Tape Creations... - Page 5

Happy Monkey · 12-21-2006, 11:07 PM

It's Christmas time again, so I made my annual ornaments.

First, I got these snazzy new one-handed trigger-activated tape dispensers. Very cool. Figure out how many clicks you need for a certain piece, pull the tab, and you've got it!

Once I've made the ornaments, I make a pretty box for them.

It's got cozy little compartments for each ornament.

Here's the full view.

And the ornaments are ready to explore their new world...

Each ornament is an icosahedron (twenty equilateral triangle faces) with a pyramid on each face. There are two lengths of pyramid, and I put them together in different patterns on each ornament.

(You can click each picture for the flickr page.)

wolf · 12-22-2006, 12:19 AM

HM, you have outdone yourself once again.

Griff · 12-22-2006, 07:04 AM

They are lovely. They also give me a throbbing headache, when I consider the work involved. Good Work HM!

glatt · 12-22-2006, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

And the ornaments are ready to explore their new world...

you are such a geek. (That's a compliment.)

xoxoxoBruce · 12-22-2006, 08:18 PM

Excellent, as usual.

No lights in these, I assume.

Happy Monkey · 12-22-2006, 09:57 PM

Thanks, all!

No, no lights. I need to figure out a good compact way to do it; the huge electronics control boxes were cool for experimentation, but they are really ungainly, and CAT5 cable is pretty unwieldy sticking out of one...

lumberjim · 12-22-2006, 10:07 PM

lightening bugs?

Beestie · 12-22-2006, 11:16 PM

Nothing short of amazing, HM. Very impressive.

footfootfoot · 12-23-2006, 08:24 PM

Very cool HM.
how about LED lights? You could incorporate a tiny wire into them and have that be the hanging wire. A transformer at the base of the tree would supply 12v DC to the entire tree (running wires up branches or using a conductive fake tree) the ornaments would be powered when they hung on the branches.

Happy Monkey · 12-23-2006, 08:59 PM

I have occasionally flirted with the idea of making a string of them, but haven't summoned up the courage to start. CVS recently came out with LED Chritmas lights, where the LED is shaped in such a way that it shines in all directions, and a transformer is supplied somehow (the package is much smaller than any transformer I've seen before). Perhaps at some point I'll cannibalize one of those strings and make my own.

Happy Monkey · 02-24-2007, 08:54 PM

Here's a new metal tape ball:

The "rivet" effect is from some snagging that happens in my cutter. It's sorta interesting.

glatt · 02-25-2007, 09:08 AM

Is that metal duct tape?

It's cool looking.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-25-2007, 09:30 AM

Silver? Stiff? Too bad that rivet effect isn't on all edges, it looks really cool.

Happy Monkey · 02-25-2007, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Is that metal duct tape?

It's cool looking.

Yeah, it's duct tape that you could actually use on ducts... I was quite pleased to find it.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Silver? Stiff? Too bad that rivet effect isn't on all edges, it looks really cool.

Yeah. I may try seeing how much I can manage. Maybe cut the tape into three strips, so both sides have it. No easy way to get it on the edges the tape actually crosses, though.

Happy Monkey · 03-10-2007, 02:53 PM

A bigger metal model:

12-21-2006, 11:07 PM	#61
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It's Christmas time again, so I made my annual ornaments. First, I got these snazzy new one-handed trigger-activated tape dispensers. Very cool. Figure out how many clicks you need for a certain piece, pull the tab, and you've got it! Once I've made the ornaments, I make a pretty box for them. It's got cozy little compartments for each ornament. Here's the full view. And the ornaments are ready to explore their new world... Each ornament is an icosahedron (twenty equilateral triangle faces) with a pyramid on each face. There are two lengths of pyramid, and I put them together in different patterns on each ornament. (You can click each picture for the flickr page.) __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-22-2006, 12:19 AM	#62
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	HM, you have outdone yourself once again. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-22-2006, 07:04 AM	#63
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	They are lovely. They also give me a throbbing headache, when I consider the work involved. Good Work HM! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-22-2006, 08:18 PM	#65
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Excellent, as usual. No lights in these, I assume. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-22-2006, 09:57 PM	#66
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Thanks, all! No, no lights. I need to figure out a good compact way to do it; the huge electronics control boxes were cool for experimentation, but they are really ungainly, and CAT5 cable is pretty unwieldy sticking out of one... __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-22-2006, 10:07 PM	#67
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	lightening bugs? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-22-2006, 11:16 PM	#68
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Nothing short of amazing, HM. Very impressive. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

12-23-2006, 08:24 PM	#69
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Very cool HM. how about LED lights? You could incorporate a tiny wire into them and have that be the hanging wire. A transformer at the base of the tree would supply 12v DC to the entire tree (running wires up branches or using a conductive fake tree) the ornaments would be powered when they hung on the branches. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-23-2006, 08:59 PM	#70
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I have occasionally flirted with the idea of making a string of them, but haven't summoned up the courage to start. CVS recently came out with LED Chritmas lights, where the LED is shaped in such a way that it shines in all directions, and a transformer is supplied somehow (the package is much smaller than any transformer I've seen before). Perhaps at some point I'll cannibalize one of those strings and make my own. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-24-2007, 08:54 PM	#71
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Here's a new metal tape ball: The "rivet" effect is from some snagging that happens in my cutter. It's sorta interesting. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-25-2007, 09:08 AM	#72
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Is that metal duct tape? It's cool looking.

02-25-2007, 09:30 AM	#73
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Silver? Stiff? Too bad that rivet effect isn't on all edges, it looks really cool. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-10-2007, 02:53 PM	#75
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	A bigger metal model: __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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