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by metrodj » July 7th, 2005, 3:44 pm
This is one of my favorite models. I work for the Post Office, and these have been great giveaways for customers who visit my counter. However, when I fold them, I get horrible paper shift in the legs, and sometimes the head splits down the middle when I'm folding it in half. Any tips or suggestions on how I can minimize this?
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by wolf » July 8th, 2005, 7:32 am
To prevent the head from splitting, there's two things you can do:
1) Use thinner paper.
2) Stick a piece of tape along the middle of the head to strengthen the paper, on the underside where it can't be seen.
Using thinner paper might help with the paper shift in the legs too.
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by T » July 9th, 2005, 8:40 pm
Where are diagrams f or this model
thanks
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by TheRealChris » July 9th, 2005, 11:24 pm
T wrote: Where are diagrams f or this model
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go to
http://www.origami.com
search in the "diagrams" section for "eagle"
that's it.
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by T » July 10th, 2005, 3:25 pm
Thanks
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by metrodj » July 10th, 2005, 6:44 pm
I'll see if I can't dig up some thinner paper somewhere. Right now I am using plain old standarad origami paper...nothing special, the same stuff you can get at any craft store.
Thanks for the suggestions.
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by Joseph Wu » July 11th, 2005, 5:20 pm
Glad you like it, but it really is a flawed early design. The head is simply too many layers thick, resulting in the tendency to split.