Thank you for this video. I bought a used greenhouse. So all the cuts and hikes are made. I was totally confused as how to put it together. Yahoo! You are here. Thank you
Thank you for making this! I am going to build one of these greenhouses very soon. I was going to use the 9’ length as I wanted the maximum square footage for my greenhouse but maybe the 8’ would be a lot easier as I will most likely be building it mostly by myself unless I can wrangle my husband into helping me. I bought the star plates 15 years ago right before we moved to Oregon as I had big plans for our backyard, but life had a way of delaying my ideas until now. I am so appreciative that you made this short video as I kept returning to UA-cam hoping to find this very sort of video about the Starplate system! What are you going to use to cover it? I was considering 12 mil reinforced greenhouse plastic as it’s only .29 per square foot. I would love to cover it in polycarbonate panels but I don’t have the $$ for that right now. I hope that you will post another video when you get the covering on and the door frame too. 👍😊💛
@@livinagoodlife Hi Ryan, If its made from equilateral triangle panels fixed together it will carry a much higher load than the plates ;) I have a few 1v icosa`s made from steel struts which are great as plant cloches. Tetra geometry is also a good one. you get 6 perfectly vertical triangles in the side walls and a more spacious hexagonal floor. It would make a good starplate structure,13 plates and 30 struts. A 5ft tetra plant cloche for shrubs, ua-cam.com/video/kJteHbJV5eM/v-deo.html
@@huxmetalworks7371 A 1v icosa is very basic, all you need is 15 identical equilateral triangles. Each triangle consists of 60 degree corners and 69.09 degree dihedral (edge bevel) angles. The dihedral angles can be cut on a table saw with the blade tilted 20.91 degrees from vertical. The Chord Factor for a 1v is 1. 0515. Desired Radius x Chord Factor will give you the side length of the triangles measured on the outside (longest side) from point to point (vertex to vertex). The height of the finished structure will be Radius x 1.4472. The "actual" base radius (measured from floor center to the outside vertices on the base pentagon) will be Radius x 0.8944. As an example, if your desired radius is 8ft, the triangle side length will be 8.412ft, the height of the structure will be 11.5776ft and the base radius will be 7.1552ft. To ensure the tightest tolerance I recommend using millimeters for the calculations.
@@alexrrr1887 Hi Alex, you can do this, its not as difficult as it sounds ;) You just need to make 15 identical equilateral triangles with angled outer edges/sides, so the triangles look something like this \______/ when viewed from the end. You set your table saw tilt angle to 20.91 degrees off vertical and rip the timber in half lengthwise to create two pieces of timber with a bevel on one edge. Run the 2nd piece (that wasnt against the fence) through the saw again to ensure its the same as the first piece. Make a simple triangular jig out of plywood, mdf or similar. The outside dimension of the triangle will need to match the panel size. For example, using the 8ft radius in my earlier post, the triangle panel would be 8. 412ft, 2.564m or 2564mm on each side. The corner angles are all 60 degrees. Place a piece of your cut timber on the jig with the bevel facing outwards and the wide edge of the timber on the jig and clamp it down. Take a piece of square timber and place it against the inside edge of the clamped timber and screw it down. Do the same for the other two sides. These pieces of timber dont need to go all the way to the corners, just somewhere close. You should now have a triangular board with 3 pieces of square timber attached in a triangular shape minus the corners. To make your triangle panels you simply clamp 3 pieces of your beveled timber to the jig. They should be slightly longer than you need so you can cut the overhang pieces off. Drive screws to secure the corners.
Thank you for this video. I bought a used greenhouse. So all the cuts and hikes are made. I was totally confused as how to put it together.
Yahoo! You are here. Thank you
Loved the video of your build. You guys are awesome!
You both are AWESOME! Thanks so much for sharing this project
Sweet built. Great project. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your generosity
Haaa...I built a cool little dome with Star Plates in '80, outside of Tallahassee, FL. Wonderful shelter, in every way!! Great luck with yours :-)
thank you, exactly the information and insights i needed
Ahh- quilter-- I see a quilt ruler!!
Thank You s0000000 muuuch!
Are you going to do a video of finished product? New subscriber here.
Would appreciate a follow-up of covering used, lessons learned, flooring, etc.
Thank you for making this! I am going to build one of these greenhouses very soon. I was going to use the 9’ length as I wanted the maximum square footage for my greenhouse but maybe the 8’ would be a lot easier as I will most likely be building it mostly by myself unless I can wrangle my husband into helping me. I bought the star plates 15 years ago right before we moved to Oregon as I had big plans for our backyard, but life had a way of delaying my ideas until now. I am so appreciative that you made this short video as I kept returning to UA-cam hoping to find this very sort of video about the Starplate system! What are you going to use to cover it? I was considering 12 mil reinforced greenhouse plastic as it’s only .29 per square foot. I would love to cover it in polycarbonate panels but I don’t have the $$ for that right now. I hope that you will post another video when you get the covering on and the door frame too. 👍😊💛
Hi Pamela,
Here`s a vid of a starplate greenhouse with 9ft struts.
ua-cam.com/video/wT3Pb25ZdXg/v-deo.html
You can see the original dome and equipment on my channel
Did you guys ever finish this project? I'm curious what it looks like when the outer layer is attached.
We have moved since then and reset it up as a chicken run and put chickenwire on it this time so I do not have a final photo.
what was the cut angle? I've got old kit but no instructions
on our chop saw it was approx a 35 degree angle
The starplates are convenient but the voids make covering it tricky. If you own a table saw, you only need to buy timber not the starplates.
@@livinagoodlife
Hi Ryan,
If its made from equilateral triangle panels fixed together it will carry a much higher load than the plates ;) I have a few 1v icosa`s made from steel struts which are great as plant cloches. Tetra geometry is also a good one. you get 6 perfectly vertical triangles in the side walls and a more spacious hexagonal floor. It would make a good starplate structure,13 plates and 30 struts. A 5ft tetra plant cloche for shrubs, ua-cam.com/video/kJteHbJV5eM/v-deo.html
Great info can you tell me how to cut the wood with out the connectors you made a good point thanks for sharing
@@huxmetalworks7371
A 1v icosa is very basic, all you need is 15 identical equilateral triangles. Each triangle consists of 60 degree corners and 69.09 degree dihedral (edge bevel) angles. The dihedral angles can be cut on a table saw with the blade tilted 20.91 degrees from vertical.
The Chord Factor for a 1v is 1. 0515.
Desired Radius x Chord Factor will give you the side length of the triangles measured on the outside (longest side) from point to point (vertex to vertex). The height of the finished structure will be Radius x 1.4472. The "actual" base radius (measured from floor center to the outside vertices on the base pentagon) will be Radius x 0.8944. As an example, if your desired radius is 8ft, the triangle side length will be 8.412ft, the height of the structure will be 11.5776ft and the base radius will be 7.1552ft. To ensure the tightest tolerance I recommend using millimeters for the calculations.
@@JohnGuest45 you are sooo smart! Im not, but I have table and miter saw. Could you please make video for dummies?!
@@alexrrr1887
Hi Alex, you can do this, its not as difficult as it sounds ;) You just need to make 15 identical equilateral triangles with angled outer edges/sides, so the triangles look something like this \______/ when viewed from the end. You set your table saw tilt angle to 20.91 degrees off vertical and rip the timber in half lengthwise to create two pieces of timber with a bevel on one edge. Run the 2nd piece (that wasnt against the fence) through the saw again to ensure its the same as the first piece. Make a simple triangular jig out of plywood, mdf or similar. The outside dimension of the triangle will need to match the panel size. For example, using the 8ft radius in my earlier post, the triangle panel would be 8. 412ft, 2.564m or 2564mm on each side. The corner angles are all 60 degrees. Place a piece of your cut timber on the jig with the bevel facing outwards and the wide edge of the timber on the jig and clamp it down. Take a piece of square timber and place it against the inside edge of the clamped timber and screw it down. Do the same for the other two sides. These pieces of timber dont need to go all the way to the corners, just somewhere close.
You should now have a triangular board with 3 pieces of square timber attached in a triangular shape minus the corners. To make your triangle panels you simply clamp 3 pieces of your beveled timber to the jig. They should be slightly longer than you need so you can cut the overhang pieces off. Drive screws to secure the corners.
Their Starplate Connector Set is out of stock as of 2021/12/10 :(