3D Puzzle

[Dabeer]

My first design attempt - a wooden 3D table-top puzzle I encountered while on vacation.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it... print 12 pieces (they're identical), cut-fold-glue (should be self-explanatory)... then try to figure out how they go together - what the final object looks like, and how to get the pieces to go together to make it!



And one that actually looks like wood...

 

[Zathros]

Very interesting. I am not good at these things but my son is. Maybe it's time to have him try something like this. Very cool!

 

[Dabeer]

Well this is interesting... I tried to edit the first post to add a textured version so it actually looks like wood, but the first post disappeared!

Here's the textured version anyway...

 

[PlutoniumBoss]

Since the first post disappeared, what is the goal of this puzzle?

 

[Dabeer]

Since the first post disappeared, what is the goal of this puzzle?

Print 12 copies of the above piece. cut, fold, and glue each piece (should be fairly self-explanatory). Then try to figure out how they go together to form a 3D object.

 

[PlutoniumBoss]

A specific 3D object?

 

[Dabeer]

A specific 3D object?

Part of the fun is figuring it out it's a solid, symmetrical shape, not any specific object like an animal or a machine or whatever.

 

[ccyclone]

Pretty interesting puzzle, sort of spatial analysis.

-b