THE LITTLE YURT

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November/December 1976
 
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Set the 70-1/2" and 71" boards aside for the time being and divide the top of the standing wall into thirty-six parts. Draw a line across each 62" board 3-1/2 inches from the big end on the smooth side (to indicate overhang). Then—using one 10-penny nail for each board—nail a 62" plank in place on top of the wall boards with one long edge of each 62" plank on a 1/36 mark (see Fig. E-3). As you work, prop the roof members up with poles (2 X 2's work well, but any light support will do) which have nails driven part way in 79" from one end. See Fig. E-2. Extra hands are a help in holding up the props.

Be careful to see that each roofing plank is aimed at the center of the yurt. When all the boards are up, raise or lower the poles as needed to make all the pieces of the roof meet snugly. Now drive two more 10-penny nails into the wide end of each roofing board.

Next nail the 62-1/2" roofing planks in place (centered over the gaps in the first layer), using just one 10-penny nail at the outer edge of each board. When all are snugly fitted at the top (you may have to move a few of those outer "10's" a little), nail the 62-1/2" boards fast at their outer ends. Then, working from inside the yurt, drive a 7-penny nail every six inches along (and up through) the roof boards' lengthwise edges. Have someone hold a sledge against the opposite side to back up your work, and securely clinch the ends of the nails. Keep the props in place until the compression band is installed.

COMPRESSION BAND/SKYLIGHT RIM: If you can find an old wagon wheel to use for a compression band, you'll save yourself a good bit of work. The wheel's inside diameter should measure 40"46" (Fig. E-4). Cut out the spokesand hub, and—with the wheel carefully centered over the skylight opening—screw the rim securely to the inner layer of roofing planks from below. Then add and faster: pieces of pine boards, cut to the curve of the wheel, to the top of the rim until the assembly holds the inner and outer layers of roof-I ing apart a perpendicular distance of 3-1/2" (see Fig. E-5). Now you can remove the props. NOTE: If you can't scare up an old wagon wheel, you can make a compression band/skylight rim by cutting and joining together twelve pieces of two-by-six 11-3/8" long (see Fig. E-6). Nail or screw the sections carefully in place over the top edge of the skylight opening (the pieces must fit together tightly).

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