Revision as of 10:12, 8 May 2011

In short

At the shop

Buy:

12 4’x8’x1" sheets
3"/6" tape
cutter and blades
gloves and masks

At home

Just two people.

Cut 6 sheets at the diagonal: 3 in one direction, 3 in the other direction. (If you want all logos inside, and all shiny outside.)
Tape points and bases of the 12 triangles, and the 8’ sides of the rectangles.

Make 2 semi-walls

Make 2 semi-walls, each made of 3 panels: (Logos towards you.)

Place 2 panels with no gap between their 4’ sides, tape them together, fold like a book, and tape "the spine of the book". We call this a tight hinge.
Place the 3rd panel along the 2nd, with a gap wide as the thickness of a panel, tape them together, fold like a book (with a panel between them to keep the gap), and tape "the spine of the book". We call this a loose hinge.

Top view: panel 1 panel 2 gap panel 3 Side view: ==================||==================| |==================

Make 2 semi-roofs

Make 2 semi-roofs, each made of 6 triangles:

Place the 6 triangles as 1 triangle, 2 roof-sides (each is 2 triangles), 1 triangle. (Logos towards you.)

Top view: triangle (gap) triangle+triangle (gap) triangle+triangle (gap) triangle

Side view: triangle (gap) triangle+triangle (gap) triangle+triangle (gap) triangle

"Diagonal" = line between triangles in "triangle(gap)triangle".
"Vertical" = line between triangles in "triangle+triangle".

Do the diagonals first, the verticals second.
The diagonals have a gap the size of (important) half a panel. Tape, fold, tape the spine. It's a loose hinge, but remember the gap is _half_ the thickness of a panel.
The verticals have no gap. Tape, fold, tape the spine. It's a tight hinge.

For travel

Stack the folded 2 semi-walls and the folded 2 semi-roofs, bundle them, place on top of car or inside truck, drive.

At the Playa

Unbundle.
Tape the semi-walls together.
Tape the semi-roofs together.
Put roof on top (with help).
Tape roof to walls.
Add strings and pegs.
Add windows and doors and other niceties.
Enjoy.
Separate roof from walls.
Separate 2 half-roofs.
Separate 2 half walls.
Fold, pack, go home, store.

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 = In short =
-At the shop: buy 12 4’x8’x1” sheets, 3”/6” tape, cutter and blades, gloves and masks.
+== At the shop ==
-At home (just 2 people):
+Buy:
-# Cut 6 sheets at the diagonal: 3 in one direction, 3 in the other direction. (If you want all logos inside, and all shiny outside.)
+* 12 4’x8’x1" sheets
-# Tape points and bases of the 12 triangles, and the 8’ sides of the rectangles.
+* 3"/6" tape
-# Make 2 semi-walls, each made of 3 panels: (Logos towards you.)
+* cutter and blades
-## Place 2 panels with no gap between their 4’ sides, tape them together, fold like a book, and tape “the spine of the book”. We call this a tight hinge.
+* gloves and masks
-## Place the 3rd panel along the 2nd, with a gap wide as the thickness of a panel, tape them together, fold like a book (with a panel between them to keep the gap), and tape “the spine of the book”. We call this a loose hinge.
-## Top view: panel 1 panel 2 gap panel 3
-## Side view: ==================||==================| |==================
-# Make 2 semi-roofs, each made of 6 triangles:
-## Place the 6 triangles as 1 triangle, 2 roof-sides (each is 2 triangles), 1 triangle. (Logos towards you.)
-## Top view: triangle [gap] triangle+triangle [gap] triangle+triangle [gap] triangle
-## Side view: triangle [gap] triangle+triangle [gap] triangle+triangle [gap] triangle
-## “Diagonal” = line between triangles in “triangle[gap]triangle”.
-## “Vertical” = line between triangles in “triangle+triangle”.
-## Do the diagonals first, the verticals second.
-##  The diagonals have a gap the size of (important) half a panel. Tape, fold, tape the spine.  It's a loose hinge, but remember the gap is _half_ the thickness of a panel.
-## The verticals have no gap. Tape, fold, tape the spine. It's a tight hinge.
-# For travel: stack the folded 2 semi-walls and the folded 2 semi-roofs, bundle them, place on top of car or inside truck, drive.
-# At the Playa: unbundle, tape the semi-walls together, tape the semi-roofs together, put roof on top (with help), tape roof to walls, add strings and pegs, add windows and doors and other niceties, enjoy, separate roof from walls + separate 2 half-roofs + separate 2 half walls, fold, pack, go home.
+== At home ==
+Just two people.
+* Cut 6 sheets at the diagonal: 3 in one direction, 3 in the other direction. (If you want all logos inside, and all shiny outside.)
+* Tape points and bases of the 12 triangles, and the 8’ sides of the rectangles.
+=== Make 2 semi-walls ===
+Make 2 semi-walls, each made of 3 panels: (Logos towards you.)
+* Place 2 panels with no gap between their 4’ sides, tape them together, fold like a book, and tape "the spine of the book". We call this a tight hinge.
+* Place the 3rd panel along the 2nd, with a gap wide as the thickness of a panel, tape them together, fold like a book (with a panel between them to keep the gap), and tape "the spine of the book". We call this a loose hinge.
-The following is an attempt to find the words to go along with the pictures and, even better, the video.  Also, to see if I've understood the process correctly.  [[User:LucasG|LucasG]] 14:10, 3 May 2011 (PDT)
+Top view: panel 1 panel 2 gap panel 3
+Side view: ==================||==================| |==================
-= Walls =
+=== Make 2 semi-roofs ===
-Each panel is like a thin book, with front-cover, back-cover and spine.  It's like a landscape, so the spine is the short side of the triangle.
+Make 2 semi-roofs, each made of 6 triangles:
-You do a set of 3 walls, and then another set of 3 walls.  Each set has a tight hinge and a loose hinge.
+* Place the 6 triangles as 1 triangle, 2 roof-sides (each is 2 triangles), 1 triangle. (Logos towards you.)
-To make a tight hinge:
+Top view: triangle (gap) triangle+triangle (gap) triangle+triangle (gap) triangle
-* place the two panels flat and aligned on the floor, with the long side of both closer to you, and a short side of one fully touching the short side of the other.  They look like consecutive bricks on a wall, with nothing in between.
-* place tape along the line where the panels touch each other.
-* fold so that the two panels are now stacked.
-* place wide tape to cover simultaneously the spine of both panels.
-* unfold again.
-To make a loose hinge:
+Side view: triangle (gap) triangle+triangle (gap) triangle+triangle (gap) triangle
-* place the third panel flat and aligned with the other two, but separated by the thickness of one panel.
-* place wide tape along the line where the panels "almost touch" each other.
-* temporarily put a panel on top of the second panel, and fold so that the second, the temporary and the third panels are now stacked.
-* place wide tape to cover simultaneously the spine of both panels and the piece of tape between them.
-* unfold again.
-Fold both sets and stack one on top of the other.  Those are your 6 walls.
+* "Diagonal" = line between triangles in "triangle(gap)triangle".
+* "Vertical" = line between triangles in "triangle+triangle".
-= Roof =
+* Do the diagonals first, the verticals second.
+* The diagonals have a gap the size of (important) half a panel. Tape, fold, tape the spine.  It's a loose hinge, but remember the gap is _half_ the thickness of a panel.
+* The verticals have no gap. Tape, fold, tape the spine. It's a tight hinge.
+== For travel ==
-First, cut 6 panels along the diagonal, to end up with 12 triangles.
+Stack the folded 2 semi-walls and the folded 2 semi-roofs, bundle them, place on top of car or inside truck, drive.
-Do the following twice:
+== At the Playa ==
-* place 6 triangles like half a roof: half a side of the pyramid (1 triangle), one side (2 triangles), another side (2 triangles), half a side (1 triangle).  Number those triangles 1 to 6.
-* join triangles 1 and 2 with a loose hinge.  (Important: the loose hinges are not "loose by the thickness of one panel", but by the thickness of half a panel.)  Same for triangles 3 and 4.  Same for triangles 5 and 6.
-* join triangles 2 and 3 with a tight hinge.  Same for triangles 4 and 5.
-* fold.
-Fold both sets and stack them together on top of the walls you had stacked earlier.  That's your folded hexayurt.
-= Playa =
 * Unbundle.
-* Join walls.
+* Tape the semi-walls together.
-* Join roof halves.
+* Tape the semi-roofs together.
-* Place roof on top of walls and tape.
+* Put roof on top (with help).
-* Fix to the ground.
+* Tape roof to walls.
+* Add strings and pegs.
+* Add windows and doors and other niceties.
 * Enjoy.
+* Separate roof from walls.
+* Separate 2 half-roofs.
+* Separate 2 half walls.
+* Fold, pack, go home, store.

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