Origami Press - Miura Fold

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The goal of our Origami Press is to empower us to pre-crease more intricate designs, such as the Miura fold. The Miura fold is a map fold consisting of a partially angled grid that can fold into a small square and expand into a large sheet in one smooth motion. This type of fold is famously used to create expanding solar panels on space satellites and wallet-sized collapsing city maps. Miura-type folds can be challenging to fold accurately by hand, due to the difficulty in making consistent angles, folding through multiple layers of paper with precision, and producing mountains and valleys without first creasing them incorrectly. Our press enables us to pre-crease the folds so that they can be folded the rest of the way individually at exact angles (84 and 96 degrees) and in the correct direction. To see how it works, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIjL252d5Kw For more information about this design, read on Hacktastic: https://mathgrrl.com/hacktastic/2019/07/3d-printed-origami-press-miura-fold/ Order 3D printed copies on Shapeways: https://www.shapeways.com/product/48SZY4ASC/origami-press-miura-fold Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathgrrl Visit our Hacktastic blog: https://www.mathgrrl.com/hacktastic Shop at our Shapeways store: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/mathgrrl This design is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license, which means you can print, remix, and use this model with credit to mathgrrl, but if you want to sell something, please ask first at request@mathgrrl.com.