Slithy Toves Kinetic Sculpture

[JGW3000]

8 hours ago, aeh5040 said:

You have inspired me to make instructions!  They can be downloaded here:

Thanks!  Greatly appreciated - and it looks like I have all of the parts on hand 

[Blakbird]

11 hours ago, aeh5040 said:

You are correct that the geometry is not mathematically perfect.  I had to do some faking to make it fit in the LDraw file...

This from a mathematician?!  Stunning. 

[aeh5040]

9 hours ago, JGW3000 said:

Thanks!  Greatly appreciated - and it looks like I have all of the parts on hand 

Wow - you must have quite a collection of angle connectors!

[JGW3000]

15 hours ago, aeh5040 said:

quite a collection of angle connectors

Yes, but in black and MSG only, so it looks like I am not going to have a display as colorful as yours!

[makushima]

Cool Stuff! May be you put some lights on it and see it in the darkness :-)

[ctx1769]

WOW you would be made up with that and some strange leaf smoking stuff.

[nychase]

For those considering building this (I'm not considering it....I AM building it) there really aren't many viable color options which is why orange was chosen I'm sure. 

It takes 36 #4's, 72 #3's and 18 smooth connectors  Going quickly through the list based on the smooth connectors available colors, 

Black, Easy/Cheap

DBG, No #3 ever made

Green, Technically feasible and cheap though would take quite a few orders to acquire the parts

LBG, #4 way too expensive

Orange, Easy/Cheap

Red, Good luck paying for #3's

Reddish brown, No #4 ever made

Yellow, Good luck paying for #4's

So yeah, Black and orange is it!  I suppose you could go all trippy and mix and match but I lack the creativity to determine what combination would look good and be feasible.  

 

 

 

[aeh5040]

9 hours ago, nychase said:

For those considering building this (I'm not considering it....I AM building it) there really aren't many viable color options which is why orange was chosen I'm sure. 

It takes 36 #4's, 72 #3's and 18 smooth connectors  Going quickly through the list based on the smooth connectors available colors, 

....

So yeah, Black and orange is it!  I suppose you could go all trippy and mix and match but I lack the creativity to determine what combination would look good and be feasible. 

Yeah, I basically came to a similar conclusion.  One could substitute old "rough" connectors or pin connectors (around an axle) for the smooth connectors, but it doesn't seem to help much...

[nychase]

I really spoke too soon on that all too.  The #3 connectors are looking more and more rare for orange too.  So needing 72 will be on the tougher side. 

No easy breaks with these connectors!

 

[KirTech LAB]

Amazing!!!