How to Make a Neo Cube Sphere

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How to Make a Neo Cube Sphere

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In this instructable I will show you how to make a Neo Cube sphere out of 216 Neo Cube magnets.

Items needed:
-216 Neo Cube magnets.
-(optional) A plastic card to cut apart the magnets, DO NOT use a credit card or any other cards that hold memory or information only use a plastic card.

Make Your Magnets Into a Long Line

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Pull your magnets from the clump until it is just one long line of magnets.

Start Making Hexagons

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Start by connecting the first magnet to the sixth magnet then start rolling it until it is three magnets from the middle.
Repeat twelve times.

Connect Together

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Now connect the hexagons together into a pillar and then split the pillar in half.

Cut the Half Pillars

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Now cut the pillars into three so there is three sets of four hexagons. 

Half Spheres

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Split the hexagons as shown in the first picture the connect them as shown in the second picture. 

Connect the Semi Spheres

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Connect the semi spheres as shown in the pictures. 

The Base

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The spare semi sphere can be added to the bottom of the sphere.

Destroying

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If you press down on the top of the sphere it will crumple into four sets of hexagons.