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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: (URL) Let me know what you think! Can't wait to see some cool domes (or spheres) from other builders! (17 years ago, 15-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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(...) Yay! I always wondered how you built the joints... thanks for putting up the instructions, Jon! "Big Daddy" Nelson (17 years ago, 15-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) 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 (...) (17 years ago, 15-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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You actually had to have shown up at a DC event to see it in person JOHN. :P -Rob www.brickmodderlabs.com "John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:Jup4I5.HMJ@lugnet.com... (...) (17 years ago, 15-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) 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 (...) (17 years ago, 15-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) 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. (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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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 (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) my regards to the builder! (17 years ago, 16-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) This is excellent, Holger! Thanks for pointing it out to me. Last night I was chatting with another builder who mentioned another dome, and this must be it. Very nice model, I'm blogging it. (17 years ago, 17-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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