Castle

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Castle

Postby Wim » Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:31 am

My daughter and wife call this my "Castle":

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Castle (1)
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Castle (2)
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Castle (Inside view)


It's about 1200-1300 bars, and 700+ squares. We've started decorating it, and if it survives this process I'll take more pictures. :)
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Re: Castle

Postby AFKAN » Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:24 am

OMG :shock:

How does that even stay up??? :shock: :shock:

Very very cool though 8-)
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Re: Castle

Postby Wim » Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:28 pm

It's partially an optical illusion in that while it seems that each layer is only connected at 2 edges of a square, one column of the bars is truly what the structure is resting on at each corner (and as such, there's quite a lot of magnets that work together to hold up the next layer).

I do not have the pieces to try another layer, or else I would love to try it. Essentially, I figure that if it doesn't work with the 5-bar tall layers, making those layers taller will mean more magnets to hold up the layers above, so I'm willing to bet that an extra layer is possible. It's just a matter of figuring out how tall the layer has to be in order to support the (now heavier) layers above itself.
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Re: Castle

Postby jag2102 » Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:09 pm

Aaaarrrrggghhhh.....I NEED MORE SQUARES

would love to build this but only have a mere 110 squares............... Oh well
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Re: Castle

Postby Wagyx » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:56 pm

Here are the 3D models by Wim.
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