Minidome

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Construction of the pipe cleaner connectors

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  Start with two pipe cleaners, crossed in the middle.

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  Fold them across each other. For a 4-way connector (blue hubs in the construction diagrams), do this again and stop here.

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  Add a third pipe cleaner across the fold to form a crude hexagonal arrangement. For a 5-way connector, offset the lengths so one is shorter than the others.

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  Counting from the top clockwise, fold the first(2 o'clock) and fifth(10 o'clock) spokes around the sixth (12 o'clock). Do the same for the the second(4 o'clock) and fourth(7 o'clock) spokes around the fourth (6 o'clock).

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  Rotate the entire structure clockwise by one spoke.

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  As above, fold the first(2 o'clock) and fifth(10 o'clock) spokes around the sixth (12 o'clock) in the opposite direction to before. Finally, fold the second(4 o'clock) and fourth(7 o'clock) spokes around the fourth (6 o'clock) in reverse again to produce a 6-way connector (white hubs). For a 5-way connector (red hubs), loop the short end around the core and trim it short.

Minidome strut construction

Cut:

• 50x 15.5cm tubes (L, purple in construction diagrams)
• 40x 15cm tubes (M, red)
• 30x 13cm tubes (S, blue)