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K'nex Tripod with four legs - collapsible!

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This is an instructable for a four legged tripod, a Quadrupod or something. The special thing about it, though, is that it collapses from 50 centimetres to slightly higher than a grey rod. And, you can make it as tall as you want, you just need to follow the pattern.

To make it the height that I did, you need:

37 Grey rods
16 Blue rods
8 white rods
8 green connectors
44 Red connectors
12 light grey connectors
32 1-slot connectors
20 black "hands"
4 brown connectors
2 full circle connectors
1 tan clip
16 blue spacers
8 silver spacers
4 ball joints (or, you can use the pieces that swivel in one direction and a black hand)

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Step 1The legs!

The legs!

1. This is a picture of one of the sections of the legs extended, but not locked in place.
2. This is the leg locked.the hand is now attached to the grey rod, so the grey rod, and therefore the section of leg, won't slip.
3. The locks don't get in the way of the legs collapsing.

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Jul 17, 2010. 12:44 PMhazza the gun says:

gr8 4 my knex machine gun. thanks :)

May 1, 2010. 9:47 AMstruckbyanarrow says:

no, i think that's a quadpod

Feb 18, 2010. 1:30 PMKNEXFRANTIC says:

it is nice but a tripod has 3 legs not 4

Nov 30, 2009. 5:02 PMsmattman22 says:

can you make better instructions

Jan 11, 2008. 10:16 PMPineapplebobTheGreat says:

Dude, you can't say its a tripod with four legs... it can be a guadpod, or whatever, but not a tripod.

Apr 2, 2008. 9:24 AMhappybirthday says:

quadpod sounds so weierd.its like hey guys im building a quadpod!its just weird

Apr 12, 2009. 11:15 AMDELETED_DELETED_DarthVader says:

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Apr 14, 2009. 9:08 PMhappybirthday says:

Hahaa... Tell that to Drweird117

Apr 15, 2009. 3:01 PMDELETED_DELETED_DarthVader says:

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Apr 18, 2009. 10:22 AMhappybirthday says:

_,?

Jan 12, 2008. 10:49 AMDarth Trainman says:

Qudropod.

Feb 29, 2008. 2:02 PMg12345389 says:

quadropod

Jan 12, 2008. 4:19 PMMepain says:

Quadropod ;)

Jun 6, 2008. 2:44 PMyerjoking says:

quadroprod ⁼³

Aug 19, 2009. 4:19 AMThe Jamalam says:

Arthropod.

Aug 23, 2009. 4:07 AMyerjoking says:

You're a little late... Like a year late...

Aug 23, 2009. 5:40 AMThe Jamalam says:

Yeah... 14 months late. But good to see you're still active(ish) here lol.

Aug 23, 2009. 6:39 AMyerjoking says:

I'm still waiting for my name change...

Aug 23, 2009. 6:49 AMThe Jamalam says:

Try posting another comment maybe?

Aug 26, 2009. 6:40 AMyerjoking says:

Cba.

Aug 26, 2009. 12:55 PMThe Jamalam says:

Lol that was my 6000^th received comment :P

Sep 2, 2009. 3:53 AMyerjoking says:

Can we stop with the offtopic shitfest?

Jan 13, 2008. 7:52 AMDarth Trainman says:

Where be my a?

Apr 16, 2008. 3:12 PMpls says:

L

Apr 16, 2008. 3:33 PMDarth Trainman says:

Obviously Q.

Jun 22, 2008. 7:24 AMj-chode! says:

b

Jul 6, 2008. 8:41 AMmhavrilla88 says:

z

Jul 6, 2008. 9:26 AMj-chode! says:

im guessing y

Oct 25, 2008. 6:21 PMI_Am_Not_Canadian says:

I'm guessing P???

Oct 25, 2008. 6:21 PMI_Am_Not_Canadian says:

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Oct 25, 2008. 6:22 PMI_Am_Not_Canadian says:

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Oct 25, 2008. 6:22 PMI_Am_Not_Canadian says:

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Oct 25, 2008. 6:22 PMI_Am_Not_Canadian says:

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Nov 2, 2008. 3:46 PMI_Am_Not_Canadian says:

Eh, I knew it.

Nov 2, 2008. 3:47 PMI_Am_Not_Canadian says:

BluePikmin would've loved this.

Jan 11, 2008. 10:49 PMthe_burrito_master says:

yeah thats right I was just going to say that.

Dec 13, 2008. 2:49 AMgooldnoofgrin says:

i cant build the middle!:(

Oct 23, 2008. 10:15 AMpls says:

ehhh, is it strong?

Aug 10, 2008. 1:15 AMThe Jamalam says:

FAIL! It's a quadpod

Jun 23, 2008. 2:34 PMmasterchrisx3 says:

<a rel="nofollow" href="http://"><script>alert(/this is cool/);</script>">gin</a>

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