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Geodesic Hub Connectors

Steel Pipe and PVC Hub Connectors

This is the classic way to connect geodesic struts toget
drilled in the flattened ends then bolted together.To ac
drilled hole into your struts, the length of the strut nee
longer.For example a 36 inch pipe/conduit strut will ne
extended at both ends to drill holes. A rule of thumb is
inch = 1.5 inches (or about 8cm) more to all struts. Th
center of the holes would need to be drilled 3/4″ from

The vertex hub is capable of building domes up to 60

has the ability to use metal or pvc pipe. The hub itself
reduced section to allow for the use of 1/2″ or 34″ pip

These hubs have been manufactured to the perfect an

not need to rely on the flex of the pipe to create the cu
hub will flex a bit to allow the use for different frequen
hub uses a friction fit to secure its pipes into place but
twist lock feature in place for added reinforcement.

All of these hubs come color-coded for ease of installat

with a reinforced center to allow for the covering of the
easily attached. Visit http://www.vertexhubs.com
information.

Geodesic domes made with a metallic frame are the pr

versions of greenhouses. they are much sturdier, they
long time and are ideal for growing food year-round.

Peter Ellis has developed impressive greenhouse desig

appreciate for their quality of construction as well as fo
design.

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He also has designed multiple geodesic hubs, one of w
engineered to be used with square tubes.

For more information click here.

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Also Be Used As An Powder coated steel poles fix simply into the hub with
pins. This allows construction of a 10m dome by one p
Alternative To Problem
ladder, in around 3 hours, from the back of an estate c
V-Belt And Chain generates considerable savings on the commodities of
Drives. and equipment.The design combines the simplicity and
geodesics, along with rapid mobility and elegance. The
steel, with solid machined plastic hubs. Each hub is als
a lock nut, allowing M12 bolts to be used to fly equipm
dome.You can view a time lapse assembly of a 3v dom
OPEN gerodesic hub on YouTube.

This is a sophisticated and versatile universal geodesic

invented by Leith Aitchison of Dome Dimensions in Aus
more information (pictures, diagrams, specifications),

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Bucuresti si Ilfov.
tubing. Click on the images below to en
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This is a novel approach to connect PVC or EMT condu

together. It was developed by Geoff Maritz in Cape Tow
Africa. He used fence post caps and drilled them. Ther
detailed information on his blog.

Polls

Are you building a dome this year?

No, I'm not a hippie

Yes, a dome home

Yes, a greenhouse
This is another way to attach geodesic struts together
Yes, for an event
Inexpensive and something you can do yourself, this h
Yes, for Burning Man!
instead of just one, so very solid. Keep in mind you ne
Yes, for the kids
struts accordingly: since connections are vertex to ver
Yes, just for fun
length between centers of the round tube needs to be
Vote
your strut that was calculated. In other words, your re
View Results need to be longer because ends are bent.

Polls Archive This is a clever idea, from www.gardendome.com: p

The best part is that you slide your struts into the end
having to flatten or bend struts. Some of the strut mat
might be used:-round wood dowels, square wood with

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-round, square, hexagonal (and other aluminum extru
tubes
-fiberglass poles or carbon/composite poles
-pvc or other plastic, hollow tube or solid rod
-bamboo

This is an example of a geodesic dome cover with a st

suspended skin. As you can see in the image the cove
multiple parts sewn together.

This is one of the geodesic strut hubs on the geodesic

of the U.S. Patent Office in Pensylvania.

This is a prototype of a geodesic hub, Each movable tu

self-adjust.

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This hub is made to attach flat bars. Each bar is bent t

angle then bolts or rivets are inserted.

The image on the left is an aluminum geodesic hub fro

leader in industrial dome construction.This may seem
the engineering is impressive. This hub will not only co
together but also serve as a method to hold a metallic

These are called Air Hubs, used to connect metal tubin

These are some renderings of a project Jeffrey Easter

makea full sized “kit” geodesic dome that a class of ab
school kids would assemble in an hour at the National
Museum. It’s an icosahedron alternate 1, meaning tha
sphere dome it will have 26 hubs and 65 rods – 6 5 wa
way hubs, 30 46 inch rods, and 35 52.5 inch rods. Ma
visit him!

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Sonostar hardcore geodesic hubs eliminate the tedio

crafting connectors to build geodesic domes. By using
you will reduce the time it takes to build a dome from
few hours.The hubs themselves are made of tough, du
chloride (PVC), and they are solid in the centers, addin
functionality.When you go to cover your dome, you ca
directly to the hubs themselves by screwing into them
compromising the strength of the hub. They are engin
specifically for building geodesic domes – designed wit
curvature to naturally shape the dome as you build it.

Domekit.cc is a project looking to make dome buildin

fun. They developed a hub connector featuring a robus
socket joint and an integrated thumbscrew that secure
strut to the node.These 3D-printed connectors are ma
batches in workshops and garages across the USA by f
open-source 3D printers like the Makerbot. The princ
for the 3D-printed connectors is Mark Cohen, who op
printers out of his garage in Brooklyn:

Wood hub connectors

Matt Lowry from domemade offers a hub system whic

describes as great timesaver. Comprising of a series o
stainless steel brackets, the domemade hub system ca
construct a geodesic dome of any size. There`s no ma
you just alter the lengths of your wood accordingly.Th
then connected to the wooden struts using four types
bolts. There is no need for complex maths calculating
ratios with this hub. The bracket simply forms the corr
you build the dome. The hub system is ideal for shippi
away in to a small box and has a lower cost than most

of this type.Click on images below to enlarge.

One of the simplest and best wooden dome hub system

section hubs and stainless steel strap tightened with a
device. This was developed by Fletcher Pence the Virg
early ’60s and was strong and elegant. Used by archite
Lindsay in L. A. and Pacific High School for 10 wood-fr

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the early ’70s.In Domebook 2, on page 40, you can re
Aspen Dome for which this geodesic hub is used. The d
how to make and use this hub technique for a 70-foot
geodesic dome is as follows:” 2″ X 10″ construction Do
ripped down to 2″ X 5″. Construction grade is adequat
the knots are tight… struts were cut with a radial arm
holes drilled 3″from each end…. The steel pipe was cut
I picked up a 5/8″ steel band-it strap and strappers…
failed. We then used the experience of Jeff Morse (Dom
51), and added 1/8″ steel plates on the end to preven
being crushed by the pipe (we did not cope the ends o
3/4″ steel half round to prevent the strap from compre
at the drilled holes. With these additions the connectio
extremely rigid and strong and gave us a great deal of
dome would work”

T-blocking hub method. This is an improvement of the

by connecting all struts together. As you can see from
solution is elegant and simple, in addition to requiring
to reinforce hubs.

It is the hub design by Андрей Савельев, or Andrei Sa

design engineer from Moscow and an major participan
domesworld.ru forums. For more information and imag

This hub design being produced in Russia is going thro

serious tests in the summer of 2012. Its designer is Pa
(Павел Брайво-geosota.ru) is the designer of the dom
forum.The results of these tests will be available to the
domesworld.ru forum.As many pointed out, It is rea
extraordinary what people on that forum are achieving
design, an idea born on the forum that ends up in prod
good example for every geodesic community in the wo
produced by geosota.ru. Click on the images below fo
images.

Marko Pejović and Branislav Čolovićm have been developing very smart and simple to use hub designs
video on a universal hub that can be asembled and disassembled quickly at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxTAcFfF99Y .You can also view their first attempt showing
connector is possible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdlHfOXxY7E .As they also pointed ou
to visit http://forum.domesworld.ru/ for innovative designs and ideas for geodesic domes. The we

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easily translated with Google Translate. This type of hub is o

building bamboo domes. A star-shaped hub with its ends inserted into a bamboo strut. Then a bolt is i
the bamboo and the metal hub. Notice how the bamboo tips are protected with a metal cap. For more
this specific hub, a detailed profile of the Mechai Patana Secondary School can be viewed on their web
http://mechaifoundation.org/school.asp.

This original hub design is from a Japanese designer. For more information, pictures and videos, click

Sergio Cohen Arazi contributed this hub design. He is a geodesic home and structure builder in South A
website links below).You just need to do a metal “U”, could be a bent bar, a square tube cut into slices
metal.
With those “U” shapes you can use them on any frequency dome and hub, simply by combining them

them together. For those who want quick practical solutions

look at the picture on the left. It’s a simple disc with holes drilled into it to insert screws in each strut.
hub will be angled differently at each hub, so some flexibility with the disc is needed so it flattens agai

when you screw. The classic way to connect geodesic wood s

to cut the angles directly on each piece. But because any strut requires 2 angles cut at each end you n
what is called a “compound angle cut”. Use a radial arm saw, a miter saw with the stops removed or a

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saw. If possible, angle cut precision should be to a tenth of a degree.

straightforward design of a geodesic hub made of metal. In most dome constructions you will require a
4-way, 5-way and 6-way connector hubs and you will need to cut each strut end to the correct angle.

This is the Starplate system offered by Stromberg’s. Starp

plates, with channels to hold 2×2′s, 2×3′s or 2×4′s. You simply drill holes in each end of 25 struts of e
bolt them into the 11 star plates to build a solid, mini-dome framework in a couple of hours.

Another prototype drawing of a geodesic dome connector. V

though the tabs holding each strut would need to be wider for larger domes.
DynaDome connector hub. this system developed by Bill Woods of Dyna Domes in Phoenix, Arizona in

This is the Simpsons steel gazebo connector. It will rei

hubs, though for larger geodesic domes you should still screw hubs together. These are corrosion-resis
ideal for small projects. they are available at most hardware stores but often you will need to order the

This is a hub designed by Roman from the Ukraine (known as kotiara82 on domesworld.ru), an expe
and major contributor on the Russian website . This hub is designed to be simple yet sturdy. Click on
enlarge.

TAFF GOCH‘s suggestion of a geodesic dome hub connector.

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This hub design connects square tubes together with a plate on top and below.

This is a very interesting design for a geodesic hub for timb

Ohme Geodesic Domes. These are patented cast aluminum connectors that come with cutting templ

assembly instructions. Another highly engineered geodesic h

offered by Natural Spaces Domes.Each double tab is held to a ring by slipping a bolt. Then each woo
is slipped into the double tab and bolted. The angle of each strut is defined by using a template.The m
that you don’t need compound angle cuts in the beams and the system is engineered to withstand gre
Another plus is that you can pre-bolt each strut before connecting them together.

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