Tutorial: Octahedron Frame (Zen Magnets)

[@jasonbarnes711]

@Magnenaut Haha I know what you mean. If it isn't strong enough, I suppose it'd be possible to make the struts of the octahedron 4x4 instead of 3x3. And I forgot about that. You would need so much scaffolding for such a large shape. If you have any Neoballs or anything non Zen, those are good to use. Also, Once the edges have been built up, you can take quite a bit of the scaffolds out. You won't be able to use all of your magnets, but you'd come pretty close!

[@trwMagnets]

Yes, Indeed another great tutorial, nice job!

[@koozdra]

Awesome work as usual!!

[@Magnenaut]

@jasonbarnes711 Assuming it's strong enough to be built, anyway. And it'd be impossible to use *all* of my magnets, because of the scaffolding required. Still, I kinda want to give it a shot now.

[@ivanfranco2363]

Hello. Your videos are pretty cool, but I just couldn’t make the triangles with the 17x2 or 18x3 or 18x2 because the edges keep lifting and/or coming off and not aligning with the rest of the shape. Another thing is I have no idea how to “change” the polarity. How is that done?

[@jasonbarnes711]

@Magnenaut I imagine it would just take a while. A VERY LONG while. But As long as you were careful and had your math right, there's no way you couldn't do it.

[@KaiqueSilvadeFarias]

Awesome dude! I want to buy Mandala's pack, oh if I had the money... haha Keep on doing videos =)

[@jasonbarnes711]

I'd like to see this using the 10,000 magnets I know you have. I have a feeling it just might actually support itself. If not, you could always make the struts 4x4 instead.

[@sandyacres21]

thank you so much!

[@Magnenaut]

@jasonbarnes711 Oh man, now *that* would be difficult. I might just have to try that some time!

[@kiranghodke1242]

can you make anything with 216 magnetic balls

[@motionsy]

i cant get the 1st 3 triangles to go together right why

[@CraigFCB]

You sound like that guy rob that makes all the origami stuff on youtube

[@voxombrae]

i'm trying to build this and it keeps buckling upwards. how'd you get yours to stay flat?

[@ryanpflughaupt2503]

Mine don't stick well on pretty much all the levels, any fixes?

[@frankf5928]

How did you make the triangles what core did you start off with?

[@frankf5928]

I'm assuming you started off with a irregular hexagon but how do you figure it out for any given side count?

[@boydedwards5475]

Great video - inspiring! You can also build this octahedron frame simply using four triangular subunits - no scaffolding required. See my tutorial video.

[@ge9077]

Y do u break it after isent it a wast of time

[@Magnenaut]

@jasonbarnes711 I did it! Check my channel, and my Flickr page.