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Up-polygonization clock from old bicycle brake discs
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and dodecahedron from old cd's.
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Sketches for joiners between bicycle rims
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27" bike wheels at home with some parts that come as byproducts on disassembly: steel spoke guards, clusters and hubs
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12 wheels at home.
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Another load from Ceres. Serge helped me load them up. This is the interesting-to-ride no-brake-levers leaning trike
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First trip to Ceres, and loaded up with bike wheels
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Ceres are past-masters at using bike wheels in new contexts, they have a dome made from them, and this is their work "Fence Repair #1"
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Hi
This is a short post to show a work in progress, I have gathered 12 old steel 27" bike wheels and plan to make a dodecaherom out of them. It should be about 2m diameter when finished. That is calculated on the size of the dodecahedron in pic 2 and the diameter ratios of the cd's (120mm) and rims (850mm)
Wish me luck!
Steve Nurse
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