Revelations after sleeping

It's amazing how sleeping a bit can clarify your perspective about things :)

I realized that I have enough good white cedar boards, of sufficient length and width, to make up all the wall sections and then some. So no need to use 2x4 there.. I can use the half as heavy white cedar I have :) (I DO have to test its strength though. White cedar is less strong in bending, and since the wood I have is flat sawn, I'll have to cut a piece and weight test it against an identical piece cut from a 2x4)

I also realized that at Burning Man I don't need to have a pristine white exterior, and I need to have a lighter canvas layer for the "inside" layer anyway, so heck.. I can just get light canvas and make up the coverings, and use silver sun tarp for the outer layer. Cheap, easy and efficient.

Last but not least, the project will be being started officially on July 19th, so book that in your calendars! :)

EDIT: Fiddling with the yurt building tool, I discovered I can arbitrarily increase the number of roof poles, which also nicreases the number of lathes, which makes the entire structure stronger geometrically. By adding 12 roof poles, I have made the lattice small enough so that the cedar will likely stand up in a tidal wave :)