weekend - I'll take photos for the wiki. On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Lucas González <[email protected] > wrote: > I can help with the wikipage over at appropedia. (Did > http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_H13_Plywood so no problem.) > But, working from Linux, I'm finding it difficult to see the .skp file > Jared sent ... wait, I can see it here: > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/hexayurt/CsrF1dpQTJM > So, the question (for Jared) really is - mind if I upload that image and > start http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_H2 with the text of your > explanation? > Thanks, > Lucas > > 2012/7/11 Vinay Gupta <[email protected]> > >> >> Hi, we should definitely call it the H2 and get it up on Appropedia >> forthwith - I think quite a lot of people might take a crack at building >> one of these for Burning Man - the people who *really* don't want to be in >> a tent, but also find the H12 or the 6' Stretch a bit ambitious for a first >> try. >> >> It's really a great design, and we should let people know! Thank you! >> >> Vinay >> >> >> On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:44:04 AM UTC+1, Jared wrote: >>> >>> I'm preparing for my first trip to Black Rock City. Burners who sleep in >>> tents often talk about having a separate gear tent. That got me thinking >>> that with current hexayurt + swamp cooler designs, you're using a lot of >>> energy cooling empty space and gear. Although I'm sure it's nice to be able >>> to offer cool hang-out space, I'm going to be hitching a ride with someone >>> and I'd like to minimize the materials I'm bringing. >>> >>> I've developed a design for a shelter made out of two polyiso panels >>> that has *just enough* space for sleeping and nothing more. A shelter >>> made out of two 48x96 inch walls and a 48x96" floor of some other material >>> produces an equilateral prism with cut ends that is 41" high - larger in >>> every dimension than most single person tents. For example, the Big >>> Agnes Seedhouse >>> SL1<https://www.bigagnes.com/Products/Detail/Tent/SeedhouseSL12012>is one >>> of the largest tents sold as 1-person: it has a 43x90" floor and a >>> peak height (at a single point) of 38". It's larger than the 39×80" >>> mattress that I often slept on with my girlfriend in university residence. >>> >>> >>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-aCM3qwWn4V4/T-pSSZBK-DI/AAAAAAAAA5w/QCfRLMwOuDE/s1600/Hexayurt+H2.png> >>> >>> Obviously polyiso is a bad material for the floor, so my next step is to >>> look into semi-rigid plastic sheets. A tarp with wood boards at each end is >>> another option or even a sheet of plywood. My plan is to make it >>> semi-folding, and install a small swamp cooler at one end and a furnace >>> filter in the other. >>> >>> Do you see any issues with this design? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Jared >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "hexayurt" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hexayurt/-/cdmwTN7zvCUJ. >> >> 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. > -- 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.
