dome raising day 2

specs - the shape of the dome is a decagon with 5 sides being 6' wide (the riser walls) and 5 being 12' wide (the openings). the openings in our dome will all have either a window or door. it's approximately 30' across and 15' high. it will have 2 skylights, too.

the next day we continued on up. we tied the pentagons together with struts over the 5 openings and then started adding the lower half hexagon sections. at first it was just dave, ed and myself - and was difficult work. not only are ed and i a bit shorter and not as strong, but neither of us are exactly fond of heights. dave was very glad to see chris arrive. ed and i were then the ground crew - fine by us!

after the lower hexagon halves were up, the rest was put together strut by strut. it was a time-consuming process, but really very simple once we figured it out. think tinkertoys.