Re: starplate links

[Ted Ledbetter <tedled at earthlink dot net>]

...for a starplate iguana-cage:
http://www.baskingspot.com/iguanas/cagepage/starplate.html
...for the starplate patent:
http://www.delphion.com/cgi-bin/viewpat.cmd/US04384801__
,,,for the starplate-page in the Stromberg's catalog:
http://www.strombergschickens.com/catalog/aviarys/aviary_supply.htm

>    G'day Steve,   This sounds interesting........   I have been toying with making a 'carport' >dome  >from plywood skin only (as a bit of a practice for the real thing).     Would you mind >giving some more  details..........perhaps a pic. or two?   Thanx,   Andrew 
>
>   ----- Original Message -----    From:    The Millers       To: domesteading    Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 2:38    PM   Subject: starplate   
>    I just set up a starplate building as a    shelter for some small vehicles
>and yard stuff. It is a well thought out    product with a lot of potential for
>small domes up to 17 ft. in diameter    and 12 ft. high. Some helpful
>instructions, diagrams and templates come    with the set of 11 hubs. This is
>enough hubs to make an icosahedron with    one vertex (and  5 struts) removed
>to make a pentagonal floor. This    product has been around for decades. I used
>canvas for a roof and left the    sides open.