GigaEarth V 0.9 (The first Gigaball) update

clauswe · **Joined:** Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:05 am

It is more work than I thought.

Before I go in holiday I want update this thread.

First I want thank you all for your comments.
A special thank you to Tony. Without his tips and tricks I saw in his construction videos of balls I never able to do this.

Here is the picture of the Version 0.9. The stickering is finished for nearly 30%.

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With great interest I have read the discuss in Tony's thread (First Gigiminx Mod) about the Gigaball.

Since two weeks I am planning on it. My first attemps with the DIY Kit were not good. They were extremely bad. No I have gone the way, to built a massiv Gigaminx by my own and make it round.

On the picture you see the Version 0.8.

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It is a lot of work to do. The next step is to fill the air bubbles with milliput. After harding and sanding again I will make a video.

For the sticker I need 4 or 5 days. I am planning a very special kind of stickering.

JFDude616 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:39 am

Are you serious! ARE YOU REALLY SERIOUS!!!! AND YOU BEAT TONY FISHER TO IT!!!!!!!!!!!
edit: I really need to start on my mod, before someone makes a VOID GIGAMINX!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

MonkeyZ · **Joined:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:59 pm **Location:** NJ

looks great and amazing! great job

David Calzone · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 8:53 am

Wow Claus! I'm looking forward to seeing this one finished!

RFP · **Joined:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:49 am

I knew it will come :lol:

!!

flambore · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:32 am

Wow Claus, that looks fantastic!!!! Couple of voids to fill in, but otherwise, it's great! I don't have the patience to sand something into a perfect sphere.

olz · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:38 am

teraball anyone?

JFDude616 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:41 am

I think it can be done. Claus has basically altered time and space in the past 2 weeks! What else can he do! :lol:

Tony Fisher · **Joined:** Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:37 pm

Great work as always. I am hoping it will have really good movement otherwise the shape will make it a real pain to move.

philliesrule3690 · **Joined:** Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:25 am

Yeah I agree with Tony, if that thing was a cube4you brand, it would be next to impossible to turn, I hope that it was a good turning gigaminx

TomZ · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:22 am

Excellent!

philliesrule3690 wrote:

Yeah I agree with Tony, if that thing was a cube4you brand, it would be next to impossible to turn, I hope that it was a good turning gigaminx

It's not a C4Y:

clauswe wrote:

Since two weeks I am planning on it. My first attemps with the DIY Kit were not good. They were extremely bad. No I have gone the way, to built a massiv Gigaminx by my own and make it round.

Apollo · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:59 am

WOW, another gem Claus. I think my forearms and hand would be screaming in pain if I did that much sanding. I look forward to seeing it stickered, but I don't envy the stickering process. Beautiful work.

Kapusta · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:50 am

Heh, no way!

looks awesome!

lukeharry · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:33 pm

This is amazing! I do have one question though. Since you casted the gigaminx, wouldn’t it have been easier to round the pieces on cad before you got them printed, Or did you use already existing masters.

RoboticFresca · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:05 pm

So can we expect the Hexaball next week or are we just gonna skip to the petaball? :lol:

Although we'll need the decaball at some point :roll:

clauswe · **Joined:** Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:05 am

I have updated the first post.

Kapusta · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:22 am

Whoa! Awesome stickers, Clause! That's gonna be hell to solve

squabpuzzles · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:56 am

Wow! those are awesome stickers!

Justin · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:21 am

Both the stickers and the puzzle look very challenging to make. They've both turned out great!

I guess the fastest bit to sticker will be the Pacific Ocean

Steryne · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:12 am

Have you calculated how many solved positions their are? Is their a way to accelarate the shifting of the contienents? I know exactly how many different ways I could solve it...0

Tony Fisher · **Joined:** Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:37 pm

Out of this world!

MonkeyZ · **Joined:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:59 pm **Location:** NJ

those continent stickers are awesome i would never even come close of making stickers as perfect as yours AWESOME!

Monopoly · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:27 pm

I love the world stickers! I've always had an obbsession with globe-stickerd twisty puzzles, and this one just screwed all the rest of them! Where did you get the awesome stickers?

RoboticFresca · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:34 pm

This puzzle if full of epicness. I praise thou.

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

definitely the a puzzle that I think is the best fit so far for globe stickers!
Very beautiful, and awesome idea! Seems like much more of a challenge even to the original gigaminx.

flambore · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:42 pm

Wow! I love the globe sticker idea! I collect globe puzzles, so can I have this one?

Awesome job, Claus!

Apollo · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:23 pm

Fantastic Claus. I wonder if Google Earth can find GigaEarth :lol:

. I can not wait to see it completely stickered.

Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:11 am

*speechless*

Frank Tiex · **Posted:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:20 pm

Will you bring it to the DCD?

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