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First, I wish to tip my cap to [xenzag] and the "One Tube Deserves Another" idea (see link below).
In reading that idea, I decided that toilet paper rolls should not only be able to connect to each other in a linear fashion, but should have the opportunity to branch off into other dimensions. However,
I failed to come up with a smooth, easy to make variation on the tube itself to allow any sort of side branching.
So, my idea doesn't call for any change to the standard roll core. It's just a bag of plastic connectors, with protrusions onto which cores can be fitted. And more connectors! and more cores! until you have a giant viola! You can use similar diametered longer tubes from your paper towel rolls and Christmas wrapping! Build a model of the Leaning Eiffel Tower! (No, the original doesn't do that when it gets rained on.) Geodesics! Why, it can fail to support all the kids in the neighborhood!
All right, I'll go clean up.
But I'm keeping the plastic parts.
Inspiration.
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[xenzag] never has to go rummage for lost connectors. How un-lame is that? [lurch, Dec 13 2007]
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Is there an international standard for toilet
roll internal diameters? The fit will need to
be pretty snug. Conical stugglets might
solve the problem, but if they were overly
conical, the rolls would tend to pop off. |
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Standard diameter is 1.5in or 38mm, internal diameter, in most countries. |
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The first toilet paper used was in China in about 600AD, leading to standardised toilet paper for the Imperial Court, which was 3ft x 2ft in size and perfumed. |
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Arab traders in the 9th century were somewhat underwhelmed by the "filthy Chinese, who are not concerned with cleanliness. They do not wash themselves with water after performing their necessaries, but merely wipe themselves with paper". |
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Romans, on the other hand, used a sponge on a stick, kept in a bucket of salt water. |
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Better than using a live rat, I suppose. |
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//(No, the original doesn't do that when it gets rained on.) Geodesics! Why, it can fail to support all the kids in the neighborhood!// |
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One of my high school math teachers built a geodesic dome about 20ft tall in the middle of the school quadrangle when I was in year 11. It was made from thick cardboard tubes, each about 4ft long. It collapsed after about 3 months out in the rain and weather. |
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I really liked it. It was a very cool sculpture, produced by a very good teacher. |
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