I will be happy to share all my sources for materials. The Barge Glue was purchased from a seller through Amazon.com. It cost about $40 including shipping. Amazon # B0032YYOFS
The velcro came from McMaster-Carr. Item number 9273K82 You will note that this item does NOT include self-adhesive. This was for two reasons: (1) I don't trust the adhesive backing for durability in the long-haul, (2) I always intended to sew the loops part to the bottom side of the Cordura, and it is nigh impossible to sew through a glued surface-- it gums up sewing needles very quickly. The 500D Cordura was purchased from a domestic eBay seller. I purchased 2 yards of 60" wide material and it was almost exactly enough to do my H12 hexayurt with 6" strips. To clarify an earlier question about attaching roof cone to base: Yes, I used the Velcro+Cordura combination everywhere you usually would use tape for assembly. My hexayurt has twelve 4' Cordura strips permanently attached to the twelve roof triangle sections. On assembly I use plastic clamps on the roof to pull them back, so the eye velcro doesn't come in contact hook velcro(on the base) until everything is centered and ready to be sealed. Without the clamps, the strips droop below the eave level and could make assembly really difficult if they keep sticking to the hooks before you're ready. And one more important point: The non-Velcro side of the Cordura is glued to the roof cone, NOT the base. This is for a very specific reason. Think: water runoff. I have pictures of the first assembly of my yurt somewhere. If anyone is interested I'll try to post them. (Can I do that here?) --Alexander / aka Wolf On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 9:57:55 PM UTC-5, Ray S wrote: > > So just to clarify a bit more - Jeremy it sounds like you actually put > Velcro inside of the angled joints, so that when the yurt was put into > position it would come into contact? If so, this seems a bit different > than Alexander's description, as it appears he took a 6" piece of Cordura, > sewed loops to that, glued the Cordura to the flat part of a joining side, > and then glued the hooks to the other joining side, so the velcro is not > inside the angled joints themselves, but on the outside facing. I have an > H12 yurt and am thinking this may be more robust for the bigger yurts. > Alexander, any chance you could link us to the Velcro you bought? I found > some hook and loop 2" velcro at $50 for 50 yards on ebay, but not sure if > the strength will be comparable. > > -Ray > >> >> -- 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.
