This is the last mass producible puzzle I will migrate across from LJ before the mad Chrissy rush... originaly published on Sep 15, 2021 as Learning another type of “Tolerance”.
Anyone interested, files can be downloaded from my cloud storage… if for no other reason, it contains measurements that may be obscure in this blog.
Note:- All pieces are the same, so you could stack cut the three on a scroll saw if you haven't got a laser... and if you bugger it up, be it known you've buggered up the entire 3 pieces. However, if you eventually get it right on your 4th attempt, be advised it would have been easier to cut the 3 individually.
I do plan to bring more across, but this is the last one that requires no additional post cutting operation… unless you want to use a lamination method out of 3mm MDF/ply due to laser cutting limitations.
Now let me get back to playing Assassins Creed Mirage,
I take a sadistic pleasure in dishing up my puzzles to those squatters that inhabit my planet without an explicit invitation, however, with over 220 days of C19 lockdown and 72 years of gracing this Earth, I finally managed to get diagnosed with ADHD (mind you, by a questionable source) and draw a fine line between ignorance and arrogance. Consequently I feel that I can now tell myself to get stuffed without recrimination and/or an armpit of a 1,000 camel infestation (another story).
I blundered across this puzzle (yes, another bloody puzzle) that I affectionately labelled Frenchie…
The puzzle is attributed to a Ruskie (I didn't use the "J" word pottzy) bloke by the name of Viktor Genel, however, the puzzle was published on the WEB in French so I was hesitant in calling it a "Russian for a new Puzzle name"… and therefore the froggy moniker stood… furthermore it has the shape of an R solidifying the name of fRenchie (with a silent "f")...
Designed in SketchUp,
based on Victor's photograph,
that had to be reverse engineered as no measurements were provided.
I didn't think it was worth of my "normal" large laminated production, however, downsizing to a single layered 6mm MDF pieces,
it was ideal for a large production,
for another freebie distribution.
To cut a short story long, I gave this puzzle to a visiting 10 yo young-un (all within legal C19 restrictions), who has also been tagged with a legitimate ADHD diagnosis, hoping it might keep him occupied for a few hours.
Whether it was due to lockup or my animal nightie, he didn't seem to give me the respect I expected… hell, my house, my dress.. nevertheless, no retributional respect seemed to be forthcoming.
I gave him some brief instructions and after a few minutes of manipulation by him, he retorted, "it wasn't that difficult"……
Without further consideration, I whispered (loudly), "… smart arse!"…
To which he walked away with a swagger that reeked of disdain, but also a smug satisfaction and the implied arrogance of, I beat your piddly challenge… all he lacked was signalling me "the bird".
Harold, (hates being called Harry, though smirks when I call him H) is now my primary puzzle evaluator and rc, you can now join the antman as a redoned ant.
Using a 1:1 scaled pattern, it can easily be made out of a "3 stack" using a scroll saw.
For anyone interested and familiar with SketchUp, the model is available here.
For those without SketchUp knowledge, you may be able to get some basic measurements off this,
Otherwise, measurements may be provided to anyone interested… however, I will need the thickness of the material you plan to use to customise sizing.
At one stage I went stupid(er) and produced/distributed so many that I was egged into making a brief video about it.
Keep safe, jocks... and your jocks, safe!
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
Earl commented about 3 hours ago new Just looking at your puzzles make my brain cell hurt. I gotta get a CNC or laser. I could make so many intricate pieces.
CNCs are great as they can do 3D which to me is a ++, however, they toss pieces around, especially small ones that are hard to anchor down... I believe the better you anchor them down, the harder they are to extricate. Also the sawdust is a pain... just imagine a router working 100 times faster than you can. Friends have spent more shekels on dust collection that the actual machine... but that's just hear say.
As far as I'm concerned, the main issue with the laser is smoke fumes... especially MDF, though many people avoid it and tend to go for ply as an alternative (or thinner solids). I use MDF not so much as cost, but rather availability. Even C grade ply costs a 3rd mortgage in my locality.
If you do go laser, ensure you can cut at least 3mm, but preferably 6mm and anything above is just icing on the cake.
To get thickness, I use laser cut holes (2mm, 4mm or 6mm) for alignment and have laminated to thickness of 75+mm, here is a good example, so if you can do 3mm, all it'll cost is a shitload of glue and dowels.
I think the main beauty of CNC and lasers is repeatability... hell most of us strive for that and spend fortunes on Incra and 'peckers to achieve that.
Get more inspiration from Splinter... he is spearheading what some may consider the budget spectrum of lasering and what he has achieved/demonstrated is inspirational (I expect a BIG cheque for that Splint, before they are obsoleted).
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
Thanks for that Duck! 🤠 I'm launching a new "bit coin" market and you'll receive a block chain key. To keep it simple, the first key is "password"
Sad thing is each iteration of technology comes faster. By next year all you young'uns will be gloating about some pill you bury next to a tree and all this wood project stuff just grows. The sap oozes out and hardens onto a perfect finish.
Just send your robot out to pluck the bounty and write the project post.
hate to say it, but your change looks a lot like a wanted-reward poster. $1 price on your head, dead or alive? I'd choose alive, easier to bring in to the Sheriff that way .
My laser module is a mere 7watts, not sure it can cut through much. I could cnc router the parts. What is the thickness and type of the material you normally use?
All my puzzle dimensions are driven by the thickness of material I use which is normally 3mm or 6mm. With a lot of my models, the size is immaterial and the files can be provided in vector images which can be resized without loss of definition. However If they have to be resized, it is by factor of 3mm or 6mm converted to your base especially where parts interlock, the gaps for the links has to be the thickness of the material. If I upscale to approx 1", I use 4 layers of 6mm MDF which means I would have to leave 24mm "mortices/gaps". I get thickness from laminating 3mm or 6mm MDF usin dowel alignment holes to prevent (usually minimise) slipage during glue-up.
When I resize a model for imperial conversion, I need to increase so the 6mm gap is now 1/4" (or whatever your nominal thickness) by what would be a factor of 1.0583. This puzzle would be as follows for 6mm and 1/4" respectively,
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
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