I've looked at the Gridbeam system before and liked the idea, but for the average DIY'er impractical and expensive. Firstly, the timber used needs to be smooth finished, high quality, strong, straight, fine grain with no knots in it. That sort of timber is not cheap. Then there is the time and equipment required to drill all those exacting holes. You need a decent drill press and a jig to increment the timber through the drill press.
Now consider the volume of, and time required to, paint/varnish the timber and inside the holes. (Small shelters are not known for their moisture control!) A very mind numbing job to say the least. All this work, double if you can't buy the finished timber size and have to rip and plane the timber yourself, for something that chances are your not going to use the vast majority of the holes, you need to cut to length and end up with a structure that probably will still need plywood bracing to stop it wobbling over time. Now don't get me wrong, I love the idea of a giant meccano set, I just couldn't see myself trying to built my own from scratch. On Friday, September 21, 2012 5:08:21 PM UTC+1, Vinay Gupta wrote: > > > Very, very elegant indeed. Highly bolt-compatible, too, so they'd be easy > to get up and down... > > Gridbeam is The Way for hexafurniture, though. I'm convinced of it. > > V> > > On 15/09/12 12:43, thejaymo wrote: > > HI everyone hope you had a good burning man! jsut came across this post on > core 77. might be interesting to think about hexayurt style furniture made > from the same supply chain? > > Clever Use of Trapezoids to Save > Materials<http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/clever_use_of_trapezoids_to_save_materials_and_what_the_heck_are_these_solar_lights_23419.asp> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hexayurt/-/GjGurEZbSdIJ. > To post to this group, send email to hexa...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > hexayurt+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hexayurt/-/vD9SR6SM2w0J. To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
