Puzzling Pastimes

My 3D Printing Corner

I decided it was time to stop bothering my friends who had 3d printers, and buy one of my own. Very happy with my decision! I bought a Bambu Lab A1 Mini. I've never used a 3d printer before, and settting it up and using it was a breeze. Very affordable too, considering how much puzzles can cost. I've enjoyed printing puzzles I've found online and have started designing my own using BurrTools and Puzzlecad. I think the size is good for puzzles - rarely have I needed to break something up into multiple plates. I decided to save money and space by not getting the AMS that allows you to print multiple colors automatically. I haven't found that to be an issue, and if I really want to print in multiple colors then I can do that manually. Below are some of the puzzles I have printed so far.

4L Puzzle


Designer Yasuhiro Hashimoto
Modeler brandnewtype
Type Packing

IPP 2015 Jury Honorable Mention

Akaki's Picnic puzzles


Designer Akaki Kuumeri
Modeler Akaki Kuumeri
Type Packing

Whenever I get a new color filament, I print another food item.

Casino


Designer Volker Latussek
Modeler dillman
Type Packing

IPP 2018 Puzzle of the Year

Change the Seasons


Designer Arthur L. Smith
Modeler Justin Brown
Type Sliding

Appeared in Sept 1942 issue of Popular Science. G1 in Hordern’s book.

Cheesed Off


Designer Justin Brown
Modeler Justin Brown
Type Tanglement

Drawers Puzzle


Designer Justin Brown
Modeler Justin Brown
Type Sequential Movement

Ennui


Designer László Molnár
Modeler Printable Puzzle Project
Type TIC

FantasTIC


Designer Andrew Crowell
Modeler Justin Brown
Type TIC

Four Keys


Modeler Justin Brown
Type Tanglement

Based on Hoffmann puzzle

Galette


Designer Osanori Yamamoto
Modeler Jerry Lee
Type Packing

Interlock 3


Modeler Justin Brown
Type Interlocking

Knotty 6


Designer Yavuz Demirhan
Modeler Printable Puzzle Project
Type Interlocking

Lattice Cube


Modeler Justin Brown
Type Interlocking

Liliput


Designer Christoph Lohe
Modeler Printable Puzzle Project
Type Interlocking

Magic Drawers


Designer Tadao Muroi and Marcel Gillen.
Modeler mtairymd
Type Caged Burr

Also known as Piston Box, Internal Combustion, and Pandora's Box

NumLock


Designer Goh Pit Khiam
Modeler Justin Brown
Type Sequential Movement

Number Blocks


Designer Goh Pit Khiam
Modeler Genius06
Type Sliding

IPP 2015 Honorable Mention

Panex Junior


Designer Oskar van Deventer
Modeler Oskar van Deventer
Type Sliding

Simplified version of the Panex puzzle, invented by Toshio Akanuma. I slightly modified it so I could print with just 2 colors.

Print-in-Place Hinged Dissection


Designer Henry Dudeney
Modeler jonco223
Type Dissection

Hinged dissection of a square into a triangle pictured in Dudeney's 1907 book The Canterbury Puzzles

Six T


Designer Volker Latussek
Modeler sennes
Type Packing

Sweet 16


Designer Dave Crabbe
Modeler Dave Crabbe
Type Disassembly

THINK


Modeler Justin Brown
Type Assembly

Modeled after a mid-century Japanese wooden puzzle.

Tenchi


Designer Frederic Boucher
Modeler Justin Brown
Type Interlocking

Must pack the pieces so they do not fall out.

Three-Piece Block


Designer Stewart Coffin
Modeler Printable Puzzle Project
Type Assembly

TuTu


Designer Volker Latussek
Modeler brandnewtype
Type Packing

Wedding Ring Box


Modeler Justin Brown
Type Puzzle Box

Based on puzzle from Hoffmann