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Tom Hull's Pentagon-Hexagon Zig-Zag (PHiZZ) Unit
Posted: November 1st, 2003, 10:00 pm
by stuckie27
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
Posted: November 2nd, 2003, 3:02 pm
by thevoid
sound great!
never tried one till yet..
have a pic of yours?
Posted: November 2nd, 2003, 7:37 pm
by saj
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.
saj
Posted: November 3rd, 2003, 4:54 pm
by thevoid
ouch!.. that hurts..
btw - do you remember from where you get the diagrams for the soma-cube? imo this is a cool model
Posted: November 4th, 2003, 12:22 am
by saj
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.
Saj
Posted: November 4th, 2003, 5:35 am
by stuckie27
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
Posted: November 4th, 2003, 5:24 pm
by thevoid
thx for help!
i will search the book.. hope i find it!
and thx for the suggestion with other-cube modules!
so, much work to do now =)
Posted: November 6th, 2003, 10:09 pm
by thevoid
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
if its finished i will post some pics!
Posted: November 15th, 2003, 12:35 pm
by thevoid
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?
Posted: November 15th, 2003, 11:46 pm
by stuckie27
glue
Posted: November 17th, 2003, 8:58 am
by thevoid
mhm.. seems i have to use *lue
Posted: November 17th, 2003, 7:19 pm
by stuckie27
I dont think it really is a big deal, if you use glue to hold the project toghether.
Posted: November 19th, 2003, 7:07 pm
by thevoid
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
Posted: November 20th, 2003, 10:11 am
by Frydrych
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.
Posted: January 26th, 2004, 9:57 pm
by Didier69
Hi Stuckie27,
Wouaou, this assembly looks great, I like tangram
.
For making cube with sonobe units, I found this
site, do you have other diagrams available on the net ?
Regards.
