Easy DIY Geodesic Dome Connectors that Anyone Can Make.
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- This is the easiest dome to build and make yourself.
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Intro 0:00
Even a Child can Build It 0:20
Heavy Duty Shelter Domes 0:45
Build a Concrete Dome 1:06
Only Need a Power Drill and Handsaw 1:20
PVC Domes 1:52
Wood Strut Domes 2:13
EMT Conduit Metal Domes 2:22
Bamboo Domes 2:38
Build All of It Yourself! 2:53
Other Hubs are Hard to Make 3:26
Problems with Wooden Domes 3:49
Wood Domes May Rot! 4:02
EMT Domes Are Expensive. 5:15
Our Hubs Work with EMT, PVC, Wood, Bamboo, even Rebar 5:57
Just Zip Tie the Struts, No Tools Needed 6:15
Hubs are Easy to Make Yourself 6:25
How to Download the Plans 6:51
Hubs Can Work with Any Size Strut 7:31
How the DIY Hubs Work 7:54
We are a Family Business 9:54
What you can Build with a Geodesic Dome 10:13
The Perfect Science Project for Kids 11:27
Free Dome Plans for the Homeless 11:36
Complete Kits and "Hubs Only" Kits 12:10
Our Contact Information 12:26 - Věda a technologie
If you build the dome from the top down, you won't need the ladder. As in; construct the top first, then lift the edge and attach parts, lifting it as you go. The same way one constructs a Yurt.
Thanks for the information. The larger domes are too heavy to lift without a lever and fulcrum, and I have some ideas on building levers and rests to pick up the dome around the sides.
I did create a small crane and lifted up a dome at the center and built it down the sides, but it also had issues. Both of these approaches requires something more than a ladder.
And yes, it is much better to be on the ground building the dome than on top of a ladder.
It really depends on the size of the dome.
Thanks for your input, I appreciate your comments. I learn more from people like you and any other source. John Hurt
If you start with the top floating in mid air, you don’t have to lift it at all!🤔
@@TheGrobe You laugh, but some domes are constructed in just this manner. They cheat though, and use a crane.
@@TheGrobe May the Force be with you.
I purchased the hubs from you guys and built a large greenhouse dome here in Sweden 4 years ago. Sadly it broke down the first winter due to the snow load. I replaced the broken pvc pipes and it survived through the second winter but broke down on the third hours before I was about to go out and remove the snow. I love the design and I will rebuild it with steel pipes next. The two main faults to my dome were. 1. Dimensions of the dome were too large for the size of pvc pipe (32mm) structual wise for the snowload. 2. The only place I could put was on a slight slope thus making the center of the dome "off center" vertically so as the winter came the snow gathered abit on the side and did not distribute the load top down but slightly scewed. All the best from Sweden.
Sorry to hear that you had a problem. We try to keep the strut lengths down to 1 meter to 1.5 meters in areas with a lot of snow. Also, you can put a post up in the center of the dome for support. I think being tilted would be a problem too. If I can help you, let me know. Thanks, John Hurt
Here is another idea. You might try using thicker walled PVC pipe. Some of the pipe overseas is thin walled, which won't hold up. And EMT conduit will always work too. Thanks, John Hurt
@@ZipTieDomes @ZipTieDomes Thanks for the ideas. I need to scale up the dimensions if Im going to use plastic again. I rather go the safe more expensive side and use metal pipes this time tho. When it gets above zero the snow gets extremely heavy with all the water that acumulates. I love the idea and I'm glad that I bought the hubs from you. Always nice to support family business.
@@ZipTieDomes Is it okay with you if I replace the broken hubs with 3D printed ones?
@@R0jiv4 Yes, go right ahead and make the hubs you need. Be sure to send me pictures of your dome and your 3d printed hubs. You can contact me at this link:
www.ziptiedomes.com/contactus.htm
Let me know if I can help you. If you want to drill the hubs out of pipe, let me know and I will work with you for free.
John
Buckminster Fuller would approve. Thanks!
Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
It's an incredible thing.
Amazing! Your domes can be assembled even by a child.
I'm so happy to see it!
Thank you so much.
It is a lot of fun to watch kids build a dome. We have built domes with kids in grade school up to college age students. I gave one dome to a teacher in Nashville that travels between the schools there building domes. My father was an 8th grade science teacher, and I really appreciate what school teachers do for our children. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
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.
Where is Dick Dastardly when you need him?
I loved Muttley and that crazy laugh.
Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
This is a great hub connector design!!!! Awesome.
Thanks! John Hurt
Quality product with a multitude of uses!
Thanks, Doc. It is always good to hear from you. John Hurt
Wow you really made it simple enough for me to understand!
Thanks for watching. John Hurt
very impressive design, I love how simple it is
Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
You're an absolute genius.
Thanks, I appreciate it. Some days are pretty hard, and a good comment helps. John Hurt
Seek 1:06 I used the formular for the mesh covering, except the formular was used on patches I made for the house and garage,
It has been on for almost a year of winds, rain, snow and heat, looks as good as when I put it on.
Held up just fine, looks good. I'll have to take a few shots and email them to the channel owner when I figure out how to use the digital camera.
Thanks for your formula recipe, sir~ I am so proud of the outcome.
I'll post this on the social platform GAB and I look forward to your zip tie homes
that I will post in the group 'alternative housing'
Nice looking group of boys you created!
Yes, sjr7822, I remember you, and your buzzy bee icon on the concrete dome video and others. Thank you for your input! If you want to send pictures, or just send me an email, my contact information is:
www.ziptiedomes.com/contactus.htm
I would like to do something with my life to help people that have no place to live. So any ideas you have are very helpful.
If I can help you in any way, let me know. Thanks again. John Hurt
Awesome Idea, one point though PVC outgas's and it attacks polyethylene sheeting, I love the idea of using bamboo.
Yes, Bamboo is awesome. Less plastic and more Bamboo. Take care. John Hurt
Will the bamboo rot like the other wood?
@@pbschulz yes, but if your growing it you have a forever supply, I believe it is somewhat rot resistant as well if I remember right.
@@pbschulz Bamboo has sugar in it, which will attract bugs. Soak the Bamboo in water with borax and boric acid and it will last many years. In high humidity situations, use PVC pipe. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
Thankyou John Hurt and sons.
Just what I was looking for !
Thanks for watching the video. Many blessing to you and your family. John Hurt
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.
Yes, you definitely need to treat the wood before using it in a greenhouse. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
This is awesome.
Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
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!
Yes, don't fill the PVC strut pipes with water so that they can freeze, if that is even possible, as they are open on both ends. And why do it in the first place. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
Brilliant
Thanks for your comment. John Hurt
This would be great as the roof peak of a hexa yurt.
These domes would also make a fantastic portable HAM radio shack.
Very good ideas. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
"Even a child can put together". How many time I hear that.
I am entering my 2nd childhood, and I don't like to use tools either, as I fumble around with them. But I can still use a zip tie. I wanted to say "Even an old fart like me can put it together", but child sounded better. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
Nice!
Thanks! John Hurt
Recycled rebar is around the same price as pvc now. It also last way longer and is a lot stronger.
That is a great idea. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
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
still cool!
Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
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 agree, I am not certain this is the best type of overnight tent design. It is better for a more permanent structure. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
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.
Contact me at www.ziptiedomes.com/contactus.htm
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.
Yes, this hub design is a lot easier to make yourself. You might look at our dome plans for download:
www.ziptiedomes.com/geodesic-dome-plans/index.htm
There are a few unexpected things if you do it entirely by yourself, like if you don't use the right size bit, or don't get the dimensions correct, that can make the dome not work, or make the dome to be wobbly and weak. Take care. John Hurt
Here's a name for a spin-off business of pvc yurts: Hurt's Yurts
That is good. Thanks. John Hurt
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.
Jason,
Yes, you can remove an entire hexagon or pentagon and the dome will still be strong. If you look at picture #18 at this link, you will see that an entire hexagon has been removed from the dome to make a doorway, and the dome is still very strong:
www.ziptiedomes.com/fairs/Mother-Earth-News-Fair-Asheville-2016.htm
And a single strut can be removed to make a diamond shaped entrance or opening:
www.ziptiedomes.com/customers/billlamerdin.htm
The 16' and smaller domes are lightweight and can be moved around the telescope so as the angle of view changes, the opening in the dome can be adjusted to where the telescope is aimed. So a smaller opening may work perfectly.
My dad was a science teacher, and he would bring home telescopes to ;et me see the planets. It is a great hobby.
You can contact me at this link for more information:
www.ziptiedomes.com/contactus.htm
Thanks, John Hurt
There are woods that will survive humid hot environments. One example is Ironwood. The wood used to make ocean pier pilings out of would be good as well.
Yes, I think if you treated the wood, or coated it with something to make it last in a humid environment, then there would not be a problem for using wood in a greenhouse. Thank you for sharing that information. John Hurt
If you wiki "ironwood" you will see this describes a hundred or so species. There's a lot to learn there...
@@travismiller5548 Yes, there is a lot to learn. Ghog63 only had problems where he had not coated the wood with preservative. Building a wooden greenhouse can be done, we just need to be careful. Thanks for the information. John Hurt
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.
You have a lot of good ideas. Be sure to send me pictures of whatever you build.
www.ziptiedomes.com/contactus.htm
Thanks,
John Hurt
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?
Never mind just saw your video on that.
@@krodkrod8132 Yes, and here are the calculators:
www.ziptiedomes.com/geodesic-dome-calculators/geodesic-dome-calculator-index.htm#tunnel
Thanks for your comments. John Hurt
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
That is a good point. We use stainless steel zip ties for building the larger domes. Sunlight and UV degradation only travels through the top 0.01" of the pipe.
www.usplastic.com/knowledgebase/article.aspx?contentkey=774
A lot of people paint the PVC pipe so it wont' degrade the greenhouse plastic.
www.ziptiedomes.com/faq/Protecting-your-Greenhouse-Plastic-from-PVC.htm
Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
great design but standard PVC isn't UV resistant
You might look at this from US Plastics on UV degradation of PVC pipe:
www.usplastic.com/knowledgebase/article.aspx?contentkey=774
Thanks,
John
Bamboo . . . And grow your own
That is the way to go. Thanks. John Hurt
The cool thing about that plastic sheeting is, it blocks UV-C which is dangerous for pretty much all forms of life.
Yes, that is correct, and a good observation. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
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.
Yes, we have a Dome Calculator Page for any type of dome.
www.ziptiedomes.com/geodesic-dome-calculators/geodesic-dome-calculator-index.htm
Thanks,
John
I want one
They are a lot of fun to build. Call us at (931) 858-6892 if you have any questions. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
Hi John. Recently, I found out about 2 upscale glamping campgrounds in Dunnellon Florida. One has buildings. The other is using a well constructed tent. Hmmm, we'll see. Have you contacted FEMA about temporary housing for storm victims? Have you come up with a doored design? I have seen some but they do not look that functional. Thanks for the update. Art
@@ArtOfHealth Thanks Art! I am developing a new type of dome that would be easier to insulate and much stronger for permanent housing. There are several customers in our "Customer Reviews" section of our website that have put standard doors on their domes. They used a heat gun to melt the PVC pipe and bend it, flatten it, and then screwed it to the door frame. Others drilled a hole into the door frame and slipped the strut inside. My customers have better ideas than I do. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
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.
That is absolutely correct. Thanks. John Hurt
Say-by any chance, you weren’t one of the voice actors for “Ed, Edd n Eddy”, were you?
(Just asking…)
I would probably be making more money if I were. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt
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.
1" PVC pipe is around $6 to $8 for a 10' piece. We get two 5' struts out of one 10' piece. Still, that is cheaper than 1" EMT conduit. Yes, everything is very expensive now with all of the inflation. Thanks. John
Bamboo is NOT stronger than steel.
It is "tensile" strength, like pulling a rope. It is not bending strength, or compressive strength.
interestingengineering.com/innovation/bamboo-as-a-replacement-to-steel
www.stikwood.com/blogs/workbench/how-strong-is-bamboo-exploring-strengths-benefits
Yes, I did not believe it either, but it is in all of the scientific studies:
www.bamboo.org/_uploads/pdfs/JABSv29_Sanchez_20191007.pdf
So I guess that you can't sit your car on top of a bamboo pole, but you can definitely pull your car down the road with a piece of bamboo. Or probably drag your car up a mountain or vertical cliff. Bamboo is interesting stuff.
Take care,
John Hurt
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.
Take a look at the strength of a PVC dome and see the shattering:
czcams.com/video/PIzvtLdYMH4/video.htmlsi=QjkC5VIYoL2Yq6Gq
Burning Man:
www.ziptiedomes.com/customers/nathanvoodoo.htm
www.ziptiedomes.com/customers/jackfromca.htm
And yes, the hubs will work with metal EMT conduit too.
But Bamboo beats everyone, bamboo domes are a slam dunk over every other dome:
www.ziptiedomes.com/customers/bamboodome.htm
www.ziptiedomes.com/customers/joestanyner.htm
Have a great day.
John
В нашей стране, за такие изобретения, человека в тюрьму сажают ....🤐
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