I'm planning on simply using one of the roof triangles as a spacer to join the two base halves with a loose hinge on the Playa - despite the fact that the roof pieces are all taped up. I'm sure I could stand a piece appropriately.
Alternately, bring a tape measure, and just lay the pieces down and measure the distance between them before taping. On Thursday, August 15, 2013 10:54:59 AM UTC-4, Edward Scott wrote: > > hi all, > > I am putting the finishing touches on my first hexayurt for burning man, > and I have a few questions I'd like some input on. > > > 1. For silver taping the hinges - > 1. It it worth taping the inside of the yurt, or just the outside? > 2. Does the silver tape bend well? i.e. should I put one piece of > silver tape over a hinge, or place two separate pieces of silver tape > side > by side so that the hinge bends between them? > 2. Following the camp danger technique, taping the walls > together<http://www.appropedia.org/Camp_Danger_Hexayurt_Hinge_Technique#Tape_together_walls> > says > I need a gap equal to the thickness of the panels, but doesn't suggest a > means of doing this. Julie's > video<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC-T72tnYc> doesn't > give much clue either, besides saying it is easy. How do you recommend I > create this gap, given that all the panels are taped up at that point? > 3. I imagine that they can get quite bright when reflecting sunlight. > Is this a problem on the playa? Do people do anything about this? > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
