A rope halo is quite easy. To quote the Camp Danger page of the apropedia site:
"Make a circle out of rope-- big enough that it rests on the roof cone somewhere that you can reach it. Fasten from the halo to the ground stakes with 6 other sections of rope. Now you can take the time to make everything equal lengths and pretty. You'll need some extra hands for this part." http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/chuntr/4974798648/sizes/m/ http://www.appropedia.org/images/7/73/Finished_yurt_w_halo.jpg If you want to make sure your rope ring and ground ties slide less against each-other. Make the ring of the halo out of a braid of three strands, and then just select one of the strands (preferably not the one that is staked down on the adjacent sides, if you use three different coloured strands, it's easier to tell)) and tie your line to that. There are many different ways of tightening your strings. For my favorite, you need three things, the line attached to your halo, a "U" made out of rebar, and a piece of strong material (wood, metal, thick plastic, et al) that has two holes about the size of your rope punched into it, so it looks like a domino-masque without the face-shaping bits (slider). Then you slide the working end of your rope (the end not tied to your halo) through one of the holes in the slider, under the bit of the U sticking up from the ground, and then through the other hole. Knot your rope once pulled through the second hole, then when all the sliders are set, get a bunch of fun folks to all at the same time (so the tension is even) pull the sliders along the side of the rope that doesn't have the knot until tight. Then hang some reflective tape off of your ropes, so folks don't trip on them. Percival On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > So I just finished making my semi-folding classic 8 foot tall yurt and > still have no idea how I am going to secure it. I read about some rope > halo's and it seems a bit complicated. Is there a very simple way to have a > rope anchor without complicated knots? Or any other easy method to secure > it? What kind of rope or material should I use? > > > Thanks! > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
