Has anyone looked into making geodesic domes?

Glad to know I’m not the only one. Any good info you can share now?

From my understanding all these hubs are a 10 degree angle inwards and assuming your using 6 way joints each one (if made from wood), would be 30 degrees per side.

There seem to be 2 main construction methods:

  • using hubs
  • not using hubs but creating the actual joints

The obvious benefits of hubs is you can slot it together really quick, however you increase cost significantly when using hubs.

I stumbled across this kit - http://buildwithhubs.co.uk 0 which means things super easy, and whilst I won’t be buying one it raises the question on how few joints can you get away with? This one relies on 25 with 75 sticks… others (including my link) suggest far more.