[TheForge] Chuck Robinson's yurt shop

Jerry Frost akfrosty at mtaonline.net
Thu Apr 16 23:43:11 EDT 2009


GEEZE! I love practical overkill. You're my new hero 
Chuck.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "Chuck Robinson" <robi5515 at bellsouth.net>


> Hey Steve,
> My Yurt Smithy has been thru 3 hurricanes including 
> being at ground Zero in
> Katrina.
> The uprights are 5" drill stem ( 4141 -5/8" wall 
> pipe) and strung together
> with 3/4" double improved plow steel wire rope. The 
> drill stem is anchored
> in 3" of reinforced concrete 6' deep.
> Have had (4) 95' pine trees blown down on it, with 
> minimal roof damage.
> The trunks, when they hit the wire rope, stop dead
> Chuck



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