Hi all, It's been slow this past week on the group, except for 7 new members! Welcome! Please feel free to just jump right in. All members may upload pictures,...
Hi all, I have been working on my plans for my version2 dome lately. I went to a sheet metal manufacturing place in Fresno (California) today to price the...
Hello! I'm new to the group, and very excited. I would be a little concerned about a couple of things: 1) durability: sheetmetal typically has very sharp...
Hi Andres, Welcome to the group, and thanks for the comments! I plan on having the machine shop fold the edges so they don't have such sharp edges. I'll sand...
Andres, Just a reminder, please add some information to the Member Planetariums Database, even if you just have an idea for a plan at this point. Once members...
Hi Johannes, Good points, thanks! I guess I was just feeling like I wanted to get my hands dirty and build something. I believe you are correct in that a...
Hi all, I placed my order for my new dome plan today. I'm working with a machine shop in Fresno California for the sheet metal work. They said it would be...
Damn! Someones' actually paying attention to my verbal ramblings. The foamdome was hidden behind a partially built 38'hybrid spanish galleon for a few months,...
Hey Greg, Congratulations! I look forward to seeing pictures when the dome is complete. A couple of questions I have that others probably have, too: (1) How...
Hi Karrie, Good to hear from you. I spoke with the machinist today and he said the material was in town, so it should be cut/folded/drilled, and ready later...
I decided to reply to my own post in an attempt to bring this message back to the top of the list. I really think it's important. Any ideas? We now have 40...
Hi Terry, So, did you dismantle the dome, or the Galleon? I thought of something that might make a very good dome gore shape. If you could find a junked, old...
... something ... a ... behind ... Stellarium ... The dome's still there! I've been giving it second looks lately, now that I'm not sinking all my money in a...
Hello Greg, I just discovered this message again in my mail-program. I do not fully understand, what a "frame stack" is, but distorting a single image from...
Hi Johannes, Thanks so much for the response. I hesitated to ask you directly about this because you have given so much time and effort already, but I'm very...
Hi all, I took delivery of my new dome parts today. I have Sunday off from work and I plan on doing a test build. Expect some construction photos early next...
This is going to work! I test assembled part of the dome today. The parts fit perfectly, and the structure is very strong. Although the sheet metal I used is...
Hi Yves, I am planning on assembling the entire dome today. I'll have some photos right after that. I really was inspired by your cardboard dome, and I had a...
hi all, show the pictures of this link (use babel fish for translate from french) http://perso.planetarbosc.mageos.com/ress/planetar.html a interesting design....
Hello Greg, When discussing with Reimar Döffinger from mplayer he told me, that mplayer with the OpenGl video output has already the ability to apply any...
All I can say is WOW, and thank you very much. This is huge. I'm naming my planetarium, and my son, after you. Seriously, the work you have done on Stellarium,...
Johannes has done it again! First he wrote the changes to Stellarium for the Spheric Mirror Projection, making it possible for ordinary people to construct a...
Hi all, I added a link to the MPlayer on the "Links" page, "Resources" folder. The files that actually allow you to do the real-time video warping are now...
Hi all, I just wanted to welcome the new members! Please introduce yourselves, and also post something on the Member Planetariums Database. Just jump right in...
