Meccano, for a prefect Crease

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Comment by Edgar Rolando Antunes L. Castelo on June 18, 2012 at 8:09am

Yup, those are good ideas, and just saw your page, man, that's some serious work done, there...

I'll go back now, to learn some more. About the Fokker, everyone should read his auto-biography, "the flying dutchman", amazing Inventor, he was, and from an early age... http://www.flickr.com/photos/redbarongallery/4880378090/

Comment by Steven Mahler on June 18, 2012 at 7:28am

I am a structural package designer and there is an even easier way to do this.

Using mat board you can cut two pieces and glue them down on another to create a "channel" that would be a coin thickness apart. Then use the coin to create a crease. You can also use a screen window making tool that is a wheel with ball bearings in it so in glides over the paper.

I program my models in a cad program and let my plotter do the work of cutting and creasing. It also has a pen tool if I want to draw on the model. Check my models must are done as 1 or 2 pieces and fold together with tabs and tucks like boxes.

Comment by Edgar Rolando Antunes L. Castelo on June 5, 2012 at 12:50pm

Glad to of help, be sure to post the results! :)

Comment by Alex Gwynne on June 5, 2012 at 11:50am

Oh brilliant! This is perfect, I'm doing some laser cutting soon with plastic, so this is going to be a great help. Thanks!

Comment by Edgar Rolando Antunes L. Castelo on June 5, 2012 at 11:25am

Thank you.

Now, I remembered some cool Materials Mindsets online sells.

You guys will have a lot of fun with these...

http://www.mindsetsonline.co.uk/index.php?cPath=418_6_80&osCsid...

Comment by Alex Gwynne on June 5, 2012 at 10:45am

Personally I use a regular craft knife and just gently cut into the paper to crease/score it. But that usually results in white lines on folds. This is clever.