Re: starplates - lumber connectors

[Charles J Knight <c dot knight at juno dot com>]

> I agree
> with the rest of you - this commercial stuff should not be in my 
> mailbox.

I hate to be a dissenter, but I honestly don't mind the related
commercial stuff.  Let's be honest -- the Sea Treck domes
are much more related than the "Toner cartridges" spam.

I would, however, like to see Sea Treck cut back on the
blatant advertisements.

> Speaking of popsicle stick structures...  Has anybody built a 
> workshop (farm /
> auto related) out of "popsicle sticks"?  Something tells me that a 
> geodesic
> workshop would be really neat to have, but I am wondering about the 
> feasibility
> of it.  If anybody has done so, please let me know!

Never done it, but it seems completely possible.

Let's see...popsicle sticks could work, but we'd have to
join them at the vertices.  Let's see...roofing tin caps
are cheap, and could easily be cut.  Cut and fold them
over, and we've got 5 and 6 way conectors.  Use the
popsicle sticks very much like 2x4's in lower frequency
domes.

It sounds plausible.  Now, who's going to do it?

David Andersen?  You want to do the math for us?  
Your 12-frequency multi-layer dome would probably be
a perfect starting point.

     -- Chuck Knight
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