Yeah, assembly time is one of the big reasons why I have decided for a hexayurt this time around. It sounds like there is room to design an easier to assemble, portable geodome.
I've wondered if instead of using a crane, if you could use some carefully place 4+ hydraulic jacks with special fittings on them that would prevent the dome from slipping. But I am not sure how much of the improvements of the top-down build come from it being suspended versus supported from below. Would also be useful to figure out how to cut down on the amount of time required to bolt and unbolt things. Clearly too many new ideas for this year ;) - jeremy On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Jacob Rodriguez <fractalsp...@gmail.com>wrote: > For what it's worth, A guy I work with said that one year he found a 20' > geo-dome for really cheap so he decided to go that route. He had been told > to start building the top first. They brought it in a moving truck, and > started the top of the dome on top of the truck. As it got higher and > higher, they had to use cardboard boxes on top of the truck, but the weight > started to compress the boxes and it quickly became an endless nightmare to > build. > > I don't have any personal experience with a geo-dome, but from what I've > been told (similar to Cody's advice), it's quite the endeavor when things > get where you can't reach, and too heavy to lift. It can also take quite a > long time having to bolt everything together unless you have a big, > orchestrated group. > > Good luck! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
