[TheForge] Re: yurt

Mon Jun 23 00:34:00 2003

A friend of mine has one so I can helpsome.

Is the yurt going to be up all the time or part of time? As for the side 
walls tie that slats together with a strong cord. Gives flexability and if you 
have to replace a salat just untie the cord. use dowel rods to connect the 
rafters with the center ring. also use tie to tie the rafters to the walls. Stay 
away from metal because if a strong wind or snow gets on it it will flex  more 
and still not break stuff. use ties on everything. the friend of mine had his up 
and had a real strong  wind/wind sheer hit his and it just snapped the dowel 
rods in the ring and center dropped nothing else was damanged. He even had 
glass figurines on the walls and they did not fall down.next morning replaced the 
dowels and back up it went. the wind turned the center ring almost  90 
degrees. if steel pins had been in it would have damanged rafters and ring. arachute 
cord works well for the ties. He used 1by 2 with extra 1by 2 at the ring. he 
used thin slats for the walls   he also made a dome of slats for his smoke 
hole opening on the center ring. he had slots for the dome to fit in. It all 
folded up and went in his regular size van. He has been using it for over 10 years 
and it is still in good shape. II think that it is 16 foot diameter.

Hope this helps. 

Later Ike 
Pan's Forge
soon I like the 4 seasons weather person. 

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