Qball by Benoit
Qball by Benoit
Benoit’s Qball is a cute little printed-plastic-and-rubber-band creation that snaps back into semi-spherical shape after being deformed. 1 This little gem makes use of only two different printed parts2 plus a number of rubber bands, so it could probably be built into an arbitrarily large springy structure. I like this one because strikes me as a great conversation starter or desk fidget toy.
A few years ago I was interested in Penultimate Modular Origami by James S. Plank cs.utk.edu/~plank/plank/origami/penultimate/intro.html folding paper into geometrical spheres.
Now there's a rapman in my stable and paper turned into polylactic acid. This is my first printed object, I hope you"ll enjoy it! Can be pressed, stretched, thrown, twisted, and the bow-connectors could be basic elements for connecting rubbers into anything!
In TwistinTheCube.skp I tried to reveal how you get a Qball by twisting a cube, before it becomes a cuboctahedron.
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- There’s also a lasercuttable version by nikor! [↩]
- One that goes over and one that has a bend in it to go under [↩]
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