DOME, SWEET DOME

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January/February 1990
 
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Jeffrey Hill's large (11" X 17") Professional Dome Plans ($34.95 postpaid from Precision Structures, 2565 Potter St., Dept. 125, Eugene, OR 97405) is a book for builders, not dreamers. If you're planning to construct your own dome, the detailed shop drawings and terse suggestions will be well worth the asking price. As Hill dryly remarks, when describing his penchant for rounding dimensions to the nearest thirty second of an inch, "This level of accuracy may seem extreme, but it's my experience that people are capable of making all the necessary mistakes without help from sloppy dimensions."

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