tensegrity

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

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

 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...

 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...

 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...

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...

 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...

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 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 ...

 At this point, the moment of truth had arrived. It was time to attach the tensioning wires and hope they didn't tear the pyramids apart or result ...