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- June 9th, 2014, 10:21 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Hexsticks, plans? angles?
- Replies: 18
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Re: Hexsticks, plans? angles?
so now a year later I finally managed to finish my own version of the hectix revisited. Now for checking all the spacings and cuts I desperately tried to solve it in the last few days but made almost no progress. I found one assembly but it is invalid. So has anyone a solution or can anyone give me ...
- November 27th, 2013, 9:06 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: wood for making burr puzzles
- Replies: 4
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Re: wood for making burr puzzles
You are right, there are nicer kinds of wood to look at. I am sorry for my bad translation (In my language there is a certain word for that and it seems I cannot translate so literally=) By 'bad behaivour' I mean that it expands/contracts much more (and gets cracks quicker) than many other woods whe...
- November 26th, 2013, 9:29 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: wood for making burr puzzles
- Replies: 4
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wood for making burr puzzles
Hello puzzlers and/or woodworkers Up to now I made all my burrs of beech (as I mentioned, because it is the cheapest and most available hard wood I can get here.) Now I heard that this is rather a troublesome kind of wood to work with. Can anyone recommend a rather 'good behaving' wood for making th...
- June 21st, 2013, 11:51 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Hexsticks, plans? angles?
- Replies: 18
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pouring sauce over the confusion
I just did another bid of research: According to John Rausch's site Hectix is just the plastic version of Hexsticks Hexsticks consists afaik of 3 different kind of pieces (1,2 & 3 notches, see here at woodpuzzles.com )... ...while Hectix Revisited consists of many more different pieces ( see Bill Cu...
- June 21st, 2013, 9:34 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Hexsticks, plans? angles?
- Replies: 18
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Re: Hexsticks, plans? angles?
Thanks for the hint that there is another "version" of that puzzle! But since I do not want to glue pieces together (due to the lack of being able working that acurately) the only (?) puzzles that comes into consideration are the already mentioned Hextics and Hectix Revisited. What are your experien...
- June 20th, 2013, 11:14 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Hexsticks, plans? angles?
- Replies: 18
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Hexsticks vs Hectix Revisited
After building a "mockup" with triangular sticks (just for analyzing the structure and to have something to 'hold' in ones hand) I now finally made some hexagonal sticks (18mm diameter) that will eventually turn into a puzzle. Now I figured out that there are two know puzzles that pretty look the sa...
- June 12th, 2013, 10:20 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Hexsticks, plans? angles?
- Replies: 18
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Re: Hexsticks, plans? angles?
Thank you very much! After now searching for "Hexsticks + Steward Coffin" I found the patent with the exact masurements: http://www.google.com/patents?id=HcAtAAAAEBAJ
- June 9th, 2013, 8:43 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Hexsticks, plans? angles?
- Replies: 18
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Hexsticks, plans? angles?
I decided to make a copy of the Hexstic Puzzle but the cuts seem to be in very odd angles. Does anyone know where to get building plans for that puzzle or does anyone know the exact angles/measurements for making this puzzle?
I just tried to figure them out by myself but failed...
I just tried to figure them out by myself but failed...
- May 20th, 2013, 12:14 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: impossible objects
- Replies: 2
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- May 12th, 2013, 8:57 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Newcomer to Burrs
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7657
Re: Newcomer to Burrs
welcome to the forum! I totally agree with you, puzzles are some of the nicest gifts on the world=) @IBM: I also noticed that the site has been offline since january, and I wrote them a letter (with Alard's help) and asked them if they could make it available again, but only received a standard resp...