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Beco Blocks

by r3becca, published

Beco Blocks by r3becca Mar 8, 2010
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Description

Beco Blocks are 3d printable, snap together, ball and socket based building blocks.

Initially created as a prototype for another ball and socket based project, these blocks functioned so well I decided to make a number of variations to allow the creation of more complex objects.

Created at Robots and Dinosaurs, the Sydney, Australia hackerspace.
robotsanddinosaurs.org/

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Make a lego converter.

How about a non-flat piece, like a tetrahedral piece?
I've been thinking about this a while, so I may eventually get around to making it myself if someone doesn't beat me to it.

I'm happy to take requests for designing new block types. So if you have a project in mind that requires a specific kind of Beco block which you think should exist but doesn't then let me know and i'll do my best to make it real.
Please provide plenty of details and ideally a sketch of what you want.

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3D, art, ball, ball joint, ball__socket, beco, fave, makerbot, model, modular, ornament, posable, socket, toy

License

GNU - GPL
Beco Blocks by r3becca is licensed under the GNU - GPL license.

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Instructions

Remove supports after printing with wire cutters then see what things you can make.
GNU - GPL
Beco Blocks by r3becca is licensed under the GNU - GPL license.
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female-female.stl
Last updated: 10-03-08
Downloads: 653
Size: 487kb
653 487kb
male-female-male-female.stl
Last updated: 10-03-08
Downloads: 629
Size: 1mb
629 1mb
male-male-male.stl
Last updated: 10-03-08
Downloads: 612
Size: 486kb
612 486kb
male-head.stl
Last updated: 10-03-08
Downloads: 636
Size: 266kb
636 266kb
female-head.stl
Last updated: 10-03-08
Downloads: 582
Size: 245kb
582 245kb
male-male_mini.stl
Last updated: 10-03-08
Downloads: 621
Size: 339kb
621 339kb
male-male_long.stl
Last updated: 10-03-08
Downloads: 579
Size: 894kb
579 894kb
ball_primitive_struts_and_no-struts.aoi
Last updated: 10-03-09
Downloads: 536
Size: 20kb
536 20kb
quadballcross.stl
Last updated: 10-03-09
Downloads: 604
Size: 4mb
604 4mb
redesigned_socket.aoi
Last updated: 10-03-10
Downloads: 539
Size: 37kb
539 37kb
ball-and-socket-v2.stl
Last updated: 10-03-10
Downloads: 654
Size: 1mb
654 1mb
socket-ball-ball.stl
Last updated: 10-03-10
Downloads: 584
Size: 2mb
584 2mb
socket-triball.stl
Last updated: 10-03-10
Downloads: 602
Size: 2mb
602 2mb

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louismoik on Sep 7, 2013 said:

Make a lego converter.

r3becca on Mar 13, 2010 said:

I'm happy to take requests for designing new block types. So if you have a project in mind that requires a specific kind of Beco block which you think should exist but doesn't then let me know and i'll do my best to make it real.
Please provide plenty of details and ideally a sketch of what you want.

ssd on Apr 1, 2010 said:

How about a non-flat piece, like a tetrahedral piece?
I've been thinking about this a while, so I may eventually get around to making it myself if someone doesn't beat me to it.

natetrue on Mar 12, 2010 said:

Awesome! Printing some right now. If anyone wants a ZIP of all these STLs properly centered and aligned, here: http://filedrop.natetrue.com/b...

r3becca on Mar 11, 2010 said:

2 new pieces added, the Socket-ball-ball and Socket-triball.

r3becca on Mar 10, 2010 said:

I have added a new block type, the quad-ball-cross.
More to come!

r3becca on Mar 9, 2010 said:

Since my STL models are not very conductive to the creation of derivative works I am re-modeling the ball and sockets in AOI and providing the AOI files. This will easily allow someone to copy-paste the model into another AOI project and use Boolean operations to integrate them.

ssd on Mar 9, 2010 said:

What did you draw them in originally? What is the diameter of the ball?

RobotHacker on Mar 9, 2010 said:

Reminds me of http://www.stikfas.com/ . I've always wanted a Stickfas dragon, I guess I'll have to see what I can scrape together.

r3becca on Mar 9, 2010 said:

Interesting, i guess it would be pretty easy to make Stikfas clones with Beco block joints.

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