I work with cold formed steel and geodesic dome design.  Cold formed steel is insect proof and won't rot from moisture. It is inexpensive and while light weight for shipping, the material is exceptionally strong.


 I developed a uniform hub system for  3 frequency geodesic dome construction.  The hubs  are fabricated with CNC technology and made from  12 gage steel   This is the easiest way this page can help someone wishing to construct a steel dome.


The connectors will run from $9.00 - $11.00 each steel prices change daily). Every strut is bolted on the inside AND outside edges of the strut (WOW, way stronger...). There are three types of hubs and each vertice has two hubs,  You  bolt them into  pre  cut  and drilled steel struts.   The struts you see  below were done  by hand  with a jig.   I am working on a hard copy of specs for the struts. 



    We are not a large manufacturer nor would we wish to be. I do this because I love it! 
    We  harvest and distll organic wild foral essences . We also have a pine nut season, mid - September through Thanksgiving.  During these seasons, April through November, I cannot do strut fabrication.   Although, I could have hubs manufactured.

    Hub sets have a lead time of about 2 or 3 weeks.  The spec sheets for cutting the steel would be needed. 
   The strut material for our 38ft 3v home are 12 and 16 gage 2x6 structural steel studs. I've optimized strut length to work with 4x8 plywood sheets.
    Of course, the connectors could be used with wood, but I haven't tried that. 


I can be reached at;
george@pinenut.com or domefreak@hotmail.com
By phone at;
1.573.729.6725