Tom Hull's Pentagon-Hexagon Zig-Zag (PHiZZ) Unit

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Tom Hull's Pentagon-Hexagon Zig-Zag (PHiZZ) Unit

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I have just made a dodecahedron using tom hulls zigzag unit. I must say that the units are the strongest locking units I have ever folded. I found that I could literally kick the dodecahedron like a soccer ball and it would remain intact. It is incredibly solid, and it looks interesting too.

The units are easy to fold too. Tom Hulls website is at
http://www.merrimack.edu/~thull/OrigamiMath.html
and the diagrams for the PHiZZ unit and some interesting info concerning it can be found at
http://www.merrimack.edu/~thull/phzig/phzig.html
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sound great! :) never tried one till yet..

have a pic of yours?
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I just hate doing modulars - I remember losing interest after my mum accidentally destroyed my soma cube which was made out of 120 papers!

Aaargh!

Would love to see pics of this amazing phizz unit sphere.

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ouch!.. that hurts..

btw - do you remember from where you get the diagrams for the soma-cube? imo this is a cool model :)
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Hi thevoid,

Yeah diagrams for the making of the units and assembly of the soma cube are in a gem called Biddle's New Origami. This book is worth buying, it's got lots of models by different people, including the Pteranodon by Fumiaki.

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you can make a soma cube w/sonobe units or any cube units really.
here is a website kinda related.
http://www1.zetosa.com.pl/~burczyk/origami/g2-01-en.htm
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thx for help!

i will search the book.. hope i find it! :roll:

and thx for the suggestion with other-cube modules!


so, much work to do now =)
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so, i have done 3 parts of the soma cube now - 4 left - i have choosen the sonobe cube-modul! it looks cool so far :lol:

if its finished i will post some pics!
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i fnished the soma - cube :) .. 122 parts of sonobe module.. but it was worth!

but one thing.. its not sooo stabil on some corners.. any suggestions?
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glue
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mhm.. seems i have to use *lue :roll:
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I dont think it really is a big deal, if you use glue to hold the project toghether.
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but there has to be another solution.. i know so many modulars.. and all of them are very stabil.. but this.. hmm - maybe i can do it bether with the mrc sonobe modul - because there the flap is going over a corner.. so it has to be more stabil imho :roll:
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As far as dodecahedron made from zigzag units is concerned I made something like this. Take a look:

http://www.skynet.com.pl/~frydrych/Origami/dodec.jpg

Try not to care about the image quality.
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Hi Stuckie27,
stuckie27 wrote:you can make a soma cube w/sonobe units or any cube units really.
here is a website kinda related.
http://www1.zetosa.com.pl/~burczyk/origami/g2-01-en.htm
Wouaou, this assembly looks great, I like tangram :P.

For making cube with sonobe units, I found this site, do you have other diagrams available on the net ?

Regards.
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