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title = "QTip-Cube"
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description = "Boredom can lead to wonderful discoveries. One such discovery is the fact that Qtips can be carefully arranged in such a way that they form a strong(ish) cube held together by nothing but pure Qtip"
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date = 2025-05-12
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tags = ["6-sided"]
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category = ["craft"]
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As promised here is the cube.
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{{image(src="cube.jpg", caption="A near cube made entirely out of QTips that is 10x10x11 (-2) in size. No glue added")}}
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You might wonder how to construct such an object yourself.
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What ended up working for me was laying out a bottom row of QTips with a width just slightly longer than the length of the QTips' shaft.
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{{image(src="step.jpg", caption="A bottom layer of QTips showing the width compared to the shaft length of a QTip")}}
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Continue alternating the direction in which you align the QTips until you have stacked enough layers to be slightly higher than the length of the QTips' shaft.
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It is very important that the grid is aligned well at this point, as you will begin inserting QTips downward through each opening in the formed grid.
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I started with the 4 outer corners, then filled the outer edges, then filled the center.
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If all goes well, you will have a lovely cube which is fairly sturdy. |