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The Making of The Pentultimate
Mechanism
Layout for Machining
Machining the Triangles
Triangle Masters
The Pentagons
The Molds
Casting the Parts
The Tabs
Assembly Jigs
Component Assembly
The Tiles
Final Assembly
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The triangles were machined from sheets of black ABS plastic. One sheet of triangles makes 8 full triangle stacks. One side was machined first, and then positioning pins were drilled and used to accurately flip the material over to machine the other side.

 

Each side took about a week for the machine to finish. Because of the long machining time, I decided to cast parts later to avoid machining all the pieces needed.

Once both sides of a row of parts were finished, the support bars were cut and sanded off.

 



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