5 Interlocking Triakis Tetrahedra: 5-Fold Axis

This was the result of trying to find a way to morph the compound of 5 dodecahedra into a conveniently woven state. This is a difficult relationship to see at this point without seeing the progression of POVray renderings I made... although triakis tetrahedra ARE still dodecahedra...

 

Retrospectively of course, it looks kind of like I had adapted this from either the original FIT, or Chomolungma.

 

To be technical, the cumulation on the tetrahedra in this model is a little bit taller than a "true" triakis tetrahedron... but without this difference, the model would not work because of edge intersection issues.

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For those trying to replicate, there are 2 different units folded from the following dimensions of paper:

1.5" x 11"

1.5" x 7"

 

The triangle faces have the angles 108-36-36, and the unit ends for the 36's do not consume paper-length.

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In-Hand: www.flickr.com/photos/8303956@N08/6630583147/in/photostream

3-Fold Axis: www.flickr.com/photos/8303956@N08/6630581751/in/photostream

2-Fold Axis: www.flickr.com/photos/8303956@N08/6630581105/in/photostream

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