Cool Monster Truck made out of Zen Magnets

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Uploaded by on Mar 20, 2011

Monster Truck requires 762 Zen Magnets (or equivalent neodymium balls) to make.

Sorry ... no tutorial on this one ... Pictures available on my flickr page. The truck was constructed by layering 2 magnet sheets, adding a custom hollow cab, and adding additional details (engine compartment and hood, front, and rear pickup bed..

Components:
(@222) - Truck
(@096) - Axles - 2 x (8 x 6-ball rings)
(@444) - Tires - 4 x (3 x 36-ball folded hexagon)

(@111) - Tire - 3 x 36-ball hexagon (folded and flattened)

Tire Subunit construction:
1) Start out with a 36-ball hexagon
2) Fold the two flat 4-ball edges together
3) Fold the two single-ball tips together
4) Flip over ... should see Two 2-ball pairs sticking up
5) COOL Part! ... Take each of the Two 2-ball pairs and push them down towards the center towards each other one side at a time.
6) The 2-ball pairs should join at the Center forming a 4-ball square.
7) The surrounding area around the pair should spread out into a spread flattened dome shape.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tend2it/5540580521
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tend2it/5541161708
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tend2it/5540581543
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tend2it/5540582013
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tend2it/5540582465
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tend2it/5540583091
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tend2it/5541164238
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tend2it/5540584117
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tend2it/5540579999

Video shot using a Canon PowerShot SD850 IS

For more cool design stuff ... check out
http://www.flickr.com/groups/zengallery/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/magnetspheres/

Zen Magnets is a fantastic, creative, magnetic puzzle. It consists of a set of 222 powerful neodymium magnet balls. Multiples of the set can be combined to make larger, more complex shapes. The reflective clarity of the Zen coating is amazing. Purchase them at http://www.zenmagnets.com

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  • Nice and creative work!

  • @EraZorX13 @GalaxyTraveler Thanx guys ... go for it EraZorX ... your designs and variations are always astounding and unique.

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  • Cool! I was thinking about doing this too, but you beat me to it!

    Details are amazing.

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