http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_Plywood is the page for the how-to text.
http://hexayurt.blip.tv/file/5012769/ is the video we're interested in. You may want to download the video to work at leisure. (Not sure if a blip account is needed for downloading.)
We'll do it in three steps, and we'll announce each here and through twitter:
STARTING TODAY (APRIL 13th) with #1
1) Below is a "transcription" or rather a how-to text. It's meant to be useful for builders. We won't literally transcribe every word or sound, but rather we'll write "clean" (clear, precise, concise) sentences. We should add metric to imperial measurement units. Maybe even euros, while we're at it. ;-)
Please lend a hand or two, depending on availability. And please tell others so they may help. (Reviewing and asking counts as help.)
2) Once the text is done, one person (could be me) will "port" it to @universalsubs. There, it will become subtitles for those who have trouble hearing or understanding the English. Or who simply prefer to read-and-watch, rather than listen-and-watch.
3) Later, the subtitles will become translations into as many languages as we cooperatively can. I'd suggest 40, starting at 5. I can help with Spanish.
So thank you in advance!
@lucasgonzalez
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(plan: first add titles for each section, then write as outline, then turn into a proper how-to - good?)
--- Engineers Without Borders Sheffield Plywood Hexayurt How-to Video
Having 6 sides it's hard to get a sense of how big the hexayurt is. Our eyes are used to 4-sided buildings. Could I ask you a favour? Could you walk around the hexayurt? ... Thank you! We have some camping mats inside to give a sense of scale. How is that with 5 occupants? Very big! Very big for camping, not for living. With possessions. Fairly standard for 4 1/2 persons. One person for each wall. Central shared space. For cooking. Stove in the center with the smoke going up. In cold climates you'd put a layer of insulation on the inside. Stapled, probably.
Parts List All you'll need for $100 USD
12 sheets of OSB or Plywood 6 for the walls, 6 for the roof
Check that the boards are 1.2 by 2.4, because sometimes they are 1.2 by 2.5. Mark the diagonal.
(5) pieces of 2x4 8' lumber for (24) 120º and (12) 120º blocks
Template for the 150º block, using a pair of cutters as a compass. 150º = 60º + 60º + half of 60º. If there's some error it will be smaller than the error when using the saw.
(200) 2" deck screws self-taping if possible
Walls first. I'm liking your door, looks like two eyes and a nose. That was not the plan; port-holes was the idea. We love the arch. No meassuring, just using a piece of string and a pen.
This is the profile of a block. Takes more cutting but uses less wood. This is the sholanken corner I mentioned before. 6" by 6" and cut the triangle off. So that the wall radius comes inside of the roof radius. One block at the top and one block at the bottom. A pile of spare blocks to hold the roof on.
These are the roof triangles. You screw one block on the inside of each one. They overlap by the thickness of one block.
LucasG 14:11, 13 April 2011 (PDT) for backup purpose