From: Charles J Knight (c.knight_at_juno.com)
Date: 04/30/00
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 21:27:52 -0500 Subject: Re: Toruses and Treehouses (was: Interiors) Message-ID: <20000430.212756.-314169.3.c.knight@juno.com> From: Charles J Knight <c.knight_at_juno.com>
> > > > Another rendering I have planned is a
> > > > torus-shaped house that suspends from
> > > > a giant redwood tree, or a tower, or
> One of the fantasies I've been working on designing is a platform or
> deck to hang in a redwood grove on the property. We have a ring of
> I would like to make an octet truss array in welded wire (say 1/4"
> wire
> struts with a truss depth of 8 to 10 inches) and use 1/4" clear
> Lexan as
This sounds absolutely gorgeous...you sure about Lexan? The stuff
isn't exactly scratchproof.
> > I also thought about putting in some sort of woven harness
> that would
> > grip the treetrunk like a Chinese Finger-Trap puzzle, so that it
Now this idea is simply brilliant. The greater the load, the greater the
gripping power.
Congratulations...this is sheer genius. I mean that.
-- Chuck Knight
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