Turk's Head Knot (3x5)

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This Is A Model Of A Turk'S Head Knot. ( Http://En.Wikipedia.Org/Wiki/Turk'S_Head_Knot ) It Is A 3-Lead, 5-Bight Knot (3X5), With A Triple Strand. In The First File, I Added A Small Base To The Bottom To Help With Printing. Without The Base, The 5 Initial Contact Points Tended To Detach And The Overhang On The Bottom Is Pretty Extreme. The Example Was Printed On A Printrbot (Thanks Mike!) From White Abs. It Measures Approximately 50Mm In Diameter At Its Widest Point. The Knot Path Was Generated Via A Sketchup Ruby Script I Wrote, And Then The Strand Cross-Section Was Extruded Along That Path. This Created Some Very Complex Objects And Took Some Work To Figure Out How To Deal With Overlapping Areas And Get A Manifold Object. I Have Generated Other Lead/Bight Combinations, But This Was One Of The Nicer-Looking Early Attempts. Edit: I Added The Turk'S Head .Stl Without The Base, For Those That Would Like To Add Support Material, Or Try And Print It Without A Base.

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