Hilbert Curve Coffee Table
Some sketches
![](images/sketches/hilbert_curve_and_pipes.jpg)
Pipes?
Trying to figure out how a Hilbert curve fits together with copper pipes & simple elbow joints.
![](images/sketches/6_way_hilbert.jpg)
6-way Hilbert curve
One difficulty with a Hilbert curve is that the open ends of the pipe are at two adjacent corners of a square. This is what allows the subsections to be joined together to make higher-order units. However, I wanted the table top to be entirely connected. So I tried putting together 6 subsections instead of 4.
I also wanted to try having different subsections at different levels of detail. Here's how it came out (before adjustments):
![](images/HilbertTop/full_layout_before_adjust_med.jpg)
![](images/sketches/leg_study.jpg)
Leg study.
I had an idea for a nice leg joint. In the end, it only worked on the corners with level 2 sections. There wasn't enough room for the T-joint on the level 3 sections.
And it turned out like this:
![](images/Assembly/corner_leg_shelf_detail.jpg)
![](images/sketches/some_joints_and_moore_curve_shelf.jpg)
Moore curve shelf.
I was hoping to make the shelf a Moore curve. Took some sketching to figure out how it would work and how to make it connect together.
The final Moore curve was tweaked a bit. I had to adjust it to get the right aspect ratio to fit as the shelf. Plus there are six subsections again.
![](images/MooreShelf/the_shelf_is_a_moore_curve.jpg)