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* 6 x 5-way rings
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=== Construction of full scale ziptie hub prototype ===
<gallery>
File:Hub 1.jpg|Take 75mm ring with 24mm drilled holes, 40mm inner hub ring, strut and ziptie.
File:Hub 3.jpg|Ziptie ring in 8mm drilled holes.
File:Hub 8.jpg|Continue as above.
File:Hub 10.jpg|Make sure to leave ~5mm on the ziptie when cutting short so the catch cannot slip so easily.
</gallery>


== Fasteners ==
== Fasteners ==

Revision as of 09:41, 30 June 2015

Maxidome
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Skills construction, grinding, drilling
Status Active
Niche Mechanics
Purpose Infrastructure
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Frame construction

Tubing

  • 30 x 'S' : 1.57m x 22mm steel
  • 40 x 'M' : 1.82m x 22mm steel
  • 50 x 'L' : 1.86m x 22mm steel

Hubs

  • 46x 40mm steel ring
  • 25 x 6-way rings
  • 6 x 5-way rings
  • 15 x 4-way rings

Construction of full scale ziptie hub prototype

Fasteners

  • 7 mm wide zipties
  • Grommets
  • Tent rope

Cover construction

Container construction

We need one or more containers to be able to transport the dome in. Before we can build a container we need to figure out what the optimal design would be. A wooden crate? Multiple wooden crates? Plastic bag? Duffelbag? Plz help think

Design decisions

  • The dome will be 9m in diameter
  • The tubes will be 22m steel tubes
  • The inner ring of the hub will be a 40mm external diameter steel ring, with a height of 25 mm.
  • The outer ring of the hub will be a 75mm external diameter PVC ring, with a height of 50mm.
  • Both ends of a steel pipe will be equipped with a 8mm hole, with it's centerpoint located 8mm from the edge.
  • The outer hub will be equipped with 24mm holes.

TODO

Frame construction

  • Acquire missing tools needed
  • Settle on size
  • Settle on tube diameter
  • Settle on hub design
  • Determine total length of tubing required
  • Find supply of steel tubing
  • Design hubcap
  • Print hubcaps
  • Purchase tubes
  • Select zipties
  • Purchase zipties
  • Cut tubes to required lengths
  • Drill tube ends so zipties can be fitted
  • Create assembly plan
  • Assemble in back yard
  • Settle on container solution

Cover construction

  • Request a sample of hermetix from supplier
  • Validate Hermetix as viable covering candidate.
  • Decide on covering material
  • Find supply of covering material
  • Extract required shapes from material
  • Decide on how to bind the shapes together
  • Create cool showoffy idiopolis artsy design for covering
  • Find the appropriate grommets to mount in the cover in order to rope the covering down (10 mm? 20 mm?)
  • Determine how many grommets are needed
  • Order grommets
  • Order grommet fastening tool, if the one we have does not fit
  • Order special tape like fabric to strengthen the joint between the cover and the grommet
  • Calculate how much rope we need
  • Order rope
  • Find a method to cut holes in the fabric in order the mount the rivets

Container construction

  • Settle on container type
  • Design containers?
  • Build containers

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