origami cube NYC style

first of all ...


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thanks to all ...


rate this instructable please!!!




second.
i was living in NY and saw this cube inside a subway booth on the 7 line (46th st)
and for days i wonder about the structure until one day i found the way to build it ... yes!

so , is not my original idea, but looks cool!!!

materials ...
6 used metrocards (nice to make another projects and is free!!)
your hands ... lol
2 oz of patience or 10 min of spare time

i have tried business cards and they work too!

good luck.

Step 1: Basic fold

1.- six used metrocards
2.- fold to find center
3.- do not mark the crease too deep
4.- fold lower corner to meet center (paper clip is just a holder for the picture)
5.- fold the opposite way to make a hard crease
6.- fold top corner, then fold the opposite way to make a hard crease
7.- you will have this 4 triangles in one square
8.- press top and bottom triangle with one hand while pressing the right and left triangles with the other hand
9.- press hard to make as flat as you can
10.- this shape we need
11.- fold an the other side to get a symmetrical shape
12.- fold all cards to make six pieces

Comments

[JupiterGreenwood]

I did it with business cards, I realize I'm 2 years behind though, check out my pic...

[scopevisions]

love the pic ! nice job... and yes it was two years ago... lol. ;)

[destructopop]

This would work hella well with monthly Muni passes in SF! And then of course you'd have a rainbow, since the colours are different every month! Too bad I'm a million k's away nowadays.
Cool instructable!

[roblin90]

Love it! 5 stars!

[SeaLion]

Aha! I remember loving this!

[Sabazius]

This is brilliant: you can do this with pretty much any rectangle of card, I used some playing cards from a dead deck, which is more difficult since they are less flexible, but it is really strong when you complete the final folds.

[Buzzsushi]

hes right about the rectangles. just did this with business cards 

[scopevisions]

can u take some pics?
i have tried and ... no luck....
lol!

[confusionx]

i tried this with playing cards it just falls apart. now i ruined a good deck of cards.

[Sabazius]

I actually meant that I did this with cards from a pack with some cards lost/missing, so the pack was useless anyway. Sorry, I should have been a little more specific about that one :\

[confusionx]

yeah i knew what you ment but i figured hey sounds cool i'll buy a pack at the dollar store. but it didn't work it just falls apart =[

[Natantantan]

NYC metro cards are extremely stiff, stiffer than any of ur cards

[jonnyboy323]

Haha cool. Works beautify with business cards!!! Jon

[zzzdude]

Two things: 1. This can be made with any rectangular sheet of paper. 2. It is not pure origami, but it is modular origami.

[Robertwan]

Actually, it is 'pure' origami. The only kind of origami that isn't 'pure' is any kind that involves cutting, gluing, taping, or ripping. This is just pure folding. In fact, an old Japanese origami enthusiast friend of mine does a lot of modular origami.

[scopevisions]

nope ... it can not be made from "any" rectangular sheet of paper... you need a square shape in 45º angle dead center or the next piece will not fit in the "slot" if you use pure origami when folding the first piece (or all) and you use no glue ... will the final product still be "pure"??? it IS pure origami ... and modular origami as well ... (where you asking or making a statement??)

[zzzdude]

Um, yea, you can make this with any 6 rectangular pieces of equal sizes. There are variants for rectangles too long, and those that are too short just don't hold together as well as the perfect 1:2 rectangle. It is not pure origami, as pure origami consists of one square piece of paper, with no cuts, no glue, or no other additives (such as other pieces of paper). Now, it is possible to make what you showed in your tutorial with one piece of square paper, given it is large enough so it is easier to fold those intricate parts. Perhaps after I steal a camera I will make a tutorial on how to do it. Eventually...

[bluellama]

not true, then nothing is "Pure" origami.

[nullpainter]

See the link in my post below - I've made an attempt at doing this. Have even folded it with a tiny (~5cm square) piece of paper but isn't recommended! I put together a photo sequence to complement the original instructions by Thoki Yenn, which I found to be almost indecipherable. :)

[pyroelfears]

the metro cards are crazy stiff!

[bluellama]

Can someone who lives in NYC scan a couple metro cards(on both sides please) and put the file of them on the site for people like me who have never been to NYC and won't go in the near future. would be appreciated.

[cooblades]

This kind of box only works with flexible cards that are a bit springy. I have two made with $1 bills but they don't holdup well. I doubt regular paper will either.

[bluellama]

which I have paper that matches.

[scopevisions]

we might have to flag someone who works with the inventor ... wtf !!! u can pick metrocards for free !!! what is the name of "the inventor"? and where is registered in? people... flag ... tx.

[bronxraven2]

have you figured out other shapes yet scopes?

[hockys1]

this is incredible i wish i had something to make it with

[scopevisions]

you can use business cards ... metrocard measurements are the same as a credit card ... u can CUT thick paper...

[amya1837]

woah!!to hard to even try it 2 bad i used to live in Ny not ane more :(

[bronxraven2]

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[amya1837]

ok.........

[scopevisions]

you still have much to learn ... my young padawan ...

[twenglish1]

lol

[amya1837]

ok...'

[thetrue-sake]

What are metrocards?

[BuffaloNickel]

there like prepaid train cards

[thetrue-sake]

T-T what's a train card?

[lightshayde]

In New York City, we have these cards about 1.5-2" by 2.5" (guesstimating here). And we use them to enter the subway/bus by prepaying for "rides" via a machine.

[sorvete_de_pistache]

could you tell me the measures of metrocard? centimeters or inch, please. there's no metrocard here.

[scopevisions]

the same as a credit card...

[sorvete_de_pistache]

thank you!!!