Playing with pinned joints

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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:

Easel for slate map

Quick and dirty easel to display the cheese board slate map. Map details on the face plate: [image] Slots lock together with small pegs. Wanted it to be able to disassemble easily: [image] 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…