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Comment by djordje on November 17, 2012 at 3:16pm

Understood.
Thank you for the replies, and your time.
Hope to see more of great projects of yours.

Comment by John Brockway on November 17, 2012 at 3:08pm

Yes, the holes were laser cut. I ended up rebuilding them as hexagons to cut down on cutting time, though.

Comment by djordje on November 14, 2012 at 5:37pm

Interesting.
And the laser cutter punched the wholes on the ends of stars, or you did?

Comment by John Brockway on November 13, 2012 at 10:51am

No problem!

The 3-pointed star components were developed in GH to have a a circular tab, about 1cm in diameter and with a tiny hole in the center, attached to each of the points. I used 3/16" aluminum rivets to join the various overlapping flanges together. 

See attached photo of some of the components - that should give you a better idea of how they're connected

Comment by djordje on November 9, 2012 at 6:10pm

Thank you for the reply.
Just one more question, and I promise I won't bother you:
How did you connect those paper pattern pieces? Or more precisely what is at the intersection point of these paper "stars"?

Comment by John Brockway on November 9, 2012 at 5:03pm

That's correct - since i'm using paper for the skin, it doesn't really have much tension capacity. It would be a great exercise to work with a material with more embedded structural capacity in that way - if I get a chance to do something else like this, i'll definitely be exploring the concept!

Comment by djordje on November 8, 2012 at 3:11pm

I see.
The covering (that pattern) does not effect the tensegrity structure in any way?

It is just there for aesthetical reason? (do not get me wrong, project looks fantastic, I am just interested in details).

Comment by John Brockway on November 8, 2012 at 10:34am

Yes, exactly - just looking for a way to differentiate the forces in the drawing. In the installation itself, I used aircraft cables and turnbuckles for 'tuning'.

Comment by djordje on November 7, 2012 at 7:28pm

Very creative John. Amazing work.

What are those blue lines? Cables under tension?