Mini Tetrahedral Tensegrity Table #10: Tensioning the Wires and Completing the Project
At this point, the moment of truth had arrived. It was time to attach the tensioning wires and hope they didn’t tear the pyramids apart or result in a wobbly table. I decided the best way to proceed was to create three support brackets that would hold the disks at the right distance apart. (That was 5”, which I had determined by holding the disks at different distances until one seemed right.) The brackets were just 1/2” thick slats of wood with slots to hold the disks. I wanted the brackets to hold the disks firmly without marring the finish, which had not cured. I wrapped a doubled-over length of painter’s tape around a walnut scrap and used my kerfmaker (w...