Ellipsoid Puzzle
by emmett, published
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I'm not sure if this puzzle is easier or harder than its spherical predecessor; please let me know what you think. The internals have been tweaked now so that the outside does not have any major divots. One nice thing about the ellipsoidal shape is that this puzzle won't roll away.
The OpenSCAD file is parameterized to easily customize this design. One way to make it significantly harder is by reducing the tolerance for a tighter fit. You can also view the assembly as an animation to see an exploded view of the parts.
The OpenSCAD file is parameterized to easily customize this design. One way to make it significantly harder is by reducing the tolerance for a tighter fit. You can also view the assembly as an animation to see an exploded view of the parts.
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Printed one with 5% infil and it came out very well. Only downside seems to be that once I got it together - getting it apart was not really an option. I will print another with slightly large tolerances.
Maybe I haven't configured my temperatures correctly, but when I made this on my Solidoodle 2 there were quite a few dropped lines.
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Ellipsoid Puzzle by emmett is licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution - Share Alike license.
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Print three each of the right and left pieces. The multiply feature in skeinforge is handy for this. These print great with zero infill; I use two extra shells and can print all six pieces in less than 1.5 hours on my TOM.
Ellipsoid Puzzle by emmett is licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution - Share Alike license.
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Printed one with 5% infil and it came out very well. Only downside seems to be that once I got it together - getting it apart was not really an option. I will print another with slightly large tolerances.