Star Plate Building System

[rvm45]

Friends, this is the second time I've done this Post, the first is lost somewhere in Cyber-Space.

The Starplate System lets you take ordinary 2" X 4"s, and Plywood, and turn it into a Truncated Icosahedron.

Your floor plan will be a Pentagon. A Pentagon has roughly 70% more area than a Square, when they have the same length Sides.

Thing is, you can build a reasonable sized building, and then take it apart again. You could haul it to a relatively remote Area--though it'll take several trips, unless you're much stouter than me.

You can set it up now, or carefully cache all the parts, and some other nice things--victuals, tools, ammo, firearms.....etc.

Or you can have one all pre-fabbed and hidden in your back yard.

If your house goes up in flames, you'll at least have a place to get your head out of the Rain.

Of course, it won't do you much good in your attic, if the house burns.

They can be nestled together Quite Nicely. I'll try to pick that illo up after I post this.


www.strombergschickens.com/starplate_building_system

.....RVM45

Here's the site where you can see how they nestle together:

www.gardendome.com/id/vb2/cl10/icosa_vb3_cluster10_topa.JPG

www.gardendome.com/id/vb2/cl5/icosa_vb3_cluster5_topa.JPG

[Jerry D Young]

I have two sets in storage for when they might be needed in the aftermath. Don't have space to get the other components yet, but one of these days...

[steve]

I remember reading that octagon buildings were very fashionable in pre-Soviet Russia because with twice the materials of a square building, you could get over six times the amount of interior space.

There are a lot of small house / mobile house plans out there. It's a fascinating field and there's a lot of diversity out there.

One aspect is that you could rent a storage locker and store such a kit so that it is out of the elements (snow, rain, wind, etc.). After all, wood expands and warps over time so someplace with humidity control would probably be a good idea.

[Jerry D Young]

That is the plan, but I have to clean out the rental storage unit first.

[bunyip]

Not this particular building system, but a comment generally.

A hut in the boonis isn't so hard to frame, niether are te walls hard.

Making a leak proof roof however is.

There are many things which don't cost much now, don't take up too much space.

200uM builders film (construction polyethylene sheet) in clear and black for a start is maybe 8 bucks a roll here,

Likewise nails, and that old standby duct tape. And wire (look up 'cobb and co hitch').

Wood burning stoves too - maybe learn how to make one from a drum - or have one of those drum wood heater kits put aside - and flue kit.

(Sortof) on topic though - have a look at;



Same idea as the orig post?

[Jerry D Young]

Yep. Eliminating all the cut and fit is the key to quick, easy building. The Socket-System does the same thing on a large scale that Star Plates do on a small scale. Thanks for the link. I plan to look into them.