Originally shared by Luke Pettit
http://www.core77.com/blog/sustainable_design/quadror_a_new_structural_joint_to_build_on_18629.asp
It really looks more applicable to a space station.
It’s a lovely design, and the .SKP provides a real sweet walk through of the evolution of these shapes.
I make lots of ‘stuff’ from ply and timber sheets. The problem I have with this is the tooling needed for it to work. He has designed something only really able to be made in a factory. A bloke with a saw is going to have a heck of a job making it.
I looked at how I would make it with a table saw, CNC router, etc. and there’s a lot of waste -unless the timber mill produces the timber with the required angle from the source log.
@Kent_Morrison where is the SKP? I must have missed that… and while I am skeptical of its use in general construction, I am definitely making something out of it - I need to make my wife a cutting table for her dressmaking - those trestles could be just the job!
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Thanks Kent.
@Reinhardt_Kraemer obviously you’re missing quite a bit mentally! Just kidding!
@Mike_Thornbury I’d say 3-d printing is the way to make it.
@Reinhardt_Kraemer Readapt the whole idea. don’t let their suggested application stall your imagination.
@Mark_Lawrence_McRay I’m not going to print a wall, am I? That makes no sense whatsoever.
Even if you print just the corners, that’s 8 considerably-sized prints for a simple desk -completely impractical.
Better to cut it oversize on CNC then trim to the correct angle on a table router. Still, too many processes for me to want to use it for anything other than a one-off proof of concept.
@Mike_Thornbury the idea is to 3d print the books,
Books? What books?
@Mike_Thornbury I honestly have no clue as to why anyone would want that joint.
Ok. I want it for the novelty value. I will make some stuff just to know I can.
From an industrial design perspective, it’s process-intensive for developing countries, which was his stated objective.
I think he’s put a lot of effort in and has come up with a novel, new joint - something that is not to be sneezed at, but I think it’s application lends itself more to art than industry.
@Mike_Thornbury Sorry I meant blocks.