A shallow cut Dino Cube

• Inventor: Aleksandr Ordynets
• Mechanism: Dino Cube
• Patents: SU980739
• Producer: Custom
• Year: 1982
• Original Price: $0.00 USD
• Current Price: No Data

In 1982 Aleksandr Ordynets built a first prototype (see image 4) and filed a patent.
In 2002 Brett Ballow built a near-identical puzzle (see image 5), unaware of Ordynets prototype.
In 2002 Wayne Johnson presented the idea for this puzzle in the forum.
In 2010 Jason Smith redesigned and built this puzzle, unaware of Ordynets prototype, the first completed version presented in the forum.

For some time it was known as "Sausages Cube" (Sausage is the nickname of Wayne Johnson) or is still known as shallow-cut Dino Cube. The latter name describes the puzzle very well. The axis system is identical to the Dino cube but the cuts are more shallow. The leads to a puzzle with exposed core and visible corners. Solving it is comparable to the Rainbow Cube but the corner pieces have a visible orientation in this puzzle.
Piece type signature: HC2[O C1 E3][C1]
Images 1-3 show the sample made by Jason Smith in 2010.
Edge length: 50 mm
Weight: 51 grams

In 1982 Aleksandr Ordynets (inventor of the Moldavian Pyramid) built what seems to be a working prototype. Please refer to image 4 and the link in this entry.
Brett Ballows prototype is shown in image 5.

Thank you to the following people for their assistance in helping collect the information on this page: Andreas Nortmann.

This puzzle can be found in collections of these members:

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