I'm interested in building a hexayurt to live in on some land I have but I have little to no building experience. The impression I'm getting is that even I could put this thing together. Does this sound like a possibility? Thanks, Teresa
--- On Mon, 5/11/09, Plague <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Plague <[email protected]> > Subject: [hexayurt] Re: Hexayurt paper dolls > To: "hexayurt" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, May 11, 2009, 10:45 PM > Didn't find any paper dolls so I took a scrap of > cardboard from a book > I just got in the mail. > The link below is an image of the finished models with > ruler to show > the scale. > http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/oIKlfI73n-_3tBysyI2c9A?feat=directlink > I used 1" X 2" cardboard building blocks. > Then I followed the pattern for a 6 foot hexayurt and 6 > foot stretch > modified to have 6 foot high walls.(Scale 1 inch = 4 feet) > > I still like the idea of a single page print out for each > Hexayurt. > One with a common scale like 1 inch = 4 Feet so you can see > them next > to each other in scale. > It would also be cool to have one with the maximum scale > for a regular > piece of paper. > > I will see what I can do for creating some Hexayurt Paper > Dolls. > I don't have good software for this as a Vector drawing > program like > Illustrator would probably be best. > > At BM last year I got sick of bending over to get into my > Hexayurt. > I like 6 foot walls as they make the structure easier to > build with > less people. > The roof is plenty tall at 10 feet for a 8 foot Hexayurt > using 6 foot > walls and 8 feet for a 6 foot Stretch Hexayurt with 6 foot > walls. > > Rich Shumaker > > On May 11, 12:07 pm, teresa liggin > <[email protected]> wrote: > > If so, I am interested in obtaining these. Thanks. > > > > --- On Mon, 5/11/09, RichShumaker > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > From: RichShumaker <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [hexayurt] Hexayurt paper dolls > > > To: "hexayurt" > <[email protected]> > > > Date: Monday, May 11, 2009, 3:04 PM > > > If you are going to build one of these Hexayurt > things, the > > > best first > > > step is to build a model. > > > That is what I did last year, actually 3 or 4 and > they > > > really helped. > > > Oh and they make an awful hat in my opinion. I > think the > > > roof only > > > would be a good hat just no sides. > > > > > Anyway I am just about to start that process > again. I > > > wanted to find > > > out if anyone has made paper doll style cut outs > for making > > > all the > > > Hexayurt models. Last year I found getting > copies made on > > > stiff > > > cardboard(thickest they had at the copy store) > worked best. > > > My models > > > were 1 inch = 1 foot so I was able to get 2 - 4 X > 8 per > > > sheet of 8 1/2 > > > by 11 paper. Not much cutting. If you do it at > the store > > > they have a > > > cutter that will shorten the time even more. To > that end > > > if you are > > > good with a paper cutter you wouldn't need > any guide > > > lines on the > > > paper. > > > > > I originally used 4 X 6 note cards and that was > way to > > > time consuming > > > adding 2" per card. Also it looked > visually messy and > > > did not > > > represent the real build methodology. > > > > > So has anyone made paper dolls for Hexayurts? > > > > > Rich Shumaker > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
