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| =Construction of the pipe cleaner connectors= | | == Constsruction of mini dome == |
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| File:Pipe Cleaner Connector 1.jpg|Start with two pipe cleaners, crossed in the middle.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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).
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| File:Pipe Cleaner Connector 6.jpg|Rotate the entire structure clockwise by one spoke.
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| 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.
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| == Construction of full scale ziptie hub prototype ==
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| File:Hub 1.jpg|Take 75mm ring with 24mm drilled holes, 40mm inner hub ring, strut and ziptie.
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| File:Hub 3.jpg|Ziptie ring in 8mm drilled holes.
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| File:Hub 8.jpg|Continue as above.
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| File:Hub 10.jpg|Make sure to leave ~5mm on the ziptie when cutting short so the catch cannot slip so easily.
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| =Minidome strut construction=
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| Cut:
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| * 50x 15.5cm tubes (L, purple in construction diagrams)
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| * 40x 15cm tubes (M, red)
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| * 30x 13cm tubes (S, blue)
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| =Dome construction=
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| -Things to remember:-
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| * 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.
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| * All six 5-way hubs can be populated with M pipes before further assembly
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| * Similarly, 5 6-way hubs can be populated with only L pipes.
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| * M struts never occur next to each other on any single hub.
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| File:Dome Construction 1.jpg|Start with a 5-way connector and put 5 S tubes around it. Tip these with 6-way connectors, and connect them with 5 M's to form five MSS triangles.
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| File:Dome Construction 2.jpg|Add two L tubes to each of the outlying 6-ways leaving the last connection free. Connect these at the ends into five LLM triangles with more 6-way connectors.
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| File:Dome Construction 3.jpg|Fill up that last space with M tubes, and end those with 6-way connectors. Join all the outlying 6-way connectors up with more A tubes to make 10 more LLM triangles.
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| File:Dome Construction 4.jpg|Any 6-way with just L pipes to it, add two more L pipes. Any others, put two M pipes around it leaving the centre free.
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| File:Dome Construction 5.jpg|Make 5 more 5-way connectors with all the remaining S-tubes and put one joining to the remaining spaces where the B-tubes join. Then use more 6-way connectors to join up the next outer pair and form 10 more LLM and 10 MSS triangles.
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| File:Dome Construction 6.jpg|Connect the new 6-way connectors from above with an M-pipe. This will lift the dome a lot.
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| File:Dome Construction 7.jpg|Fill up the remaining spaces on the 6-way connectors with only L's and M's by making sure that a M-pipe is never next to another M-pipe.
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| File:Dome Construction 8.jpg|Join the ends of the new M's and S's with 4-way connectors, and L's and L's with 4-way connectors, forming 5 LLM and 10 MSS triangles.
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| File:Dome Construction 9.jpg|Join the remaining spaces up, connecting two MSS triangles with an M-pipe, and everything else with an L-pipe in an L-L-M pattern as you go around. Initially this will put a lot of stress on the freshly made joints, so on large scale make sure you have someone to help lift the dome with you as you complete.
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| == Construction of midi dome == | | == Construction of midi dome == |
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| File:mididome_2.png
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| File:mididome_3.png
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| File:mididome_6.png
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| File:mididome_7.png
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| File:mididome_8.png
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| =Covering=
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| I have prototyped a theoretical covering for the above structure consisting of hexagons and pentagons of 18cm side length. There seems to be enough slack with this ~20% extra space to allow for the centre dimpling of each polygon. On large scale this covering will need tying down somehow - I'd recommend constructing tiedowns on the triangular face joints. This ought to allow sufficient strengthening, and is possible to tie on if the above construction method is used, by constructing the whole thing underneath the covering.
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| = Todo =
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| === Construction of 4m prototype ===
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| Required materials:
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| * 30 x 'S' : 0.70m x 16mm PVC
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| * 40 x 'M' : 0.80m x 16mm PVC
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| * 50 x 'L' : 0.82m x 16mm PVC
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| We will need 24 4m x 16mm PVC pipes + 1 extra = 25 pipes.
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| Cut them as follows:
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| * 13 x SMLLL
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| * 9 x SMMML
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| * 1 x SSSLL
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| * 1 x SSSSS
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| * 25 x 6-way connectors
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| * 6 x 5-way connectors
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| * 15 x 4-way connectors
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| Total = 46 connectors. A connector consists of an inner ring and an outer ring.
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| The inner ring is a 40x20mm PVC ring.
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| The outer ring is a 75x35mm PVC ring.
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| * 46 * 20 = 0.8m tube to make the inner rings
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| * 46 * 35 = 1.61m tube to make the outer rings.
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| PVC shopping list
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| 25 x 4m x 16mm pipe
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| 1 x 1m x 40mm pipe
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| 1 x 2m x 75mm pipe
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| Bag of zipties (300x)
| | All mididome related info has been moved [[Mididome|here]] |
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| == Construction of Maxi (9m) dome == | | == Construction of Maxi (9m) dome == |
