The Cube

The cube is a nothing more than a 2″ brass cube; however, the corners are what draws the eye. Each corner has been cut off so that every side of the new facet is the same length. While cutting off corners is an easy concept, putting it into practice is a little more difficult. The milling set up can be seen attached to this post and looks very complicated. The reason for such a complex set up is because of how angles interact with each other. By rotating the cube so it rests on one edge and then rotating it once more towards one of the other edges, the cube ends up resting on a single point. This is how you create complex angles. Complex angles mean that, instead of simply rotating the cube 45° in both directions, you need to use trigonometry to get the correct angles. Once the math was figured out, I needed to find a way to set up the cube so it could actually be cut. This is what led to the apparatus seen in the pictures. As soon as the mill was ready, the actual process of cutting and polishing the cube took barely any time at all, and produced exactly what the math predicted.