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These are the tools I used. To cut the panels out of the 8.5"x11" card stock, I used the straight edge to guide my razor blade along the four long edges. Then I used the scissors to pare the tabs down. The tape, obviously, holds eveything together.
These are the tools I use...		After you print out the 48 sheets, spend the next weeks doing all the cutting and trimming. You'll then have four piles of similar panels.
After you print out the 4...		Grab one of each type and assemble 12 "quads". My templates have numbers printed on them. To make quad assembly easier, the digits will all read face up and will be clustered in the center of the quad.
Grab one of each type and...		Here are all twelve quads laid out in the respective positions.
Here are all twelve quads...		I first assembled the center sixteen panels (out of four quads). The four panels in the center are all of type "1".
I first assembled the cen...		I then assembled the remaining eight quads into four 2x4 sheets. In hindsight, I maybe shouldn't have done this. It might have been easier to attach individual quads to the center 16.
I then assembled the rema...
Almost done. Half of the four 2x4 sheets are attached to the center 16. Attaching the remaining 2x4 sheets was somewhat cumbersome since the dome was getting large and unyieldly. <p> This would probably have been easier with an assistant. To assemble the large version of the dome, it would probably suffice to have several people handle the partially completed dome while one or more people attach the side sheets.
Almost done. Half of the...		The finished dome, upside down. That tiny blue thing in the center is s4's original one-sheet dome constuct for size reference.
The finished dome, upside...		The dome right-side-up again with the original blue.
The dome right-side-up ag...		Here's the white elephant in the middle of my living room.
Here's the white elephant...

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