David wrote:

>So, non-coplanar facets are easy! You'll notice that on mine, a row of
>paneling on the outside of the shape eventully works it way around to the
>inside. Also, I beilieve strips don't meet themselves after a full trip
>around, so it's like a mobius strip.

I actually had not noticed that.  Woops.  Hmm.  That's why you
have seven coils: otherwise the six-sided cross section would not
work.  Aha!  That also means you can only use an odd number of
coils.  So does the mobius-like  twisting somehow cut down
on the amount of curvature on the individual facets?

I learned a lot of math and pov in the progress of attempting
to emulate your picture, so thank you for posting it!

<bows to master>

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David Fontaine wrote:
> 
> Ha! Hahaha! Muwahahahaha!!
> Bow down before your master!

photons, sir, photons...

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Pete wrote:

> I actually had not noticed that.  Woops.  Hmm.  That's why you
> have seven coils: otherwise the six-sided cross section would not
> work.  Aha!  That also means you can only use an odd number of
> coils.

I'm not following. Why do you think I can only use an odd number?

> So does the mobius-like  twisting somehow cut down
> on the amount of curvature on the individual facets?

Not entirely sure what you mean... the facets are perfectly flat, except for
the last one (where it must meet up properly with the first), the mobius
twisting is a side effect of them being flat.

> I learned a lot of math and pov in the progress of attempting
> to emulate your picture, so thank you for posting it!

No problem :)

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Lewis wrote:

> photons, sir, photons...

With my great mastery of photons that'll only take a month or two :)

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