I turned a QJ Pyraminx into a Junior Pyraminx

Yes, it's a trivial puzzle, but it is the number two part of a series...

However, unlike my 1x1x1 Cube, building it was not a trivial process. I will explain it further this weekend, but for now, it is past 3am, I've got class in the morning, and I need sleep...

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-1cvdgqJbI

Very nice work Stardust. I like it a lot.

Thanks for the kind words. I'll give an update on how I made it this weekend. I desperately need sleep right now...

Zzzzz...

Nice puzzle! I really like that it is'nt that hard to solve

This combined with a Pyramorphix would be an awesome little puzzle. Great job!

Alex

I just wanted to let everybody know that I have documented the build process, and the photostream is available on Flickr in it's entirety!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30203515@N ... 471020712/

Screenshot of photostream


Fruits of my Labor (Two QJ Pyraminxes). The Order-3 Pyraminx at the bottom of the photo is an original Meffert's DIY. It's my favorite Pyraminx. I could never hack such a wonderful puzzle!

Nice one... looks soooo cute!
Excellent building guide too!

And finally, my Space Pyramid won't feel lonely any more!






Pantazis

Nice space theme. I just wanted to own a puzzle that actually functions the way the Pyramorphix looks!

I want to make one of these now! Great idea and work.

Go for it! I probably won't be making any more of these for a while. I was absolutely amazed that the pop-out triangles were as interchangeable as they were. On the first Pyraminx I butchered two of the octahedrons trying to bisect them at the corners. That would divide the face up into thirds, and the seams could be hidden under the tile. I didn't even realize the walls popped out, because the heat of the cutting wheel fused everything (after all, it is thermoplastic). Once I popped the pieces out and discovered how symmetrical the triangular holes were, everything worked out beautifully!

Long time we didn't see Adam Zamora here, but we are never forgetting him
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4447

Yeah, that was one year before I came to the forums.

I have searched for the terms "Junior Pyraminx" to no avail. Mainly I made this puzzle as a completion of the Platonic face-turning puzzles: I now have onesies for tetrahedron, octahedron, cube, and dodecahedron. The dodecahedron was a D12 with leftover center tiles from the Holey Minx. My two 1x1x1 cubes are a black 24mm D6 and a crap tiny 3x3x3 with Cubesmith 2x2x2 tiles, and I now have several "onesie" tetrahedrons and octahedrons from my mod project.

I have junior and standard versions of the octahedron (Skewb Diamond, FTO), cube (Eastsheen 2x2x2, Rubik's 3x3x3), and dodecahedron (Flowerminx, Megaminx). And I have higher order versions of all those except the Octahedron. Hopefully pretty soon, I'll have Oskar's Icosaix as well. The Junior Pyraminx is the only Junior version of a face-turning puzzle that is completely trivial, so I sought out to make one.

It's a lot like how other forum members have made 1x1xN to fill in holes in their cuboid collection. I want to lay them out in a grid formation by order and geometry.