Vertice connectors for platonic solids

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Platonic solids, found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid, are admired for their symmetry and simplicity. Utilizing wood and 3D printed connectors makes it feasible to create these polyhedrons yourself! I fabricated the whole set of five for a school in India, which now uses them for advanced geometry courses and as ornamentation in the math classroom. If you have wooden rods with a diameter of 6mm, you're in luck! Just print the added STLs. Otherwise, use the SCAD config to adjust dimensions. To create a tetrahedron, print four connectors and saw six edges; for a cube, eight connectors and cut twelve edges; an octahedron requires six connectors and cuts twelve edges; a dodecahedron needs twenty connectors and trims thirty edges; and an icosahedron necessitates twelve connectors and cuts thirty edges. To finish, I used a pencil sharpener to neaten the edge ends.