Hey! This thing is still a Work in Progress.
Files, instructions, and other stuff might change!
Boltex: Bolt maze meets cryptex, kind of...
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Published on January 12, 2013
This thing can be customized with MakerBot Customizer!
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Description
Update: just found this thingiverse.com/thing:1481
which is a more original version of this thing... very cool and I wish had found it sooner!
Don't hate the bolt maze- embrace the bolt
maze!
An outer tube (with parameterized accents) protects an inner chamber which can be revealed by solving the underlying bolt maze.
Many folks don't know what a "bolt maze" is... it's not just a pattern of a maze on a bolt! To remove the bolt's nut you must rotate and translate the nut (which has a pin, not a thread) through the maze. It's surprisingly hard to do!
This contraption is a bolt maze proper with a nut attached to an outer tube which protects the hollow inards of the bolt. At 75% full build space of a Rep1 the chamber easily stores a cache of M&Ms or other small candies- great fun for kids, although, the default maze (see .scad) is a bit difficult for the 6 and under crowd. (i.e., they're more likely to simply crack the thing apart)
which is a more original version of this thing... very cool and I wish had found it sooner!
Don't hate the bolt maze- embrace the bolt
maze!
An outer tube (with parameterized accents) protects an inner chamber which can be revealed by solving the underlying bolt maze.
Many folks don't know what a "bolt maze" is... it's not just a pattern of a maze on a bolt! To remove the bolt's nut you must rotate and translate the nut (which has a pin, not a thread) through the maze. It's surprisingly hard to do!
This contraption is a bolt maze proper with a nut attached to an outer tube which protects the hollow inards of the bolt. At 75% full build space of a Rep1 the chamber easily stores a cache of M&Ms or other small candies- great fun for kids, although, the default maze (see .scad) is a bit difficult for the 6 and under crowd. (i.e., they're more likely to simply crack the thing apart)
Instructions
1. Print (2 or so shells work best for the overhangs)
2. Tear off the thin first layer support (it can be a tall build)
3. Store something inside the inner tube's chamber
4. Solve the bolt maze to close... repeat (in reverse) to open.
The model can also be printed as a monolith with the outer tube printed in situ, as it were.
N.B., the Customizer app doesn't render the accents correctly (CGAL?) but they're in there!
2. Tear off the thin first layer support (it can be a tall build)
3. Store something inside the inner tube's chamber
4. Solve the bolt maze to close... repeat (in reverse) to open.
The model can also be printed as a monolith with the outer tube printed in situ, as it were.
N.B., the Customizer app doesn't render the accents correctly (CGAL?) but they're in there!
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Boltex: Bolt maze meets cryptex, kind of... by seedwire is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
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