Brian D'Agostine
(Dag) returns today with his second exploration of the LEGO® Plate, Modified 6 x 6 Hexagonal with Pin Hole (Design ID
27255).
With the 2D geometry explored, I turned my attention to some 3D exploration. Tim initially showed
some variants of icosahedra and after parts were issued to builders,
a tighter truncated icosahedron had quickly been built by Gary Davis. There were two main explorations I wanted to do.
The first was to see how tightly I could put the Nexogons together in 3D space. This would require a bit of Technic wizardry, something I lack. Nonetheless I pulled out my case of Technic bits and started away. I knew I wanted to match corners together in rotational symmetry and that they should all be connected. Starting with the Technic axle connector hub with 3 axles (Design ID
57585) I experimented to find the proper angle connector. The 112.5° connector #5 (Design ID
32015) got about as close as I could wish for.