Four Interlocking Triangular Prisms | paniet Kwan Complex ©2002 - New Jersey 6" paper makes a 5" diameter model Start with 4 colors, 3 square sheets of each color (12 sheets total) 1 For each color, cut or tear the three squares into three 2 x I's and six 1 x I's as shown. None of the tom edges will show on the completed model. The 2x I's will be used to make the A units and the 1 x I's are for the B units. Instructions for A Units from 2 x I's << 4 Fold opposite comers to biseet the angles in the lower right and upper left comers, Untold 2 3 b. Inside reverse fold along the creases just made. Keep the comers undemeath the Start white side up. Fold cupboard eee om Book fold. Unfold. doors as shown. small triangle unfolded. S. 6a, 6b. The A units will bocome the three parallel long edges of each triangular prism. Fold unit in half Valley fold the ends Completed unit A sie lengthwise. of the unit to form (view of outside of Note: My "Four naeoane ui Unfold. square-shaped tabs. unit). Fold the “iangular Prisms” was based on a Unfold and tur over. other eleven. wruoeier parle:Instructions for B Units from 1 x 1's 7 8. | i a 10, ia ap | et | je Start white side up. Fold cupboard door Fold the lower left Inside reverse fold Book fold. Unfold. folds as shown. comer to the on the previous center. Unfold. crease. a, On the right 12. Pivoting around 13. Itshould cupboard door the middle of the Took like this. flap only, fold bottom edge, Unfold the flap to the fold the lower Rotate the AS] right edge, right comer so unit 180°. "| pinching near to that the comer LD the bottom, lies on the ) pinchmark 14, Pivoting around the 15, Fold thelowerleft 46. This should lower left comer, comer to the right be the result. fold the lower right so that the point Unfold that comer so the comer lies where the last fold. YY lies on the center pinchmark hits the crease of the unit. right edge. Pinch only on the right edge. 17. Inside reverse fold 18, Fold the unit 19, Valley fold the the lower left comer. in half down end at the Keep the flap the center. bottom of the undemeath the right Unfold. unit to form a cupboard door flap. little rectangular Leave the little flap. Unfold. comer on the bottom Tum over. visible The B units will 19h, bie pa become the six uunat B (view triangle-forming from outside short edges of of unit). Fold Sock ciegguler the other 23 prism.Assembling the Model Tab goes into B Unit 20. Pocket for AUnit Nice NS ry > Pocket for B Unit Two (Darkened lines represent the final ath pate tb we cctawptnt LOP View edges of the prism when completed) To make the first prism, start by taking three of the B units and putting them together to form a triangle. Then add the three A units at each comer of the triangle. When adding each A unit, you may find it helps to look at the inside of the model because the A unit has to go undemeath the cupboard door fold on the opposite side of the B unit's pocket in addition to being in the reverse fold pocket; it will not go there automatically. Keep in mind as well, while adding the A units, that the darkened edge in the diagram of the A unit must end up perpendicular to both of the adjacent B units’ darkened lines. The model should be 3-d after adding an A unit. To complete the other ond of the triangular a1, prism, add one B unit at a time. Add cach B unit, connecting each to two A units (don't forget to keep the A tab underneath the cupboard door fold on the opposite side). When adding each B unit to this end, do NOT lock in the tabs that connect the B units together. Instead, after all three B units have been placed, lock all three B units of these tabs at once in pinwheel fashion to complete the prism. Side View A> Top View > This is one completed triangular prise.23. The best way to add each of the other prisms is to first put together the entire prism except for the second end of the prism, thread the prism into the model, and lock the prism to the rest of the model by adding the last three units to complete the prism. This picture shows the model after the second prism has been added. Note that every two prisms are interlocked with two long bars from each threading through the other prism. 24. This is three of the four prisms. When you thread the third prism through, look for the two 3-bar intersections", on opposite sides of the model, as shown in the center of the diagram. After adding the third prism, the model should be sturdy. To add the fourth prism, just thread the three long struts through the three holes, which can be seen in step 24. This is the completed model (different viewing angle than the three previous steps). Diagrams By Daniel Kwan ©2003