Geodome: Difference between revisions

From NURDspace
Line 35: Line 35:
* Possibly bulky
* Possibly bulky
* Lengthy construction time
* Lengthy construction time
=Construction of the pipe cleaner connectors=
<gallery>
File:Pipe Cleaner Connector 1.jpg|Start with two pipe cleaners, crossed in the middle.
File:Pipe Cleaner Connector 2.jpg|Fold them across each other. For a 4-way connector (blue hubs in the construction diagrams), do this again and stop here.
File:Pipe Cleaner Connector 3.jpg|Add a third pipe cleaner across the fold to form a crude hexagonal arrangement. For a 5-way connector, offset the lengths so one is shorter than the others.
File:Pipe Cleaner Connector 5.jpg|Counting from the top clockwise, fold the first(2 o'clock) and fifth(10 o'clock) spokes around the sixth (12 o'clock). Do the same for the the second(4 o'clock) and fourth(7 o'clock) spokes around the fourth (6 o'clock).
File:Pipe Cleaner Connector 6.jpg|Rotate the entire structure clockwise by one spoke.
File:Pipe Cleaner Connector 8.jpg| As above, fold the first(2 o'clock) and fifth(10 o'clock) spokes around the sixth (12 o'clock) in the opposite direction to before. Finally, fold the second(4 o'clock) and fourth(7 o'clock) spokes around the fourth (6 o'clock) in reverse again to produce a 6-way connector (white hubs). For a 5-way connector (red hubs), loop the short end around the core and trim it short.
</gallery>


=Minidome strut construction=
=Minidome strut construction=

Revision as of 10:42, 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
Tool category

Geodesic Dome for Idiopolis

Dome Construction 9.jpg {{#if:No | [[Tool Owner::{{{ProjectParticipants}}} | }} {{#if:No | [[Tool Cost:: | }}


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

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