These guys will tell you about it: periodic videos
How to build a trinomial cube out of lego
For those times when a binomial square is not enough The Troutbeck School shows you how to build your own trinomial cube of (a + b + c) out of lego. There is a nice long step by step guide on the school site: http://thetroutbeckschool.com/how-to-build-a-trinomial-cub…/
Tree House Number 2: The Porch
The porch foundations were a bit more complicated than the main tree house. The porch is supported by what I may call an inverted 3D roof truss which spans between two tree stumps. Below you can see Didymus balancing on the mid point of the truss (temporarily supported at each end). To make matters … Continue reading
Tree House Number 2: The Roof Goes On
Roofing continues with a layer of Alububble insulation followed by the fish scale tiling.
Tree House Number 2: More Walls and Roof
Edmore sighting his lines for the roofing trusses – actually the rafters. Its the foundations that are inverted roofing trusses!
Tree House Number 2: The Walls Go Up
The foundations are in place, the floor is down so next the walls go up… The floor to ceiling windows were made as units of four in the workshop then held in place until the walls are built to support them. Didymus practicing building by interlocking planks at the corners (just in case we need … Continue reading