This is going to be my first installment into what is classified as a “Packing Puzzle”. This was designed by a chappie named Yavuz Demirhan from Turkey and rest assured he is nowhere his 'country of origin' from the clever puzzles he has created.
This was the first packing puzzle I have been exposed to and started me on my pilgrimage to build up my collection.
Started off by reverse engineering it in SketchUp from the advertised pictures downloaded from the Internet,
and created this model,
The pieces are 24mm x 24mm x 12mm, laminated out of 6mm MDF with dowel alignment. The box is out of 3mm MDF and sized to allow 1mm clearance in all 3D.
The clear window was based on the 4mm Perspex I had in my “scrap bin”. This lid was CA’d to the box which is not the most clever design as any oopsies in attempted assembly, resulted in frustrated attempts to extricate the recalcitrant pieces incorrectly inserted due to the tolerances (or lack there off) of the opening in the perspex.
(This has been addressed, but much later on in my packing puzzle discovery timeline.)
With no intention of initially publishing this puzzle, there is an obvious lack of build happy snaps… lucky I have my Fe$tool for the deafening cheers.
The bottom is engraved with my ugly profile and the date the puzzle was created... and of course the name of the puzzle,
The model is available from the 3DW,
and while the solution is included in the model, there is a PDF to walk you through.
While this has been designed for laser cutting out of MDF, if you look at the pictures (here it is again for those that can’t remember them),
It can be made out of solids… however the $60+ price may indicate the effort needed (or maybe the profit margin).
21 down, 59 to go.
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Don’t be crafty Craftisians,... SHARE your craft!
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
Steve Rasmussen Lordy this is a lot of puzzles. I'm sure I'm going to find a few that I'm going to want to build myself.
IF you know SketchUp (or just a very basic knowledge of it) you can resize each puzzle to your preferred dimension and UGH imperial using the "tape" tool. And then draw in the appropriate measurements using the "dimension" tool. Alternatively you might be able to convert the SU model into a CAD you are familiar with.
If push comes to shove, I could change the model to your prefered units and base measurements and create a PDF with dimensions. Would need the puzzles name as there are far too many to do en masse.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
