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hinkley 2005

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Date: 05/24/2007 Views: 158

geodesic dome

Date: 01/17/2010
Owner: milah
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the first itaration. i couldn't find the plans anders had given me, so i drew up some of my own. they looked right, at first glance. we also decided to try the "top down" approach. there was much pole bending.

Date: 03/21/2005
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after the bad dome was completed, i realized something was horribly wrong.. austin and cody try to make sense of my drawing.

Date: 03/21/2005
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i decide this time we'll do it the way we've always done it. from the bottom up.

Date: 03/21/2005
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carying the dome from the construction site to it's more logical location next to the rest of our camp.

Date: 03/22/2005
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dome with tarp, before rainstorm. it blew about 8 feet in the wind in total, before and after we tied it down..

Date: 03/22/2005
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the main entrance of the finished product.

Date: 03/25/2005
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the couches were a big part of what kept it from blowing away.

Date: 03/25/2005
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even when it wasn't completely waterproof, it made a great shelter from the wind. therefore we did a lot of cooking inside.

Date: 03/25/2005
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the rough edges of the pipes, and the bolts, tore large holes in the big tarp as it blew around in the wind. david and i spent a better part of a day patching all of the holes and covering up the joints with duck tape. on the warmer days, the dome became

Date: 03/25/2005
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