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Cardboard tubes may be used as struts for building a tensegrity. | Cardboard tubes may be used as struts for building a tensegrity. | ||
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* Replace rubber bands with string, nylon thread or dacron for longevity. | * Replace rubber bands with string, nylon thread or dacron for longevity. | ||
Phil Earnhardt also proposed a similar cardboard scaffold for constructing a six strut tensegrity. | |||
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Revision as of 05:30, 19 November 2018
Read here about how cardboard material can be helpful when constructing tensegrity structures.
Cardboard Tubes as struts
Cardboard tubes may be used as struts for building a tensegrity.
In this example, Kvncsy of Istanbul, Turkey created a 3 strut platform for his cats.
Link, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho6zwaBgFKs
Cardboard Scaffolds Help Create Tensegrity Structures
How to construct a tensegrity by using a cardboard scaffold
Construct a cardboard model of the target regular polyhedra. In Connelly's article, he shows a cube constructed of six stiff carboard sides.
- Near the vertices, cut holes large enough to insert the compression members, but tight enough to hold the struts snugly. Locations need not be precisely correct.
- Insert the notched struts through the holes.
- Thread rubber bands through the notches.
- Replace rubber bands with string, nylon thread or dacron for longevity.
Phil Earnhardt also proposed a similar cardboard scaffold for constructing a six strut tensegrity.
Links and References
Anthony Pugh in his introduction to tensegrity also advises that a cardboard scaffold can be helpful. See p.49.