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Windmill things Anonymous
Hi
somebody know how to make this windmill things.....
I saw a great amount of this in a clip of kagrra somebody have a graph or a FAQ ?

PLZ
>> Windmill commie namefag here
They're made of 8 identical triangles.

Take a square of paper. Cut it into 4 squares. Cut each into 2 triangles. Punch holes in one right-angle corner and one acute-angle corner. If for some reason the position of the acute-angle hole is important (i.e. paper color/pattern is important), don't mess it up.

Get a stick that will serve as the axis and some beads with holes in them. The axis should have a length of roughly 1/3 the length of the cathetus (the triangle 'leg') and smooth circular cylindrical butts.
Pseudographical representation:
=======================
Like this.
=====hbldskdgfjsgxeklejlj====
Or this. Note the smooth butts, the middle is not important.

Glue the bead onto the axis:
===================X===

Stack all your triangles so that all holes correspond to each other. Place the axis into the acute-angle hole and glue another bead on, leaving some air so that the triangular flaps can spin freely:
===================XIIIIIX
87654321
(the triangles are numbered 1-8).

Put a bead on the opposite axis butt (glue it on).
====X==============XIIIIIX
87654321
>> commie namefag here
Now bend the first triangle (the closest to the edge) and place the other butt into the right-angle hole.

===IX==============XIIIIIX
1 87654321

Do the same with the other triangles:
===IIX==============XIIIIIX
21 87654321
.....
==IIIIIX===============XIIIIIX
87654321 87654321
The order is VERY important, else the incorrectly placed flaps will collapse upon themselves.

Now, put the final bead on:
=XIIIIIX===============XIIIIIIX
^place for a handle.

Now you have the fully made windmill head. Get something to serve as a handle and attach it however you see fit.

What's important:
hq paper
perfect circular holes
smooth axis butts and beads so they won't scratch the flaps.

Hope that helps. Posting from work, so no pics, unfortunately.
>> tengu
it helped sufficiently. if you will be able to postar the images later.
it is the same process to make windmill with 12, 16, 5 tips?