Pop-Up Tutorial 2 - V-folds Part 1 Right Angle V-fold & Acute Angle V-fold

This tutorial explains the Right Angle V-fold and the Acute Angle V-fold. It demonstrates an easy way to make them without the need for measuring, and it explains how to adjust them to make the shape you want for your designs.

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Hi Duncan I love your very clear tutorials and book on pop ups, however I have a question which I am hoping you can answer. Is it possible to devise a mechanism that lifts a rectangle strip up along the edge of a card which is to one side and at right angles to the Central Valley? I am sure this is not possible as I have tried several ideas which just haven’t worked. The problem is I want to raise up walls running along the three edges of the right hand side of a card project I am making. All I have managed so far is to raise up one wall along the opposite side of the cards central valley using a pull tab system. While this effectively raises one wall, its not very satisfactory as the pull tab rather inelegantly sticks out of the cards spine and also this only solves the problem of the one edge of the card. I cannot find away to fold away the edges at the right angled corners whilst still allowing the walls to be lifted in place upon opening the card. I have a feeling that this may not be possible judging by the rules of pop up! However as I am a bit ornery and all too willing to flog a dead horse until someone tells me to stop, I thus thought I would consult the master. Then at least you can put me out of my misery!!!🥴 Many thanks in advance for your time and any advice you can offer. Sarah

[@thepop-upchannel4919]

Hmmm... a tricky problem..... I haven't got a simple solution.... you could try looking at Tutorial 75 - the mechanism does lift up bits at the sides of the page, I think it would still work without the arch. It's not an elegant solution but it might be a atarting point to experiment with.

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Hi, thank you sooo much for the tutorial! I didn't know you can learn to do pop-up like this! It is like the reveal of the magic trick to me! Could you please recommend specific glues to use (brand + code)? Because they do not always say on the box if it is solvent-based or not. And the exact one that you used seems to be out of production in Europe. Thanks!

[@thepop-upchannel4919]

Almost any glue will work well. I prefer solvent based but some people don't like it because of the smell. The glue I use is UHU All Purpose Adhesive - I think it's available on Amazon - I have found other glues that I like even more but they're not available in UK. Probably best to experiment and find which glue you like best.

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Dear Duncan, thank you for the nice tutorials! They are great. Can you tell me how the parallelogram is attached to the table in the fairytales book, please, as we are not able to see it. Thank you.

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Thank you! After viewing several other tutorials, this is where I stopped. Now I can finish the birthday card, I'm making. :)

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Nicely done. Now I'm going to try to make some pop ups. Thanks.

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Hello! I am a huge fan of your channel, I really appreciate you putting all these helpful videos on youtube! I have always loved pop-ups, but, until I found your channel, all I knew about making them was the little I could figure out on my own. So your videos have been really helpful! If I may, I do have a question: how does the strength of the paper come into play? Recently, I've been using thick construction paper for my popups. I tried to make right angle V-fold with a parallelogram coming off of it, but I think it was too much weight for the v-fold because it was not capable of forming the right angle. I imagine this may in part be due to the weight of the paper in the parallelogram and perhaps even the weight of the paper in the V-fold, as it was a rather large V-fold (about 6 inches on one side of the spine). So how do you determine where to use what strength paper? Should I have used thin construction paper for parallelogram? Does the strength/thickness of the base page matter? Is construction paper the wrong material for this - should I be using cardstock?

[@thepop-upchannel4919]

You need to use card not paper - ideally as rigid as possible - 160 - 240 gsm. The bigger the pop-up the more strong the card has to be. If you're making a very small pop-up, paper would be ok. Also, make sure all the fold lines are very very well creased before gluing. Hopefuly the information in Tutorial 1 will help.

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Thank you. Yes NZ is on my list - but who knows when?

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Sorry, I messed up on my pop-up(because I couldn't find your amazing tutorials) and now when I open them they are always really flat. How could I stop them from getting smushed and not opening up

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Hi, thanks for this channel, I admire your work. What you think about using liquid silicone? Cause I've never found that solvent based glue here where I live.

[@thepop-upchannel4919]

I've never tried liquid silicone - really any glue will work - they all have slightly different qualities so probably best to just experiment.

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[@thepop-upchannel4919]

Thank you. I hope it goes really well.

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love it! love your tutorial! I will buy your book! a question: if I want to make pop up card with children it will be better to avoid solvent glue ... I think it is quite toxic.... can I use another glue? which is the second choise after the solvent glue? thank you!

[@thepop-upchannel4919]

Probably a glue stick, as it's far less messy than any tube glue. Water based glues are ok, they can be harder to work with as they set more slowly.

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