Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Be The First on Your Block to Have a Pentagon Dodecahedron or Rhombic Dodecahedron Calendar
A 12-sided paperweight with one month for each side. That's what you will find at 12-sided Calendar. And as the disclaimer goes, "Some construction is required." This calendar comes in a PDF format. The problem is the whole pattern doesn't fit on a single page unless you use at least A4 size paper. Since this isn't something that most folks have laying around the house you have to attempt plan 2. I managed to get the image on a regular sheet (8.5 x 11) of paper by going to the PDF Print dialog box and reducing the finished print size. That seemed to work. You'll need scissors and patience to complete this project. I managed to make all the folds and cuts but I couldn't figure out how to get the whole thing together without placing unsightly tape on the outside of the "cube."
There's also a second cube shaped (6-sided) construction that folds and refolds to get all 12 months. I had all I could do to get the 12 sided version folded and together. The cube shape is much more complicated.
CAVEAT: When I printed this on an inkjet printer all lines (solid and dotted) printed without a problem. When I printed the same file on an inkjet the dotted lines did not print. The solid lines are for cutting and the dotted lines are for folding. You may have to manually determine folding sites.
There's also a second cube shaped (6-sided) construction that folds and refolds to get all 12 months. I had all I could do to get the 12 sided version folded and together. The cube shape is much more complicated.
CAVEAT: When I printed this on an inkjet printer all lines (solid and dotted) printed without a problem. When I printed the same file on an inkjet the dotted lines did not print. The solid lines are for cutting and the dotted lines are for folding. You may have to manually determine folding sites.