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All mididome related info has been moved [[Mididome|here]]
All mididome related info has been moved [[Mididome|here]]
= Todo =
=== Construction of 4m prototype ===
Required materials:
* 30 x 'S' : 0.70m x 16mm PVC
* 40 x 'M' : 0.80m x 16mm PVC
* 50 x 'L' : 0.82m x 16mm PVC
We will need 24 4m x 16mm PVC pipes + 1 extra = 25 pipes.
Cut them as follows:
* 13 x SMLLL
* 9 x SMMML
* 1 x SSSLL
* 1 x SSSSS
* 25 x 6-way connectors
* 6 x 5-way connectors
* 15 x 4-way connectors
Total = 46 connectors. A connector consists of an inner ring and an outer ring.
The inner ring is a 40x20mm PVC ring.
The outer ring is a 75x35mm PVC ring.
* 46 * 20 = 0.8m tube to make the inner rings
* 46 * 35 = 1.61m tube to make the outer rings.
PVC shopping list
25 x 4m x 16mm pipe
1 x 1m x 40mm pipe
1 x 2m x 75mm pipe
Bag of zipties (300x)


== Construction of Maxi (9m) dome ==
== Construction of Maxi (9m) dome ==

Revision as of 10:36, 30 June 2015

Geodesic Dome for Idiopolis
Dome Construction 9.jpg
Participants
Skills Mechanics, Muscles, Pipe Cutting
Status Active
Niche Hardware
Purpose Infrastructure
Tool No
Location
Cost
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Geodesic Dome for Idiopolis

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Introduction

As Idiopolis, we have this super cool army tent at our disposal, but it's getting a bit flimsy, and it is not entirely sure how long it will survive. On top of that, all our party tent have been frankensteined into a mother of all partytents at haxogreen, but unfortunatly it has met its demise at the hand of the weather gods. I believe this provides us with ample arguments to consider a new construction for idiopolis, after all, CCC camp is just around the corner.

Proposition

I propose to build a geodesic dome to house our chaotic village in.

<insert cool geodesic dome pics here>

Pros:

  • Strong construction due to its nature
  • Durable
  • Broken parts are easily replaced
  • Spacious
  • Could be used as place for giving lectures/talks/open discussions
  • And kinda cool
  • Few different kind of parts

Cons:

  • Lot of parts
  • Possibly heavy
  • Possibly bulky
  • Lengthy construction time

Construction of the pipe cleaner connectors

Construction of full scale ziptie hub prototype


Minidome strut construction

Cut:

  • 50x 15.5cm tubes (L, purple in construction diagrams)
  • 40x 15cm tubes (M, red)
  • 30x 13cm tubes (S, blue)

Dome construction

-Things to remember:-

  • The dome only consists of two types of triangle - LLM and MSS. If you ever construct any that don't match these, something has gone wrong.
  • All six 5-way hubs can be populated with M pipes before further assembly
  • Similarly, 5 6-way hubs can be populated with only L pipes.
  • M struts never occur next to each other on any single hub.

Construction of midi dome

All mididome related info has been moved here

Construction of Maxi (9m) dome

All maxidome related info has been moved here