Add all the other images. Once you are done adding all 30 images, select four layers at a time to print. You will use seven and a half pages to print. Then go to "Print With Preview" and set these settings.
I was unable to set my printer to print without margins, so I used these settings. After you've confirmed these settings, print! After your pages have printed out, depending on the ink used, you may want to let them dry a bit.
Cut all the designs from each other, and you should be left with 30 square pieces of paper. You can follow the link to the PDF file if you're a bit familiar with origami and the line symbols they're not hard to figure out , follow the steps here, or both to help you along. Make sure to look at the pictures for reference. I'll call the face with the design, the front face, or up side.
Making sure the printed side is facing downwards Fig1 - Mine's right side up, I forgot to flip it before the pic , take a square piece of paper, and fold it in half. It doesn't really matter which side of the square is up. Fig2 Then, from the bottom right corner, fold it in until the corner right above meets the center crease. Fig3 So that you'll end up with this: Fig4.
Then, flip the square face up, and bring both creased edges together to form a valley fold. Fig5, 6,7. Then flip it over. After folding it in Fig8 , take the side flaps and fold them over to the other side Fig9.
Do both sides Fig10 Then take one of the flaps and fold it towards the center, about halfway in Fig11 Fold the rest of the flap in half towards the center edge Fig12 And then fold that over on top Fig13 Repeat on the other side Fig After you've folded the main part, you'll need to fold the hook. It will allow you to connect the unit to the rest of the other units.
Without flipping the unit over as in Fig14 , take the outermost front flap facing you on the top, and fold it downwards, making a valley fold where the two corners of the flaps folded inward meet the outside edge Fig15 Fold the flap down Fig16 Usually, you can line up the outside edge crease to overlay the top diagonal edge Fig17 Otherwise, just make it look like Fig You've finished one unit. Don't worry, once you get the hang of it, it will be much easier and faster.
However, if this is your first time making a buckyball, expect to spend at least 3 hours making it, not including the computer and printing part. Fig19 and Fig20 show one finished unit. Finish folding the rest of the square pieces of paper and then move on to the next step.
Now here's where you'll see your work pay off. Using the hooks at the ends of the unit, connect a unit with another one at an angle, by inserting the hook flaps inside the other unit at the center. Fig21, Fig22 It is easier if you insert the flaps at the middle of the unit. Fig23 Insert both flaps. Fig24 You'll connect three units, and the center should look like a triangle. Fig25 You may want to staple the units in place if you are using heavy paper.
Now that you know how the units connect to each other, you can finish building the buckyball. Keep connecting units together, forming a semi circle as you go along.
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