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Decided to make a sierpinski's tetrahedron as a first REAL project! I built a shitty angleiron workbench (with an old door ziptied onto it as the tabletop) before but I'm actually trying this time so it's different

170 welds completed so far crab-party !! So, only 346 left to go!!... doggirl-tears

This was a really good idea until I remembered how complex fractals are, like GIRL, DUH, fuck was I thinking hahaha

Its REALLY scuffed though, I'm talkin like using my stick welder to melt a half inch off the end off of the pieces I had precut to make it shorter so it will fit in the actual dimensions needed, I've been holding the smallest (~2") pieces with a wrench and holding it in place freehand. It's been a lot of fun so far, and I'm definitely improving as I go, I weld my welding stick to my stock way less often now, and achieve arc much more reliably too, which is cool to see my own progress within the project!

I hurt my shoulder a bit ago so I haven't been able to do much lately, but welding is pretty low impact in that I mostly just sit on a folding chair in my driveway next to my shitty workbench lol

Have some more views!

When it's done it'll look like this image I found on google

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm thinking, "Did you measure the door?"

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That is so fricking cool!!! Do a rhombic dodecahedron next!!! jk haha unless...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I very well might do a Menger Sponge to use as a table or stool or something, but that's a cool shape too! do you have a particular affinity for it?

Side note but I found it while googling just now and apparently this lady made this KICKASS origami menger sponge, holy shit

Photo looks weird tho, but I can't tell if bad 90s camera or editing happened

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I'm not saying this to be an argumentative debate-bro, and it's been a long time since I've forgotten abstract algebra, let alone found myself able to quickly work these things out, but l think usually where there are equilateral triangles, there are hexagonal symmetries (in 2d and 3d spaces)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I'll grant you that there's a square there, but there are no hexagons on that thing, maybe you could make a hexagon out of one tho :U

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're on the wrong website pardner deng-cowboy

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Shoutout to my rug for co-starring in this post

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