A Lesson in Advanced Geometry
Building a Geodesic dome requires the proper
plans, layout, templating, and making jigs to
repeat the triangle members over and over.
There are only 2 triangle members: an
equalaterial where all three sides are the same
measurement and one that has the same
measurement as the equalterial on one side
and the other two sides shorter but also the
same measurement. The three members that
made each triangle requied a compound angle
cut both on the end and rip cut. Five triangles
of tthe same type were bolted together to form a
hexagon. Final assembly connected all the
hexagons together alternating the two types.