Giant Diagonal Cubic Stacked Tube

Based off of, and a tribute to the original design made by Damian O'Connor (damocs on flickr).

This was made more or less the same way as Damian did except MUCH larger.This took a very long time and several attempts to make.

The flaring out at the top looks cool, so that's why I didn't make a pattern on the top like I did on the base. The tube flares out if there isn't any layers on top of it, or something holding it from doing so.

There are only a couple of differences between the tube Damian made and my tube not including the size:

-the base has rings of five built into the base in order to strengthen it, along with two full rings

-the top has extra magnets in order to give the top a more flat edge

-when adding squares (rings of four) to increase the length of the tube, I made sure to alternate the direction I put them in in order to decrease the weak connections throughout the shape. (I didn't want long strands running diagonally along the length of the tube because those connections are weak.)

 

Other than that, this massive tube was made bit by bit, the same way.

Enjoy!

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