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Oli's Packing Puzzle

Post by Paradox » May 9th, 2011, 8:43 am

So yesterday I was messing around with BurrTools and quite by accident I created a 9x10 tray packing puzzle utilising 8 pieces and has only one correct assembly.

The prototype has been made out of Lego (don't judge me...it works!) and now I'm seeing if I can get it made out of wood or 3D printed.

I'll update more when I make some progress. :)

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Post by bluesign2k » May 9th, 2011, 1:02 pm

Well there's a bit of luck for you! I can't wait to see it! :)

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Post by Paradox » May 9th, 2011, 3:09 pm

bluesign2k wrote:Well there's a bit of luck for you! I can't wait to see it! :)
Very lucky indeed! As soon as I have a prototype worthy of testing then I'd definitely like you and a couple of others to take a look at it. I can't judge the difficulty myself, and it would be great to find out if it's a worthwhile puzzle or not. :)

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Post by TheJuggler » May 10th, 2011, 8:24 pm

Send me the Lego plans, or the burr tools model if you want me to build the Lego plans for you and I'll try it out.

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Post by Paradox » May 12th, 2011, 11:00 am

TheJuggler wrote:Send me the Lego plans, or the burr tools model if you want me to build the Lego plans for you and I'll try it out.
I have built a prototype out of Lego, but it's a bit rough around the edges.

I'm going to try a basic wood prototype with beveled edges to allow smoother movement, then hopefully that'll make it more user puzzler friendly. :)

I need to buy a Dremel now...

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Re: Oli's Packing Puzzle

Post by TheJuggler » May 13th, 2011, 5:28 pm

Hi Oli,

Here's a piece of advice. Depending on what you're doing, don't buy a dremel! You'd be better off buying a router. Even a fairly cheap router will in the long run be better than a dremel.

I bought the most powerful dremel I could here in the US, and it's not a patch on the one I had in the UK, but also no dremel will have the power of a router for wood working. If you want some thoughts or advice let me know. I'm assuming that the dremel was to bevel the edges of the pieces, but that's a pretty big assumption on my part ;)

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Post by Paradox » May 13th, 2011, 7:19 pm

Your pretty big assumption is pretty much spot on. :)

Do you have any suggestions on what I should go for? I'm pretty clueless in this field. I'm very unlikely to need anything major, all I'll need to do is cut, shape and bevel relatively soft woods.

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Re: Oli's Packing Puzzle

Post by Alimorris » May 29th, 2011, 11:29 pm

Oli I think you may need to pop over to mine for a day.
We will give it a go with my tools if you like.

I agree with Neil, a dremel is not the the way forward.
Push, pull, twist, slide...........open! :)

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Post by Paradox » May 30th, 2011, 2:36 pm

Alimorris wrote:Oli I think you may need to pop over to mine for a day.
We will give it a go with my tools if you like.

I agree with Neil, a dremel is not the the way forward.
Sounds like a plan!

I'm currently playing around with an oscillating saw to see how I get on. It's promising but I need a lot more practice with it to get nice cuts.

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Re: Oli's Packing Puzzle

Post by maztec » February 12th, 2013, 1:25 am

Okay, what happened to this project? :)

And easier to chamfer the edges with a hand plane.

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