Let me introduce you to hot glue instead of staples and screws! it’s waterproof, and mesh to mesh adhesion is outstanding I’m sure… … And your latex slurry should be coming from a gun… I think you need a batting material rather than a screen…

I fail to understand why you would not preassemble individual rings and then assemble modules

Здравствуйте Джон. Мне тоже очень интересны эти купола. Но нужны прочные каркасы. Живем в Сибири, где сильные морозы и много снега. С уважением Геннадий, Россия

Yes u need a source yo? Ok. Latex means it's a suspension it's not latex from trees. U need the right range of molecular weight of... acrylic!!! You can buy large sacks of the powder. It's a bit challenging for the average person to mix it appropriately. That's the hard part. Hydrating and mixing it properly. To compare find the usual percentage range of acrylate in paint. It's wet % wt, and the % of dry. It's substantial but paint is mostly water. I think acrylate might be around 40% of the mix idk. So once you have mixed. A hundred pounds should make.... Like 200 and some more pounds of liquid. Water is 8 pound a gallon. So you'll get almost 30 gallons. These numbers i just made up idk. Find your source it's in a video description in a video by the channel called Tech Ingredients. Good luck. Thanks for the video i find it informative and greatly appreciate it.

Why not use nylon polypropylene poor polyester hemp or other. Basalt sounds expensive She drove rebar stakes with a hammer!? No way man, i usually use my fine china to do that. I'll try the hammer. This is why i watch KZfaq. 😅

Buckminster Fuller would approve. Thanks!

I love it. Can’t wait to try it

PVC?? ROFL Have fun the first time it gets cold, or there's a snow load, or a high wind. PVC is for amateurs. IT SHATTERS WHEN STRESSED, PEOPLE. I saw plenty of PVC pipe domes at Burning Man and other places get nuked by a little wind.

Bamboo . . . And grow your own

So you do needs tools and a decent bank account. I don't know if you've priced PVC pipe recently but you're not even making one section for less that $30-$40 and I think that's a low ball estimate to be honest.

This is good.

Bamboo is NOT stronger than steel.

how do you add a door or connect two tunnels together side by side

Plastic Zip ties do not last long and degrade over time. Heat and sun wuickly break down plasic. Pvc pipe also degrades over tme when exposed to sunlight. Pvc pipe must be painted when using for exterior applications. The stainless steel traps are a much better choice. Thank you

No ladder needed if you start with the top.

Recycled rebar is around the same price as pvc now. It also last way longer and is a lot stronger.

That ring on the both side of connectors is pure genius, sir. I was wondering how to attach the sheeting to this type of dome and you had me floored. It seems like it should not be too difficult to use multiple sheets while allowing for an overlay of the top sheet over the bottom one. Any designs for using polycarbonate sheeting?

"Even a child can put together". How many time I hear that.

Brother I have a hub connector in my amazon cart that i was about to pay almost $40 for that would be here in 3 weeks. Now I can build my greenhouse this weekend for free!! Since i already have some spare pvc laying around.

I remember when the US Army came out with some amazingly nice dome tents that used this type of frame system but being an Infantryman I saw real quick how the weakly designed hubs would not hold up to how we operate. We often don’t have a lot of time to put up or take down our tents and we often do those tasks in the dark or driving rain so a few young Soldiers putting this up may not be too interested in being extremely careful to not twist the hub joints. After a few short years the tents were withdrawn and replaced with more conventional designed tentage.

I bet a silicone spatula would work pretty well

Quality product with a multitude of uses!

I know of a website that has the program that you can use for free to obtain the exact measurements for the item you will use to build it.

This would be great as the roof peak of a hexa yurt. These domes would also make a fantastic portable HAM radio shack.

This is awesome.

Love this. Really caring and generous idea.

thank you for sharing the process of experimentation, this is very encouraging for me and others to just fearlessly keep trying things out :)

Would it be possible to take away a strut or two for making a dome for a telescope? If the hubs near the area we want open were stronger would that make a difference? Seems like a neat solution but I don't know how weak the structure might become.

Say-by any chance, you weren’t one of the voice actors for “Ed, Edd n Eddy”, were you? (Just asking…)

Wow you really made it simple enough for me to understand!

Thankyou John Hurt and sons. Just what I was looking for !

For those that have a fear of falling off ladders, could the top tiers be consteucted first, pushingnthe structure up as you go? I'm thinking of salt flats where the feet of ladders might sink in unevenly.

For screwing to emt conduit, use self tapping sheet metal screws. But it occurs to me, IF you wanted to use regular re-bar (cheaper, I think, than basalt or fiberglass rebar) you Could just run it up in 1/2" PVC and seal it with silicone, JB weld, or epoxy putty on the ends. (this would have the added benefit of being able to add an eye loop on the end to make connecting easy.) It Also occurs to me, you could maybe run steel Cable down your PVC , tied to your connectors, for additional strength- that would take some playing- with to figure out though. probably more expense than it's worth- though a good strong nylon rope, or several strands of nylon string run back and forth should significantly improve the strength of a regular pvc dome frame. That might work really well. you could just make several loops, just longer than the pvc, pull them through with a wire hook, and ziptie through that loop and onto your connector as normal. just thoughts there

you could make a simple tool that can use a drill to make the end of thin timber the shape and size it needs for a mass produced hub that the hiker could carry around easily this way they could make a dome for camping or make on for homestead living... taller trees will make larger domes which could house larger operations from greenhouse to compost management to living quarters to creatives shops.... with the right materials you could even make a much safer blacksmithing hut thanks to the shape of the dome assisting in the acceleration of the hot air out the top which could have a vent that dumps into a heat exchanger so you could recycle the shop heat, or use it to make hot water.... id love to try a homestead operation and while i have all kinds of ideas and improvements i can never seem to find the community thats looking to benefit from these kinds of ideas. Theres alot of 3d printed jigs one could design to make this process alot easier to mass produce the dome parts, ill bet theres a design that could be portable enough you could take it where ever you go in your trunk or in a backpack.

Love this video one day I’ll be able to get a download but right now I’m on a fixed income as a navy vet at 68 years old retirement pay is small.

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Awesome Idea, one point though PVC outgas's and it attacks polyethylene sheeting, I love the idea of using bamboo.

This is a fantastic method. It is, for me, a great way to make an emergency shelter. I can plainly see that by making some hubs and collars, some with 5 holes, some with 6, is what you have to make. Beyond that, you can use just about anything to make the sections, even wood collected on site. Great job, Muttley (on the left) salutes you. This deserves way more than one thumbs up. I am going to visit your web sight.

reminds me of that WW2 British bomber the Vickers Wellington (the Wimpey).

This is a great hub connector design!!!! Awesome.

Can you make these longer instead of just a normal dome? Could i make one that is like 40 feet long and domed on the edges?

The cool thing about that plastic sheeting is, it blocks UV-C which is dangerous for pretty much all forms of life.

great design but standard PVC isn't UV resistant

Proper care for and preparation foresight about using wood is always necessary. Many of those wood struts showed wicking. YTU has many lessons on soaking wood ends in natural liquids to keep is viable. Strategies such as embuing in a vacuum or charring are also helpful. While you showed 2 examples of persons who have admitted their failure, there is a high probability that within 50 miles exists wood in wetter conditions which was cared for, and lives a long service life.

You're an absolute genius.

Here's a name for a spin-off business of pvc yurts: Hurt's Yurts

You might want to say instead, that they need no tools to ASSEMBLE, since of course they need tools to build. Like a saw and a drill and a tape measure, etc.

Drain holes are important, ya'll. This design looks great, but people will want to be careful in colder climates where entrapped water can freeze and burst any type of pipe. I recently had a few hundred feet of 3/4" fiberglass rod fall in my lap, looking to build something similar. Thabks for sharing!

very impressive design, I love how simple it is