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Preview of Arbour Stake
By Krypto
Complexity
Simple
MAIN PURPOSE: Train a climbing houseplant over an arch
A round-headed garden arch for a houseplant pot. Push the pointed legs into the compost until the flanges stop at the soil, then wind a hoya, jasmine or climbing pothos round the hoop: the little inward spurs hold the ties so the plant grows into an arbour instead of a tangle.
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Preview of Broch
By Krypto
Complexity
Simple
MAIN PURPOSE: Keep pens in the core and flat tools in the wall gap
A pen pot built like an Iron Age broch, whose double walls hid a gallery between them. Pens and pencils stand in the central tower, and the 14 mm ring between the walls takes rulers, scissors, a letter opener and chopsticks, so flat tools never fall over or hide among the pens.
AR view Open in app
Preview of Barbican
By Krypto
Complexity
Simple
MAIN PURPOSE: Guard a seedling from slugs with a water moat
A castle moat for one precious seedling. Set the ring on the soil round the plant and fill the outer channel with water: slugs and snails will not cross it, while the plant grows up through the open centre and the inner wall keeps soil out of the moat.
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Preview of Belfry Call
By Krypto
Complexity
Medium
MAIN PURPOSE: Ring for help from bed with a cord-pulled bell
A bedside bell tower for calling someone. A small brass bell hangs from a skewer through the belfry, and a cord tied to it runs out of the arch to the bed: one tug and it rings through the house. Pour a little gravel in through the arches so the tower stands firm.
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Preview of Crinkle Crankle
By Krypto
Complexity
Simple
MAIN PURPOSE: Hold books upright in the bays of a wavy wall
A book wall that stands up only because it waves. Like the serpentine garden walls of Suffolk, one thin skin of plastic gains its stiffness from its curves: books, notebooks and records stand in the bays on both faces, and the wall needs no buttress, base or bookend to stay up.
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Preview of Tail Weight
By Krypto
Complexity
Simple
MAIN PURPOSE: Hang a plant or headphones out from a bookshelf
A cantilever held up by your books. Slide the thin tail under the last few books on a shelf, and the arm reaches out past the shelf edge to hang a small trailing plant, headphones or a tote; the weight of the books on the tail balances the load on the arm, no screws or clamps.
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Preview of Funicular Frame
By Krypto
Complexity
Medium
MAIN PURPOSE: Find arch and vault shapes with hanging chains
A table for finding arches the way Gaudi did. Print it, turn it over so the perforated deck is on top, hang lengths of ball chain between the holes and set a mirror underneath: every sagging chain is a perfect arch in tension, and the mirror shows it standing upright as a vault in compression.
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Preview of Tunnel Cloche
By Krypto
Complexity
Simple
MAIN PURPOSE: Shelter a row of seedlings under a vault
A miniature polytunnel for seedlings on a windowsill or raised bed. The barrel vault is a single 3 mm shell that is stiff only because it is curved, the foot flanges stop it rocking, and the open ends let air through so seedlings stay warm without damping off.
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Preview of Corbel Reach
By Krypto
Complexity
Medium (set)
MAIN PURPOSE: Stack blocks to overhang beyond the table edge
A stacking puzzle about how builders spanned before arches. Each block carries engraved marks at a half, quarter, sixth and eighth of its length: stack eight, each one set back to the next mark, and the top block ends up entirely beyond the edge of the table, held by nothing but balance.
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Preview of Gridshell Mesh
By Krypto
Complexity
Medium
MAIN PURPOSE: Spring a flat lattice into a curved fruit bowl
The flat half of a gridshell fruit bowl. Print this square lattice flat, then press it down into the Gridshell Hoop: the grid cannot stretch, so it bends in two directions at once and springs into a doubly curved shell with four rising corners, the same trick used for timber gridshell roofs.
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