Made a bigger Geodesic Dome!

**Mouseskowitz** · 05-23-2014, 01:00

That thing is great! How do you put a tarp over it? Will it actually hold the weight of 20 people?

**rledge21** · 05-23-2014, 07:19

Tarp - not sure yet -
Taking the dome to a festival in a few hours, I've got a big 30'x30' white tarp I'll be putting over it one way or another. I'll take some pictures & update the thread on Monday when I get back.

20 people shouldn't be a problem - I'll hopefully get to have that many people this weekend

**dynamicsnail** · 05-23-2014, 18:03

It's hard to tell from the pictures--how are the joints made?

**Mr. Jowee** · 05-23-2014, 18:42

Two men enter, one man leaves.

**BrianWillan** · 05-24-2014, 10:33

Originally Posted by dynamicsnail

It's hard to tell from the pictures--how are the joints made?

The ends are flattened and bent to the proper angle for the shape and a hole is drilled through it and all connections are bolted together. This pictures gives the basic idea.

http://i.imgur.com/xtZ4mpL.jpg

Cheers

Brian

**Lamboy** · 05-24-2014, 10:45

I remember having one of these at my elementary school growing up. Everyone loved it!!!! and then one day we turned it into battle dome.... paradise lost

Haha I was beaten to it.

Originally Posted by Mr. Jowee

Two men enter, one man leaves.

**SQWERL** · 05-24-2014, 12:02

Dude that is freaking sweet! If I have money left over from getting my scooter fixed I will pm you about making a smaller one.

**breyman** · 05-24-2014, 19:31

That's epic! Excited to hear how it fares.

**rledge21** · 05-26-2014, 21:04

Festival went excellent! Got up to 12 hammocks in it with room for several more. Woke up to kids climbing all over the dome. Had some nuts seize up on the bolts & ended up using an angle grinder to get them off - note to self: do not use the cheap 3/8" lag bolts from boltdepot.com for geodomes.

I'll get pictures up tomorrow!