Geodesic Dome Cover Pattern for an 8’7” 2V Dome - Side ...

1 THE QUEST FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING Geodesic dome Cover Pattern for an 8'7 2V dome - Side Pentagons (22 3/8) (62 3/32) (22 3/8). Assembly Method " " ". We bought heavy duty XL. silver tarps and were able to get two pentagons per tarp. (45 9/32). (57 15/16). " (57 15/16). " (54 29/32) " Five of these shapes form the " (54 29/32). " sides of the dome Cover , once they are glued to the " = 99 21/32" = ft. (62 3/32) (62 3/32). " ". large top piece. The tarp pieces are cut out and glued together using vinyl cement. When con- (54 29/32) (54 29/32). " ". structed, our dover was va little tighter than intended, I. (62 3/32). ". (54 29/32). ". (54 29/32). " (62 3/32). recommend building in extra " slack. (41 3/4) (41 3/4). " " 1. Overlap and glue these two edges together to give (45 31/32) (45 31/32) the pentagon a 3D shape. When we measured out our " (14 7/8) ". ". shapes we realized that this ". " (14 7/8) " design does not include a flap (45 31/32) (45 31/32).

2 Here - so include 2 flap on one of the sides before " " cutting. We also used a 4 in (41 3/4) (41 3/4). tarp strip to reinfornce these ". (62 3/32). " ". " seams. (62 3/32). (54 29/32) (54 29/32). " = 99 21/32" = ft. 2. The two top flaps get glued " " to the large top piece. (54 29/32) (54 29/32). 3. Glue one side edge of each pentagon to a small triangle to make door flaps. " " Our dome has five doors, (62 3/32). ". (62 3/32) though you can glue several (54 29/32) " shut if you want " (54 29/32) ". (57 15/16) (57 15/16). ". (45 9/32) 4. The large flap at the bottom of each pentagon is ". " ". (22 3/8). designed to wrap under the (22 3/8) (62 3/32). bottom dome strut and can be secured with stakes or bungee cords. " = 106 27/32" = ft.