I haven’t done a polyhedral in a while, and have a few partially assembled. Normally, I design and 3D print the internal connectors for my polyhedrals, but have started designing them so you can build them with just a laser. My first one of these was printed over 3 years ago, and still one of my favorites. There are great examples on this forum of other users doing this without a 3D Printer, so to fall down that rabbit hole, here is my first laser-only Pentakis Dodecahedron.
You can cheat and remove the connector tabs for the last one, then glue pips into the holes on your last triangle and glue the faked triangle into place.
This is great. I especially appreciate you showing the assembly steps. You really did a wonderful job with numbering the connectors so you knew which pieces to attach to each. I know you could make it fancier by making decorative panels to hide the connector holes, but I really like it the way it is, sort of industrial. Thanks for sharing.
I like seeing the connector holes. I think it would look great with those showing but the numbers on the inside where you don’t see them, just the lines and connectors. Because the inside looks great, but I like the lined detail on the outside.
I can’t really take credit for the connector in the vertices idea. The 3D printed ones I’ve made use the same concept, and I use the same steps in Fusion 360 to get to the end result. Others here on the forum have done this sort of thing before I got to it. For example:
Loved the idea of snapping the pieces together. I’ve been making dodecahedrons using my laser cutter and holding the acrylic pieces together with nuts and bolts.
