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Except for one of the two starting pieces and the piece behind the first front piece (both straight stock with notches -- as shown by the arrows), all the other pieces are paired as mirror images of each other, with curvatures .



These two pieces start the disassembly \/


























The arrow shown in the picture to the left points to one of the two pieces that are not mirror-paired.

Looking from the top, the back piece is removed \/

























Back piece just removed











Slide the front section towards you and remove the front piece (same as the back piece previously removed)\/






















Remove the piece that was behind the front piece \/

The end where the arrow is shown is the top -- as viewed from the top, with the notch pointing towards the center .





















Remove the top center piece out from the top, exposing more of the center's structure




















These two pieces come out from the bottom



<<< The top piece here is the center piece underneath the core .





<<< The bottom piece is the mirror image of the second of the two starting pieces .































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