Underground Earth Bag Construction
Episode 10
Reciprocal Roof Frame
Building a Circular Roofing Frame for the Mus-Art Studio
Things got a little crazy this week on the Mus-Art studio as the guys went high for the roof. Watch the video and smack a like on it if you'd like :P
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Shae aka Winter_Apple
October 14, 2016
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Bree: Last episode, after some difficulties, the family is able to finish the wall on the earth bag MusArt Studio.
Bree: The guys have never done a reciprocal roof before, so they start by laying out a circle.
Gary: I’ve been thinking about some possible roofs and this reciprocal roofing came up. We needed to build a reciprocal roof as kind of an example.
Bryson: A reference.
Gary: A reference and see how it works and… test the concept.
Bree: The guys bi sect the circle, draw a line and create 8 equal segments.
Garen: You went slow all the way across. I could have drawn 6 circles. I will show you how it is done. What do you call that? Boom. Perfection.
Bryson: I’m not seeing it. Look at that line.
Garen: You did a little better.
Gary: So, we were signaling outer space, weren’t we?
Bryson: Our symbol is in the ground. If you land here…
Gary: If you land here…
Bryson: You can take us with you.
Gary: If we go to our tangent of our circle, we lay it on there like that. We cut in a notch for this to set in.
Garen: So that it sets evenly.
Gary: Ya. Um Huh. I think this will work pretty good. It doesn’t matter where these set on the wall as long as this is a forty five. Ok now we got some math going on now.
Bryson: These will stay the same, in the same spots but they just keep staggering over each one. And eventually, they all make a circle in the center. Dad is using an excellent method of attachment.
Garen: Attachment…
Gary: Attaching the lumber together we used wire.
Bryson: Alright, there it is. It is not complete yet. They are still putting more on.
Gary: We will get the board stretcher out if it doesn’t work right.
Gary: it was strong enough that one of us got up there and stood on it.
Bryson: Gosh dad. That is amazing.
Gary: We went down and purchased all of our wood. We got our great big 30 footers..30 foot 2x8’s…8 of them.
Bryson: How long of trees did they have to chop down to get that wood?
Gary: At least 30 feet.
Shelly: Everything look good?
Shelly: So what is this?
Garen: Dad, are you sure you got these right?
Gary: Ok. This one goes like … this is like… Hang on, hang on. I will get it figured out. I thought I was just going to keep doing this over and over and over…
Bryson: We can create a monster. We have created a master piece.
Gary: This is not going in the video.
Bryson: This is going in the video.
Gary: I am going to delete the video.
Bryson: Who ever said the third time is a charm? Garen is putting it together. We got it cut. So the angle goes in and eventually you get a circle.
Garen: We are the champions…
Bryson: How many hands does it take to put this thing in? The worlds heaviest hula hoop.
Gary: I cut the pattern for the top of the reciprocal roof which will go around and set on its counterpart in the big circle of life there.
Garen: We need to go up 2 inches here.
Gary: Ya Ya. So the next one can fit on the same one. And then place that in there and see how close it is.
Bryson: All the cleats built
This allows us to put this on
run our boards straight up
so if we have a board here and it’s too low
we can raise it up and nail it in
Gary: After we got the cleats all put together
It was time to throw this thing in the air
Bryson: Just got to build it down here first
to make sure it fits together correctly
and then they’re going to build it up there
on top of the roof
Placed a few of them together to see how it was all going to stack up
Discovered that the 3 1/2 inches of a 2x4 board creates a different pitch
than the pitch of a 7 1/2 board, a 2x8
Based on that octagon that we put in the middle
Doing the bi-sections now to figure out where our rafters are going to set on our walls
I think we got it figured out now
All we’ve been doing today is building sketchy scaffolding
Gary: It’ll work Our friend came out and the 4 of us guys put those things up together and the cleats up in the air
Garen: Okay, do you see all the cleats?
Sam: Which end goes up?
Garen: The notch goes towards the center
Gary: Garen and I had a great time putting the scaffolding together
We are up in the air 9 feet or so, 10 feet from
the basement level
Then we decided, well, we got up that far up so why don’t we go ahead and
and put some scaffolding - we got some 6’ scaffolding on top of that
The scaffolding looked like this crazy mechanism that was held up by one post
No, it had 4 posts
It looked like one. It was scarier than heck but it was fun
No, it was scary
Gary: Bryson, I need a 2x4
My flailing system. I bet you wish you were up here.
Garen: Back a little more
Gary: Yes, that is it - intersection - yes!
Sam: There
Garen: Awwww! A quarter inch off
On top of that, they decided to put a ladder on top of all that
Well, we couldn’t quite get high enough.
The scaffolding only reached so far so we had to get on top of that
So it’s about 25, 30 feet
That’s not very high
You’re at the best view to see if this is level.
Sam: What, at the top of it?
Can you stand up to see if the top of that is level?
Do you feel comfortable?
There we go
Garen: See where we are at people
Push, push, push
He’s on that edge and if he
just takes one step back
there’s nothing to catch him, so I'm
Bree: It’s so scary
Shelly: It is scary
They’re very brave
They’re doing a great job. It’s just so stressful.
Just watching them. I can’t stay out here.
That scaffolding is actually very strong
Bree: it’s just scary
Shelly: yeah
Bryson: The last one
This is intense man
Shelly: So Bree, are we celebrating Christmas a little early?
It was the only thing I had clean so
Shelly: Laundry day?
Tomorrow is
Yeah, it’s staying up
Hey, we got this thing up in the air
Thanks to Sam and Garen and Bryson
We got all our rafters up in air
Everything is looking good
Ready to go
This is the biggest roof we have ever done in this capacity
I’ve done roofs but nothing reciprocal.
This is all new to me
Even this morning we went out
Bryson: They did this in like 2 hours
The final results of what we have done today
is good
very happy
Bree: The guys will continue on the roof next time
We’ll see you next week
oooooohhhhhhhh Just Kidding. Nah.
Shelly: Makeshift drone have you made for us?
Da da daaaaa. What we have done is wired up the go-pro
which is a little wiggly
Shelly: Put some wings on it and let’s go
Bryson: Alright, I’ll try it
If this fight is possible
This is crazy.
Shelly: I think I may be able to get a good view from up there
Man, I think I am too old for this
DJI if you need someone to test out the new drones
Not a problem. We do shots.
This is the time when we ask everyone to donate
to the new Mavic DJI drone
It would be cool to see this from the air
So, donate towards Patreon
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I’ve been wanting to do for years.
We already got the hole in the ground
Waterproof it, fill it with water, put a glass top on it.
It’d be sick
Shelly: Um hmm
Bryson: It’s the dog
Garen: Mellow dog
Grrrr. Got you
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