Screwing geo-dome frames together

Just a quick video with some tips and tricks when screwing geodesic dome frames together. I use the beveled frame method, this may be useful for anyone who has purchased plans and wants more info on how I do it.
Beveled frame method video: • Dome building methods ...
Geo-Dome website: www.geo-dome.co.uk

[@dougd5002]

Thank you Paul, I was wondering why you just use one main screw on each corner, makes perfect sense. I'm currently building a mitred joint dome and your stuff is very helpful.

[@gonpin54]

I absolutely love everything you do!!... Thanks for your clear explanations, the simplicity of your designs and the intelligence behind all of this!!... Cheers!...

[@TreDogOfficial]

Thanks so much! I've been wondering about this for quite some time now. It is good to see how the master does it! The C-Clamps are integral.

[@viedezerg]

Thank you for all your videos, you do a really great and usefull job ;)

[@pierremarlats10]

Thanks for everything about domes. Could we have access to this Sketchup plan?

[@Norbingel]

I suppose you have to make sure the wood you use for this is very well dried already? Or will all the screws still hold it together despite the normal shrinking and warping?
Lumber's really expensive where I am and while I can get green lumber for less than half the price of lumber sold in stores, I don't think I can wait for it to dry out enough for use.

[@Khamomil]

Hi Paul, what do you think of the Roskilde plywood dome as a temporary structure? I find it beautiful. Love the parabolic shape.

[@jeffwarrow4364]

How is the join between adjoining panels kept water tight?

[@reframeyourbody]

Thanks a lot for making this! Precious info. What type of screws would you recommend?

[@liamabrams6230]

I found your tip about putting screws in at an angle interesting. I am thinking this causes the screws to fight each other slightly along the length of the joining member - thereby clamping the member together on the face, while also pulling slightly against one another... So the joint would have a harder time "slipping" in one direction or the other. Is that the thought process behind the clamping method?

[@Chimp_No_1]

So helpful. thanks.

[@prestonthomas9406]

Paul, have you ever used a Kregg jig to screw the legs together?

[@MrDenisJoshua]

Can you upload this sketchup in some place please ? Thanks in advance.

[@jamerican_usnavy]

I wonder if you can build a geodesic dome without wood. Maybe steel or some sort of insect resistant material

[@354sari]

Paul Robinson, son muy interesantes sus videos , de estructuras geodesicas, hay alguna forma de poirlas en españpl. muchas gracias.. te escribo desde Córdoba, Ver. , México. saludos.

[@leverman7517]

would you pre-drill for the large screws?

[@GhostsonAcid]

-Almost certainly, yes.

[@hilarygrebowicz4787]

Fantastic, have you ever used bolts.

[@user-oi4rq8sk8e]

Дякую!!!

[@walterrutherford8321]

So the individual triangles are joined with large screws but the frames (ie the entire domes) are held together by short, thin screws. In particular the "hubs" where all the forces concentrate have no hardware joining them. And if I understand the angles not even the rigid sheathing connects the frames to each other. Standard domes redirect forces along the length of the struts where they are strongest in compression and tension. This design seems instead to rely on the strength of those thin screws. So while I love this tight hubless technique it looks like a disaster waiting to happen. I'd expect it to blowout one of those floating hubs once a substantial load of roofing material and snow accumulated. I wouldn't feel comfortable sleeping under that unless I added metal strapping across all the hubs. Alternatively I'd double up on the counter-angled thin screws between the frames and add lots of glue. You can probably guess by now that I live somewhere that can get heavy snow loads.

[@rjamsbury1]

I think this hubless method doesn't generate the key forces at the 'hubs' since there aren't any! The whole dome acts like a stone arch might, each triangle is wedge shaped from the side. Loads will just compress them together more, and the screws won't be doing that much.

[@JohnGuest45]

@@rjamsbury1
Key forces are at the vertices which are common to both hubbed and hubless domes. .

[@romaineathey6512]

You can use stodoys, it has the best handbooks and ready plans. You can learn much from them and make it yourself.

[@huskypilot6305]

I couldn’t watch the entire vid. Maybe you should write a script, practice erm a bit, and ah try to um get err your erm shit together before you ermm upload. Great info but very hard to watch. I found myself “Erming “ 1 second before you said erm.