Building a Roll-Off Roof or Dome Observatory by John Stephen Hicks

Author:John Stephen Hicks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer New York, New York, NY

Fig. 13.13Making a mold for gore panels in fiberglass resin and cloth is an excellent idea. After several coats of resin have been applied over fiberglass cloth, the exterior of the panel can be coated with a two-part epoxy white finish producing a smooth dome exterior

Fig. 13.14A finished veneer dome showing the slot door overlap

Fig. 13.15Jack Newton ’s domes stand out clearly against the mountain background at his Arizona Sky Village home. These domes are all made from a plywood framework of arches, and ribs covered in door veneer as in Figs. 13.11 and 13.12. The left hand dome was built by AVS resident Rick Beno and the right hand dome by Jack Newton [photo by Jack Newton]

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