Free Spirit Spheres

Tom Chudleigh

420 Horne Lake Rd. Qualicum, British Columbia, Canada, V9K 1Z7  
Phone Home/Mobile:  (250)  757-9445 / (250) 927-2525 
Tom@freespiritspheres.com 

 

Products and Services

Products

Hand Crafted Wood/Fiberglass Spheres

Fiberglass Spheres

Fiberglass Shells

Frames

Attachment Brackets

Door Hinge Kit

Windows

Cast Bronze Window Hardware

Fiberglass spreaders and Platform

 

Services

  • Assessment of groves and sites  

  • Sphere installation or removal

  • Custom design   

 

For further information on products, services, costs and prices, please contact Tom Chudleigh directly. His contact information can be found at the top of the page.

Hand Crafted Wood/Fiberglass Spheres

(Eryn style) 3200mm (10’ 6”) diameter

  • Well-appointed interior with galley and loft bed - Sleeps 4 in 3 beds.

  • Microwave, sink and refrigerator

  • Plumbed and wired for 20 amp, 120/240 volt AC

  • Custom cast bronze door and window hardware

  • Custom interior finishing - optional

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Fiberglass Spheres

3200mm (10’ 6”) diameter

  • Reproductions of “Eryn” in fiberglass (GRP)

  • Gel coat finish

  • Custom exterior painting optional

  • Functional lightweight interior

  • Plumbed and wired for 20 amp, 120/240 volt AC

  • Cast bronze door and window hardware

  • Custom interior finishing - optional

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Fiberglass Sphere Shells

3200mm (10’ 6”) diameter

  • Reproductions of “Eryn” in fiberglass (GRP)

  • Hand laid fiberglass (GRP) sphere

  • Gel coat finish

  • Lightweight lay up – 4870 g/m2 (16.0 oz/ft2). Empty weight – 150 kg (330 lb)  

  • Heavy lay up 5930 g/m2 (19.5 oz/ft2). Empty weight – 186 kg (410 lb) 

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Frames and Frame Sets

  • Each frame is made of 4 laminations of Sitka spruce and epoxy glue

  • Each frame is approximately 190 o at a 1600 mm radius (5’ 3”)

  • 38 mm (1 ½”) wide X 23 mm (7/8”) thick frames 

  • 50 mm (2”) wide X 23 mm (7/8”) thick frames 

  • Frame kit includes 17, 38 mm frames and 3, 50 mm attachment point frames

 

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Attachment Points and Attachment Sets

  • Attachment brackets are fabricated from either steel or aluminum and painted black.

  • Each bracket is drilled and screw holes are countersunk.

  • Brackets must be bolted through a 50 mm (2”) wide X 23 mm (7/8”) thick frame with a 5 mm X 38mm steel strip inside.

  • Set of 4 brackets in mild steel   

  • Set of 4 brackets in Aluminum   

  • Labor to install brackets on shell   

 

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Double Articulating Door Hinge Kit

  • 2 Fabricated Aluminum hinges with door end and shell end brackets

  • Includes torsion bar for door alignment

  • 2 Fabricated bronze hinge pins with grease fittings  

  • 2 Bronze - door end hinge pins

 

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Acrylic Windows

  • Set of 5, 8mm (1/4”) acrylic windows dished to a 1600 mm (5’ 3”) radius.   

  • This set includes all the windows needed for an “Eryn” style sphere.

  • Two large windows have reinforcing ring added to outer edge.

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Cast Bronze Window Hardware

  • Complete hinge set for two large windows.

  • Window openers and adjusters for two large windows. 

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Wood Spreaders

  • Metal spreader ring and spacers.

  • Set of 13 yellow cedar spreaders, drilled and shaped. 

Platform

  • Metal clamping ring with spacers. (Specify tree diameter when ordering)

  • Two metal arms to carry platform planks.

 

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Click on the links to view Free Spirit Spheres featured on:

British Columbia: 150th Anniversary TV Commercial

CBC News   "Spirit Spheres"

Discovery Channel's Daily Planet.  "Living like the Ewoks"