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    Haha. How exactly is that secured? It could...

    Haha.

    How exactly is that secured?

    It could be repurposed for a lot of things. It's a nice bracket.

    Hi Dave (in saṃsāra),

    I think the playground A-frame bracket could accept a 4x6 wooden...
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    Ha, no kidding. That's been my concern from the...

    Ha, no kidding. That's been my concern from the moment I heard
    about this design.

    http://www.amazon.com/Eastern-Jungle-Gym-A-Frame-Bracket/dp/B005KUL00O/
    ...
  3. Thread: Made a Geodome!

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    No bent struts on the 3/4" EMT, so long as you...

    No bent struts on the 3/4" EMT, so long as you don't misload off-node? No bending at all? They still lay flat and parallel and non-crooked in a bundle?

    That's impressive.

    Have you bent any...
  4. Thread: Made a Geodome!

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    Low, shallow domes do much better in the wind. ...

    Low, shallow domes do much better in the wind.

    Looks like a lot of fun. Nice dome.
  5. Thread: Geodesic Dome

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    The missing, bottom half of the sphere is an...

    The missing, bottom half of the sphere is an integral part of the structure, and is simulated by the mass of the part you do build, in relation to gravity, which holds the base of the dome flat to...
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    Nift: Free Fall Calculator...

    Nift:

    Free Fall Calculator

    A person in free-fall, with a constant acceleration of g (9.8 m/sec) in a time interval of 0.102 seconds (with an initial velocity of zero) achieves a velocity of...
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    gmcttr: If you're going to retask the long pipe,...

    gmcttr: If you're going to retask the long pipe, I vote trebuchet.

    :cool:

    olddog: I'm pretty sure those numbers I gave earlier, are wrong.

    Oops.
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    Tell me how this is not the case.

    Tell me how this is not the case.
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    ^^^ gmcttr: thank you. ^^ thekid: I seen...

    ^^^
    gmcttr: thank you.

    ^^
    thekid: I seen that, too. ;)

    sliver:

    That pipe ridgepole looks dicey to me.
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    Reminds me of Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion car...

    Reminds me of Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion car.

    (golf clap)

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Dynamaxion_1933.jpg/1024px-Dynamaxion_1933.jpg
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    olddog: The way the legs are joined at the top...

    olddog:

    The way the legs are joined at the top is meant only for light duty (the antenna). Nothing's been engineered to modify the stand for bearing the weight of an occupied hammock.

    The zip...
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    olddog: * * * long post I put a lot of...

    olddog:

    * * * long post


    I put a lot of description under each photo in the gallery. It was an interesting approach, since each thing I wrote had an accompanying photo.

    I did find myself...
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    Detail: apex joint. I don't have a better photo....

    Detail: apex joint. I don't have a better photo.

    https://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/files/3/6/5/0/2/budstand-aa.jpg

    This is a homebrew buddipole mount, for indoor use. I'm suspecting the...
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