Hex Prism 1

flambore · **Posted:** Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:57 am

Another puzzle I had printed from Adam's STL files. This one was a LOT easier to mold than the egg. Still need to do some sanding, and then I need to make some stickers when I get the sticker templates. (hint hint

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This is a really sweet puzzle. I love the shapes this one makes. It's a pretty big puzzle, and heavy! I put a few well-known puzzles in the photos for size comparison.

David Calzone · **Posted:** Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:15 am

That looks great! Did you have an issues with the printed masters?

Vadim · **Posted:** Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:27 am

I love the egg!
Love eggs anyway, just never tried twisting them!

Vadim

flambore · **Posted:** Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:14 am

Calzone- I didn't touch the masters. I copied them, and will be working off the copies. I'm a chicken like that. Actually, I know my boundaries, and sanding is not well within it. The egg, for example- I sanded it down, and now it's loose. The pieces all rattle. So, I now know that I can't just sand the grooves out. I will need to fill the grooves with apoxie, then sand. This puzzle, for example, turns nicely. I didn't do any sanding, I just put it together. It's a *little* tight, but if I sand much at all, it will be loose.

Bounb · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:45 pm

oooooh nice. I really do like this puzzle. I am going to buy the masters asap.

Isn't it the Hex Prism 2 though?
EDIT: No, no, no it isn't, you are right.

flambore · **Posted:** Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:12 pm

Major bump, but it's my thread, and I have an update.

This is actually the puzzle above, which was cast from the rough printed masters. All of these pieces were sanded down, cleaned up, patched in some places, and now Stickered!

I finally got to try out my new sticker cutter, a 12" USCutter Refine. Sweet machine. Anyway, I really need to buy some vinyl in rolls. Those little sheets you get from cubesmith suck. Two or three sticker sets, and the sheet is gone. Well, whatever. I am really happy with how this puzzle turned out, considering it's not from the cleaned up masters. The only thing that isn't so pretty is when the puzzle is scrambled. I didn't take as much time to sand the undersides of the piece, and with a deforming puzzle like this, it's important to have clean internals too. It turns really nice. BTW, the insides are smooth. They just look a little ugly.

Since I cast these pieces, I bit the bullet, and took Adam's (puzzlemaster's) advice and bought the IPS Weld-on. That stuff is fantastic. The masters look and feel great.

Anyway, the pics...

Alonso · **Posted:** Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:15 pm

I love it!!!!

Josh B · **Joined:** Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:19 pm

That's excellent! I love it! I want to make one now..

Thomas · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:18 am

It's beautiful.

Thomas

David Calzone · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:43 am

That really turned out well. Nice job!

ejisfun · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:08 am

What's in the top right of that pic? Is that a wooden pyraminx crystal corner?

flambore · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:03 am

Nope. That's a transparent corner, with transparent stickers (thanks to Hidetoshi). It's a work-in-progress, but believe me, it's a beautiful thing.

Sigurd · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:43 am

thats one impressive 3x3x3 mod!!

Politely Owned · **Joined:** Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:55 pm

ejisfun wrote:

What's in the top right of that pic? Is that a wooden pyraminx crystal corner?

ARG! You beat me to the question!

QUINBLZ · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:42 pm

that is an awesome puzzle

Sjoerd · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:03 am

Really cool one. I always like regular shaped puzzles to transform into another (more or less) regular shape.
Sjoerd

Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:47 am

Cool!
Now build the dual solid!
Oh, wait! That has already been done. Never mind.

flambore · **Posted:** Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:26 am

Here's what the white one looks like. I took a lot more care at making sure the insides of the pieces were clean as well, since when it's scrambled, you can see them. I will probably put this one up on ebay, but I will be selling these as well as the axis cubes. Stay tuned for the Hex Prism 1 waiting list.

(BTW, I purposely stickered them opposite each other, since they're each other's opposite).

Sjoerd · **Posted:** Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:49 am

Beautiful! Nice job on the inside of the pieces, looks way better!

timselkirk · **Posted:** Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:41 am

I really like this. Beautifully executed. I normally prefer black puzzles, but the white one looks really good too.

It is quite similar in geometry to the Radiation cube, just a 15 degree twisty, but looks so different. It is interesting that you say it is quite large and heavy, I think the 15 degree twist adds quite alot to the sides of the prism required to make this on a standard DIY core. The Radiation cube is relatively petite. I must do the Maths to see what the ratio of weight is for the two.

coastercrazy10 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:59 am

Man...another puzzle to save up for. Great work as always, flambore.

-CC10

Mr.Twisty · **Posted:** Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:37 pm

Amazing. Very nicely done. I have always liked the look of white puzzles better.

elijah · **Joined:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:55 am **Location:** WA, USA

Wow! Well, that's three of your puzzles I'm buying now. Great job, I love the white one, absolutely beutiful!

Muffet · **Posted:** Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:44 pm

I am going to go in debt over such wonderful puzzles, great job!

Frank Tiex · **Posted:** Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:56 pm

A very beautiful design.
The white version looks more attractive to me.
This is a shape I haven't ever thought of before for a cube.

Wow!

Frank

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