Hexatanglers
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Puzzle called "Hexatanglers" from the "No Problem Puzzles" Collection
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Model information
- Source
- Printables
- Category
- Puzzles & Brain-teasers
- License
- Creative Commons — Attribution — Noncommercial — NoDerivatives
Hexatangler
A hexatangler is a compound of two V-tricubes with partial overlap. The box has an opening in the centre of the top. The goal is to pack and unpack all six hexatanglers. Planning and out of the box thinking will help to reach the goal.
Printing Instructions
Print the box and 6 of the pieces.
The original box file is hard to print due to the lid, that is why I spit it into 2 parts that can be assembled using pressfit. Just align the 2 halved an push hard.
The piece is also hard to print. My suggestion is to use the cut tool in prusa-slicer to cut into 2 parts and add some connectors for assembly. This worked fine here.
Difficulty
2 out of 5
The Printable Puzzle Project
The Printable Puzzle Project aims to make available high-quality open-source models of many puzzle designs. All of our models are posted with the generous permission of their designers and are licensed for non-commercial use only. Anyone may print copies for their own personal use, but selling or otherwise monetizing them is not permitted, and puzzle designers retain all rights as copyright holders of their work.
Our puzzles are modeled using the open-source puzzlecad library. The .scad file is included with this model in case you want to modify any of its design parameters; more information on how to do this can be found in the PPP Puzzle Modeling tutorial.
The "No Problem Puzzle Collection" contains many puzzles with complicated boxes that would be too hard to model using open-scad. Additionally the original design files for the boxes have been lost due to a hd-fault. That is why these puzzles only contain scad-files for the pieces.
About The Designers
From November 2020 to April 2023 Theo Geerinck and Symen Hovinga collaborated under the trading name of "No Problem Puzzles" to design and produce their puzzles. Many of their unique packing puzzles introduce fascinating features such as moving or sliding doors and elements. These features and the way they behave always add a playful new dimension to the more familiar exercise of packing shapes. Those puzzles could once be purchased through an online printing service. Alternatively, for those who owned a 3D printer the files could be obtained from Symen.
However, after the tragic loss of Symen, purchases through the ‘No Problem Shop’ was no longer possible. Therefore, Theo decided to publish the designs so that everybody can create 3d-printed copies to be enjoyed for personal use.