Twisted Torus Unit
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Published on August 3, 2010
Description
This is George Hart's reconstruction of a 16th-c. wooden puzzle, currently in the Schloss Ambras Museum. Print out 76 units and reconstruct the original! A full description is available at georgehart.com/rp/torzle/torzle.html.
Instructions
I've scaled the basic unit to be a reasonable size in millimeters. You may want to go somewhat smaller to reduce print times.
The other files diagram how to assemble the entire piece.
Attribution goes to George Hart, not to myself. Please credit George Hart and include a link to the source if redistributing:
georgehart.com/rp/torzle/torzle.html
The other files diagram how to assemble the entire piece.
Attribution goes to George Hart, not to myself. Please credit George Hart and include a link to the source if redistributing:
georgehart.com/rp/torzle/torzle.html
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jballard
on
November 8, 2010
said:
I have 25 of the 76 printed, doing them in 25 part batches, last batch will be 30. I dont see how the loop will close without modification, or without heating the last one up...
Any hints?
dcb
on
August 4, 2010
said:
I saw this on boingbong and immediately thought it should be on thingiverse. Well done.
themitch22
on
August 4, 2010
said:
probably a good part for a conveyor belt platform. Would it print on it's side so I could squeeze a few on one platform?
Lenbok
on
August 4, 2010
said:
(Also, see http://www.thingiverse.com/thi... for another of George's constructions)
Lenbok
on
August 4, 2010
said:
Cool! Photo of one printed and assembled?
I have printed out George's twenty piece puzzle and tried to get the puzzle-heads at my work to put it together, but so far they haven't got anywhere!
License
We closed the loop by cheating. One link is not like the others. :)