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How to Build a LEGO Geodesic Dome
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Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:00:51 GMT
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Hey everybody. I finally got around to posting instructions for the geodesic dome I built back in 2006. Please take a look:



Let me know what you think! Can’t wait to see some cool domes (or spheres) from other builders!



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  Re: How to Build a LEGO Geodesic Dome
 
(...) Yay! I always wondered how you built the joints... thanks for putting up the instructions, Jon! "Big Daddy" Nelson (16 years ago, 15-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
  Re: How to Build a LEGO Geodesic Dome
 
(...) Well, since I totally missed the MOC the first time around, I'll say "thanks" and "WOW". This is magnificent, Jon! I think that this would be great fun to try and replicate one day. Very impressive; very kewl. Very well played. I bow to the (...) (16 years ago, 15-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
  Re: How to Build a LEGO Geodesic Dome
 
(...) That is awesome. Very informative too. I have tried building a "bio-dome" using trapazoidal facets with techinc angle connectors. I couldn't ever get a working geometry that lined up with lego parts without getting so big it would be (...) (16 years ago, 15-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
  Re: How to Build a LEGO Geodesic Dome
 
(...) OK, that's really cool. Did you try using just 5 holes of the wheel for the 5 pt vertices? It might solve the problem of having to force the pentagons, which probably will deform the connectors after a time. Might not look as good though. (...) (16 years ago, 16-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
  Re: How to Build a LEGO Geodesic Dome
 
Hi Jon, thanks for sharing your Dome and the instructions and thoughts behind the scences. Just recently German AFOL "treczoks" covered the "the last of it's kind" under a half-soccer-ball-dome: (URL) In year 2153, 45 years after the big bang this (...) (16 years ago, 16-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)  

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