The Dome East Kit

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May/June 1971
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Later that night, Wes and Wendel began to brainstorm an inexpensive model kit specifically designed for geodesic dome experiments. After 48 hours and little sleep the two enthusiasts had gone through steel tube., aluminum tubes, aluminum strips, steel wire, plastic tubes, coffee and cocktail stirrers, tongue depressors, nuts and bolts, electrical terminals, wooden balls, styrofoam balls, aluminum circles, silly putty and marshmallows. Finally they hit a combination that worked.

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Another three weeks of refinement and hassling out the problems of plastic injection molding found Wes and Wendel ready to market a package consisting of 100 unique (patent pending) five and six spoke tension-stress plastic hub units and 270 precut, color-coded 3/16"-diameter struts. By following the instructions that accompanies this DOME EAST KIT, the most fumble-fingered dome beginner can quickly and easily build tetrahedrons, octrahedrons, icosahedrons and two frequency alternate and three frequency alternate spheres.

The more serious dome enthusiast will find the DOME EAST KIT valuable for determining the optimum size (3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 7/8; zenith edge, face or vertex, and windows, doors or skylights of a particular full-size dome. The DOME EAST instruction book even includes directions for making a gigantic and inexpensive 15-foot diameter geodesic dome model from the little teenie plastic hubs included in the kit.

Fantastic! But are Wendel and Wes satisfied? Of course not. They're already developing prefabricated geodesic homes, pool covers, greenhouses, play structures, utility sheds and other buildings which they'll start to market this summer.

There's no need to wait for a DOME EAST KIT, though. You can get yours postpaid right now by sending $6.00 (New York State residents please add applicable sales tax) to: DOME EAST, Box 922, Hicksville, New York 11802.

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