Sliceform Torus
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Difficulty: High
Time: 3-4 hrs (most of it cutting time)
Materials required:
Cutting
On each printed page of the template, there are 4 outlines. The outlines of the pieces are the same, but two of the pieces are "tops" - where the slits come in from the interior arced edge - and two of the pieces are "bottoms" - where the slits come in from the outside arced edge. All the tops should be cut from one color and the bottoms from the other color. You will need 16 of each color, 32 pieces total.
To cut, I affixed my cards to the back of the templates using Scotch tape and then cut along the black lines with scissors.
Or, if you're feeling particularly ambitious, you can tape the cards into two 16 card packets, affix the template to the top, and use a bandsaw or jigsaw to cut all the cards much faster. The width of the blade is approximately the right width to
Assembly
Assembly is a bit tricky. Insert similar length slit into each other. Describing it in writing is really a bit tricky. You really must just try it and after fiddling a bit it becomes obvious pretty quickly. Watching the video tutorial linked below should help...
Time: 3-4 hrs (most of it cutting time)
Materials required:
- 8 printed copies of the cutting template
- 32 playing cards. I used:
- 16 red backed cards with black pips
- 16 blue backed cards with red pips
- X-acto knife
- scissors
- cutting mat
- Scotch tape
- patience
Cutting
On each printed page of the template, there are 4 outlines. The outlines of the pieces are the same, but two of the pieces are "tops" - where the slits come in from the interior arced edge - and two of the pieces are "bottoms" - where the slits come in from the outside arced edge. All the tops should be cut from one color and the bottoms from the other color. You will need 16 of each color, 32 pieces total.
To cut, I affixed my cards to the back of the templates using Scotch tape and then cut along the black lines with scissors.
Or, if you're feeling particularly ambitious, you can tape the cards into two 16 card packets, affix the template to the top, and use a bandsaw or jigsaw to cut all the cards much faster. The width of the blade is approximately the right width to
Assembly
Assembly is a bit tricky. Insert similar length slit into each other. Describing it in writing is really a bit tricky. You really must just try it and after fiddling a bit it becomes obvious pretty quickly. Watching the video tutorial linked below should help...
