hi Vinay, Thanks, I should have been more clear though - I have the two wall-pieces taped together now, both the tight and loose hinges. My question is specifically about taping the two wall pieces together at BM. I am doing a trial run this weekend and am trying to figure this part out.
On Thursday, August 15, 2013 8:00:20 AM UTC-7, Vinay Gupta wrote: > > Good questions! > > On (2) the idea is that when you're putting together the hinges, some of > them work like regular hinges, and others have a little gap which pulls > tight when the unit is assembled. Julie Danger has got excellent videos on > this on Youtube. > > Vinay > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Edward Scott <eds...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> hi all, >> >> I am putting the finishing touches on my first hexayurt for burning man, >> and I have a few questions I'd like some input on. >> >> >> 1. For silver taping the hinges - >> 1. It it worth taping the inside of the yurt, or just the outside? >> 2. Does the silver tape bend well? i.e. should I put one piece of >> silver tape over a hinge, or place two separate pieces of silver tape >> side >> by side so that the hinge bends between them? >> 2. Following the camp danger technique, taping the walls >> together<http://www.appropedia.org/Camp_Danger_Hexayurt_Hinge_Technique#Tape_together_walls> >> says >> I need a gap equal to the thickness of the panels, but doesn't suggest a >> means of doing this. Julie's >> video<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC-T72tnYc> doesn't >> give much clue either, besides saying it is easy. How do you recommend I >> create this gap, given that all the panels are taped up at that point? >> 3. I imagine that they can get quite bright when reflecting sunlight. >> Is this a problem on the playa? Do people do anything about this? >> >> -- >> 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+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to hexa...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > Vinay Gupta > Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest > > http://bit.ly/gupta_arc <http://bit.ly/gupta_arc%20>- the Gupta State > Failure Management Archive > http://bit.ly/gupta_ark - or see it directly on Archive.org > > http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering > http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision > > "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an > invincible summer" - Albert Camus > > Twitter/Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk/AIM: hexayurt > UK Cell : +44 (0) 7500 895568 / USA VOIP (+1) 775-743-1851 > -- 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.
