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If you make a bookcase, the vertical members will have to vary quite drastically in width along their length. And the shelves would be significantly deeper on t
by SECProto 5y ago
If you make a bookcase, the vertical members will have to vary quite drastically in width along their length. And the shelves would be significantly deeper on the bottom than they would be 5 feet up. And wood comes in rectangular pieces, so besides all the custom cuts, you also will have a huge amount of wasted material.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoYou just have to partition the interior with vertical walls that extend up 6+ feet. The void behind can be used for storage just like with second story kneewalls.
- SECProto 5y ago> You just have to partition the interior with vertical walls that extend up 6+ feet. Any section cut through a dome will be a half circle, so you're still going to be wasting a lot of material when you cut that wall. And at 6' high, it's going to encroach significantly on the floor space of the dome. > The void behind can be used for storage just like with second story kneewalls. This would require access from the (approximate) middle of the knee wall, reducing the usefulness of said kneewall. And leaving a storage space on either side of this access shaped roughly like half a wedge of apple (though a bit larger). It's either that or the knee wall itself would have to curve to stay a consistent distance from the bottom edge of the dome, which would be a whole different nightmare to build.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoThis isn't limited to domes.
- SECProto 5y agoThe majority of the issues I listed are, indeed, limited to domes (only exception being the knee-wall-encroaches-on-floor-space)