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| Title: | Simple Fruit Cage | |
| Posted on: | 1/23/2009 8:37:44 PM | |
| Category | General dome conversation | |
| Author | simon | |
| Status | Open | |
| Views | 5543 | |
| Replies | (2) | |
I''ve just built my first dome. It''s a 16 foot diameter vertex-up icosahedral 2v fruit cage. I wanted it to be cheap so it''s made from treated 2x1 which cost about £70 and the struts are lashed together around the hubs which are 2" lenghts of 2" diameter wooden post. It''s the simplest design possible - though it was still an eventful enough build. It was my third attempt - first two used circles of blue plastic water pipe and then bamboo, but both neither worked for me. Future plans are for a site hut on the allotments, a bit bigger and probably higher frequency. I''m also interested in the possibility of giving it a super-ellipsoidal profile to improve the head-room, but that really ramps up the complexity. I''m thinking about roofing it with a green-roof on top and then tiles cut from old tyres.  Simon |
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| posted by admin | 24/01/2009 22:23:40 |
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Looks cool Simon, are you going to cover it, you said fruit cage would that be to grow fruit up or net over to keep the birds off? A 16 foot diameter dome frame for £70...Absolute bargain. For your site hut try a 3v 4.5m - 5m dome, plenty of headroom and good door size in a 5/9. If you've not done 3 frequency before you will find it only a tiny bit more complex than a 2v. When you've done one you won't go back to 2v. |
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| posted by simon | 25/01/2009 20:48:08 |
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Thanks Paul. I'm going to drape a net over it and grow fruit under it, but it's inspired me to think about another smaller one just as a growing frame. A 4.5m 3v 5/9 is a good call with that extra head-room, and a finished height just under that pesky 3m planning-permission ceiling. Simon |
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