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Vertex Connector for Truncated Icosahedron (soccer ball shape)

by rrsquez

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This is similar to the "Platonic Solid Vertices", but independently developed. If you look at a soccer ball you'll notice that it's made of pentagons surrounded on each side by a hexagon. So every vertex has 2 entries point into a hexagon vertex and 1 points into a vertex on the pentagon. This is easier to see in person since the difference in angles is subtle.
I am using 1/8" wood dowels.
I found that it's best to print these 5 at a time. This is such a small part that it does not have very

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