Tuesday, May 6, 2008

[papercreters] Re: Dome question?

Thanks for the info Clyde. Mikey that's a big 10-4. I appreciate your
straightforwardness. Better safe than sorry.

Jason

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "clydetcurry" <clyde@...> wrote:
>
> The Gold dome is 8 foot- the blue dome is 12 foot -the unfinished
dome
> is 18 feet - truly the difficulty level rises with the size of the
> dome- you would need a massive thickness for a 50 foot dome or if
thin
> shell an internal frame work like Mikey is doing - I would suggest
> breaking up the span with a series of dome/arches or utilize
geodesics
> if you insist on open spanning the space--- In
> papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Mikey Sklar <sklarm-yahoo@> wrote:
> >
> > That is from Eve's Garden in Marathon, Texas. That is Clyde
Curry's
> > hotel. He is on this list.
> >
> > http://www.evesgarden.org/cm/index.php?cat=0
> >
> > On May 5, 2008, at 2:21 PM, jasonfitz321 wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I was wondering if someone knew the approximate dimensions of
the dome
> > > on this link at the very top left, the big one?:
> > >
> > > http://www.livinginpaper.com/current.htm
> > >
> > > That might be a dumb question but I thought someone might know
on
> > > here.
> > > Another question is how was it built? Was it done with
papercrete
> > > blocks perhaps? Or how about this question. What is the biggest
> > > papercrete dome known to man? And how is it holding up? Drum
roll
> > > please.
> > >
> > > Jason
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > -Mikey
> > http://blog.holyscraphotsprings.com
> >
>

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