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Soccer ball (Truncated icosahedron) assembly

by Mattias_Selin

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Archimedean Solid assembly ball Decoration football geometric no glue ornament soccer soccer ball toy truncated icosahedron world cup Archimedean Solid assembly ball Decoration football geometric no glue ornament soccer soccer ball toy truncated icosahedron world cup

A friend of mine is coming to visit, a fellow mathematician, and I wanted to print him something mathematical as I gift. I had this idea of making an archimedean solid that you could assemble. I realized over the weekend that if the connections are perpendicular to the opposing faces then the ball should resist coming apart once it is fully assembled - with no gluing necessary. I printed it as soon as I got home and was very satisfied with the result :) The truncated icosahedron is one of my fav

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