Okay, folks, I did previously create a paper model which didn't answer all of my questions but upon LucasG's suggestion (thanks Lucas!) I made a cardboard model and think I've come to a solution.
When dealing with just 1/2 of the roof (meaning 3 triangles, all with 4' bases), I tried to do a tight hinge with a loose hinge. Although the tight hinge DOES work (when paired with a loose hinge), we run into the dreaded RAIN problem with the tight hinge. This could be devastating for my little tiny yurt to have two tight hinge rain funnels, so I wanted to find a way of using no tight hinges and still making it work. In the Danger model, all of the tight hinges for the roof are those that connect two smaller triangles together to form one bigger triangle, but in the 6' yurt, we don't have any small triangles that need to be constructed into larger triangles. Instead, we have 6 triangles (3 per side) that are taped together along their angles. Therefore, in the Danger model, all of the loose hinges are actually along seams I already have (since I didn't cut my triangles in two), therefore, tight hinges are probably not necessary for my model. Accordingly, I think I can successfully loose hinge both sides of the middle triangle on each roof half (loose hinge 1/2 width of the panel as in the Danger method) in order for them to fold for transport, have an easy set up on the playa and avoid the possibility of a rain funnel which goes right into my yurt. I am planning on finishing my yurt on Sunday and will definitely report back! Also, as Lucas pointed out, this will fold up into 6 4'x4' square pieces (the base) and 6 triangles with a base of 4', which I will sandwich between plywood and wrap in a tarp for transport on my car. A huge part of why I chose to do the 6' model is because I won't be sharing it with anyone AND I wanted it to fit well on top of my Toyota Corolla without causing me too much stress on the road. I think this will be a mission accomplished! Anyone got any ideas on how best to place the triangles in my sandwich? Should the 4' bottoms be facing the front of my car? Away from the front? Does it not matter because it'll be wrapped in a tarp? Thanks so much for all the input! It is so cool to feel like I am part of the yurt community! :) On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 4:05:01 PM UTC-7, LucasG wrote: > > Hope this helps. If we have two half walls (123 and 456l and two half > roofs (ABC and DEF), each of them needs a tight hinge and a loose hinge. I > think. But do try with cardboard. > > For packing, the six squares can be stacked nicely, and you get a square > that's six panels thick. The roof pieces are also six panels thick, but > they don't form a square; some, but not all the room left, can be filled by > the 4 spare pieces, each of them half a roof piece. Not ideal, maybe not > too bad. > > Cardboard anyone? > El 18/08/2015 06:03, "Lucas González" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > escribió: > >> Cardboard model. Or even paper model to start with. But definitely a >> cardboard model. >> >> Six walls, each 4' by 4', can be done as two strips, each made of three >> squares, first to second a tight hinge, second to third a loose hinge. >> These are 3 panels, each cut in half to give us three squares. As you say, >> no problem there. >> >> Six roof pieces, each an equilateral triangle with a base of 4', from two >> panels (each with four cuts) which give you three roof pieces each, plus a >> total of 4 "left over" "half roof-piece", right? I wonder if you'd want >> some of those half roof-pieces if there's need to do some folding. >> >> Model just the roof? Number the pieces: R1 to R6, plus abcd for the >> half-triangle leftover thingies. Try two different half-roofs, one using >> leftovers and one without? Post a picture or two. Allow us to use the >> picture in a wikipage which we'd call "folding six-foot" or whatever? This >> should help the next million, so thank you. >> El 18/08/2015 05:06, "Rachel Schwartz-Gilbert" <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> escribió: >> >>> Also, the danger method uses spaces that are 1/2 the width of the panels >>> for the loose hinges, I am wondering if one of my hinges need to be 1/2 the >>> width of a panel and the other needs to be a whole width of a panel? Then >>> they can fold on top of each other? I think that is how that should work... >>> but am still struggling a little bit with the concept of it all. >>> >>> On Monday, August 17, 2015 at 1:47:03 AM UTC-7, Rachel Schwartz-Gilbert >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I am trying to build the folding camp danger model for my yurt this >>>> year (first yurt building project here!) but all of the directions seem to >>>> be for much larger yurts than my 6' one. >>>> >>>> I can easily process the directions for the wall panels but am having a >>>> little bit of trouble conceptualizing how the roof panels will work. As of >>>> now, I have 6 triangles for the roof (3 per each side of the roof - as per >>>> the 6' directions) but camp danger uses 12 smaller triangles (basically >>>> these 6 cut in half and stretched out). Can I just leave my three >>>> triangles >>>> per side instead of cutting them in half (and then tight sealing them)? >>>> Cutting them seems to benefit transport for the Danger technique but >>>> either >>>> way mine wont fold up like the bigger yurts so I don't see any real >>>> benefit >>>> in cutting the triangles in half. Basically, I am trying to figure out if >>>> my hinges will all be loose hinges pre-playa since the "tight hinges" >>>> would >>>> be if I cut my current triangles in half. >>>> >>>> I am hoping that question makes sense.... >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance! >>>> >>> -- >>> 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] <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <javascript:>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- 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]. 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