{"id":290,"date":"2010-03-11T18:45:11","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T18:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chasterus.com\/wp\/?p=290"},"modified":"2012-09-23T18:21:11","modified_gmt":"2012-09-23T18:21:11","slug":"domes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chasterus.com\/wp\/?p=290","title":{"rendered":"domes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last weekend, Cheesy Bob and krewe descended upon East Jesus in vast numbers, bearing Girl Scout cookies, many gallons of homebrew, good cheer, firearms and dome-building tools and supplies. Everything needed to build three geodesic domes from scratch arrived on a single pickup truck pulling a small trailer: 10′ sticks of 1″ EMT, hardware, tools, generator, everything.<\/p>\n

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A portable geodesic dome factory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In between sips of American wheat beer and sangria, everyone took turns cutting, flanging, bending, drilling and fine-grinding the vertices. As soon as enough of them were available, assembly began.<\/p>\n

Work began at 7am. Before 6pm, two domes stood complete and a third, by far the largest, was *almost* finished. But not for lack of effort; it turns out the apex is higher than any available ladders could reach. Just about that time, rain came down and continued all night and all day Sunday, which brought a cold, soggy end to things.<\/p>\n

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The East Jesus 5\/8-3V Dome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This is it. Mine. MINE! Hee hee. It’ll be here a while. I’m going to experiment with grapes and morning glories for natural shade, maybe a misting system to keep said vegetation happy…<\/p>\n

On the other side of the sculpture garden, there were other Tower-related activities… note the new chair encrusted with doorstop springs hanging in the 2nd level and the new 3rd level deck and “railings.” Most of the tower crew arrived shortly before the rain, though, so less was accomplished there that we were hoping for, but still a good effort with plenty to show for it.<\/p>\n

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The Tower, as of this morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Thanks to everyone who came out and helped. This place is beginning to take on a mind of its own, and it’s because of so many people who truly get it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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