Ron Stewart

 I wanted to use glue to attach the pyramids to the disks, because I didn't want any visible fasteners. But it was very apparent that I would need ...

Before I could apply finish to the disks and attach the pyramids, I had to iron out the details of how to attach the three outer support wires. Th...

 I had an old scrap walnut board with lots of character that I thought would be perfect for this project. I had hoped I could resaw it in half so I...

Now that I knew I was going to use beading wire with crimp-secured end loops, I had to decide how I was going to connect the two pyramids. (I decid...

 Early on, I was pretty sure I was going to use some kind of wire to hold the table together. I remembered working on a craft project with my daugh...

 Finally, I was ready to start cutting the side segments, starting with the top ends. I clamped the template to the sled with its vertical edge ali...

 Before starting to cut the pyramid segments, I cut/built some templates from the second half of the maple board I resawed and planed for the pyram...

The first step in building the pyramids was cutting the angled strips for the segments. [Tensegrity Tetrahedral Table - Parallelepiped Dimensions....

This series of blog posts describes the design and construction of the Mini Tetrahedral Tensegrity Table I built recently. The SketchUp model is av...