Triangisle
Ahoy maties! We're building an impractical 3-sides platform (now with crow's nest)! This page documents our progress.
Designer: Kipp McMichael Builders: Kipp McMichael, Trea Kines, Jean-Claude Breach Inhabitants: Kipp, Trea and Miguel Sanchez (comin from Alabamie with a banjo on his knee)
UPDATE: We done got granted! Thanks to the sponsors of Ephemerisle for giving us some cash to help pay for the platform. Their help is allowing us to build an even better platform than we originally proposed.
Contents
Plans
- Version 1 - Our Grant Proposal plans
Notes: We realized after submitting our proposal that we probly over-planned some of the platform. The main beams likely didn't need to be 4-ply - so we are reducing the wood used to build the platform. Trea also had the bright idea to build a crow's nest too so we have a little perspective on the festival.
Set-up
Home Depot is our friend: cheap wood, cheap PVC pipe, cheap fasteners, and cheap powertools!
Ebay and the internet are also our friend:
- We were able to get the exercise balls for $10 a piece. And they're all a cool shiny graphite color.
- We were able to source the PVC fittings online for about 1/3 the price of our local hardware store.
- Artwork aids in the form of blacklight LEDs and batteries for nighttime fun.
Construction
Day 1 - Sept 12: Jean Claude and Kipp start the platform and the buoyancy cubes
So we got the 2"x6"x16' boards for the main struts of the platform as well as the PVC necessary to build the cubes that will hold our buoyancy exercise balls captive. So day 1 involved drilling and bolting the 12 boards into 3 struts and cutting 144 PVC segments.
- Images from Day 1
The finished beams arranged as a triangle - but not yet joined.
An individual buoyancy cube with our test ball.
All the cubes assembled - gluing the cubes will wait until the maiden launch on Oct 2.
The cubes arranged (roughly) - here be the roots of all that is to come!
