My name is Patricio, I'm Chilean, I'm 25 years old and I'm an engineering student.
I like twisted puzzles and spinning tops, although I'm not very good at doing tricks, the only trick I know how to do is the boomerang.
Lately I have been working on a project that joins my two hobbies, I hope to be delivering images of each advance in this same publication.
I attach some images below,
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How much can it be scrambled? I can see that planes can be rotated but it's difficult for me to visualize further scrambling.
If you ever are successful I want one! I think you could make it into a commercial product if you pursue it. If not, I would like at least the files to 3D print one.
Welcome to the forum, Patricio! I think you are the first one posting from Chile.
mailman wrote:
"twisted puzzles" I wonder if Patricio is referring to a Rubik's cube. ....
He is also in another forum that I happen to be in : twistypuzzles.com
And yes the Rubik's cube is by far the most famous twisty puzzle but there are literally thousands more.
A definition found here: Twisty PuzzlesA three dimensional twisty puzzle is usually made of a set of pieces that can change their position through a group of operations, obtaining different combinations. Physically, the rearrangement of positions is done through the rotation (twist) of some pieces around a point of the polyhedron (which may represent one of the pieces of the puzzle), which is usually located at the center of a face or a corner.
Often the puzzle pieces have one or more colors and the solved state is represented by the position in which each face of the polyhedron contains pieces of a single color.
In the broader world of tops, nothing's everything! — Jeremy McCreary
Thank you very much for your comments and the welcome you have given me.
It is indeed a Rubik's cube in the shape of a spinning top, so it is not solved by colors but by the shapes of the pieces (once it is mixed).
As for the spinning is something I still have to investigate, but my idea is that it can spin as a spinning top as well. I think I will implement some features that modern cubes have, an internal anti-pop system and magnets in order to make it as stable as possible.
For now I am making the hub caps and I have to consider the millimeters needed for the holes where the screws will pass through.
I am designing it in Onshape, the truth is that there are several steps, but the program is quite intuitive, with the help of tutorials on the web I have helped me a lot.
My idea is that this project can reach the market if I'm lucky, but if not I will gladly share the file (I still have to finish of course).
I got Calvin's Puzzle to mass produce my 2x4x6 Fisher modification, I guess if I present a good prototype and if I have the support of both forums maybe they will consider mass producing it too.
The truth would be a dream come true since I had thought of this project before the 2x4x6 Fisher.
I got Calvin's Puzzle to mass produce my 2x4x6 Fisher modification.....
Maybe you could post a link here where people can buy it, or at least have a look to know what it is all about. Even better would be a short video that is showing your 2x4x6 Fisher modification in action. (Be warned Patricio, some people here are blaming me that I would give homework to others that I myself would never do! Of course that is not even 90% true.)
In the broader world of tops, nothing's everything! — Jeremy McCreary
Jeremy McCreary wrote:
Best of luck in this project! If you could add functioning top to this puzzle's resume, I'd buy one for sure.
PS: Will also look into Onshape.
That sounds great!
CUPER wrote:
Bienvenido al foro y mundo trompos saludos cordiales de Guadalajara México
Muchas gracias, saludos !!!
ortwin wrote:
Maybe you could post a link here where people can buy it, or at least have a look to know what it is all about. Even better would be a short video that is showing your 2x4x6 Fisher modification in action.
Sure, no problem.
It is a cuboid but is sold in three different designs:
Rubik Top (Hybrid Toy Project)
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