Spent some time experimenting with some wedged through tenon joints.
Everything was done with 3mm MDF, 200/full.
I started with larger components. I found the most rigid joint was where I had a wedge on each side of the joint.
Then I tried progressively smaller ones.
This was the joint I was working toward. Two pieces into another piece. Or four pieces coming together.
I decided to try and make a sphere.
My sphere attempt produced a large number of pieces that did not result in a sphere. So I tried to make a free form sculpture.
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Nice work, clever 4-way joinery.
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Where did you get the giant penny for scale
Wow that is incredibly small!! Your fingers must be much more dextrous than my are nowadays.
Great job!
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Wowzer. Thats is very nice. Amazing design skills.
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Take an idea and run with it.
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Recreated and made the obligatory dodecahedron:
I played with pegged joints a while back and made my pegs actual wedge shapes. It helped lock the pieces in position while still allowing for disassembly. You can see them in the second picture here:
Quick and dirty easel to display the cheese board slate map.
Map details on the face plate:
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Slots lock together with small pegs. Wanted it to be able to disassemble easily:
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I’m happy with it, but If I did it again: I’d mask the materials. Doh. I was in a hurry and the frame is behind the slate, but still. It was a gift, I shoulda slowed down. I’d also back off a bit on the precision of slot size to make it a bit easier to put together, the slots are really tight.
It’s stro…
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