Redesigned North Entrance Michael scrambled at the last minute to redesign the front entrance to turn it into a more protected, portico type entrance. An added bonus is it gives us more space on the second level, over the redesigned entrance. Our Emblem In tribute to our time in Qatar and our love, I had…
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Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – Landscaping & Sheathing & Window Framing
April – Weekend of Laying Sods While not the dome – this weekend was 2 ten hour days of laying sods and was very exciting for us! May – Sheathing June – Sheathing July – Sheathing & Framing Windows
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – Spring – 2024 – Drone Photos Of Penny Lane
Welcome to Penny Lane We’ve named our property Penny Lane after the song by The Beatles. In July of 2019, we purchased Lots 70, 71 & 72, giving us almost 5 acres of land. The blue line is a creek that runs the entire length of our property. This creek, we’ve affectionally named Swells Creek,…
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – Spring – 2024 – Framing Trapezoids
Framing Trapezoids – What is It? Framing the trapezoids is putting the slats of wood in each trapezoid. Basically from a bare trapezoid to one with slats of wood within, called framing. Unframed Trapezoid Framed Trapezoid Trapezoid Framing – Progress in Pictures I find locating the progress quite tricky as there are so many trapezoids…
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – Winter – 2023/2024 – Building Of The Dome Structure Continues
December – Building the Top of the Dome & First Sheathing Using a scissor lift, Michael – with a few days help from Tyler – completed the top portion of the dome. January – Weather Slows Michael Down December 1st, 2023 & January 1st, 2024 – Progress Comparison January – 2024 These are two of…
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – November, 2023 – Building The Dome Structure
November, 2023 – Progress in Pictures Tyler, a friend and carpenter by trade, took a month’s leave from work to help Michael build the dome structure. This was a true labour of love in the damp weather of November. Thankfully, the first snow held off until the end of the month.
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – Rustproofing & Color Coding Hub Sets & The Origin Registration Tool
Autumn, 2022 – Michael’s Invention – Origin Registration Tool At the top of the pipe is a shackle Michael purchased on Amazon. The shackle rotates and pivots. He drilled a hole in the shackle and put a 35ft one-eighth inch thick stainless steel cable through it. He then crimped on a little swage so the…
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – Construction Begins
May 14th, 2022 – Ready to Begin The area is ready to start building. June 19th, 2022 – Our Temporary Home We permanently locate our 5th wheel on our property. This is where we will live as we build. The RV is hooked up to the septic. Water is from a temporary pump on our…