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11/6/2023, 11:45:17 AM
STRATEGY
Gonna freestyle this part. About the magnets; if you make pepakura you know why they're usually not an option. The only time you'd need magnets... is when you need them, and when you need them, both of your hands aren't free. You need two hands to put the magnets in place.
The biggest issue I run into during construction is simply that I need a third arm. There are "third arm tools" but they are to an arm what a stick is to a live snake. I have an industrial third arm tool which is triple jointed +1, bolted to the ceiling, the gripping part has tight ball joint and is shaped like a big C, has 1 inch rubber tips. I can unscrew this 'gripper claw' and replace it with a big J shaped metal rod that I wrapped in a pool noodle, which is sometimes the better solution for giving a structure support. And of course I would want to use this because the 3D model is not affected by gravity but the real piece is, so when you are trying to get a tab in position with its edge, you don't want structural tension trying to contradict the fold angle between them. I only ever use it to relieve tension on a piece's structure, not to serve as a third arm for the direct process of attaching tabs. What I'm getting at is that you want to avoid needing more than two hands, and this can be avoided by viewing your piece like a puzzle.
Gonna freestyle this part. About the magnets; if you make pepakura you know why they're usually not an option. The only time you'd need magnets... is when you need them, and when you need them, both of your hands aren't free. You need two hands to put the magnets in place.
The biggest issue I run into during construction is simply that I need a third arm. There are "third arm tools" but they are to an arm what a stick is to a live snake. I have an industrial third arm tool which is triple jointed +1, bolted to the ceiling, the gripping part has tight ball joint and is shaped like a big C, has 1 inch rubber tips. I can unscrew this 'gripper claw' and replace it with a big J shaped metal rod that I wrapped in a pool noodle, which is sometimes the better solution for giving a structure support. And of course I would want to use this because the 3D model is not affected by gravity but the real piece is, so when you are trying to get a tab in position with its edge, you don't want structural tension trying to contradict the fold angle between them. I only ever use it to relieve tension on a piece's structure, not to serve as a third arm for the direct process of attaching tabs. What I'm getting at is that you want to avoid needing more than two hands, and this can be avoided by viewing your piece like a puzzle.
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