Has anyone tried to either mill 2D or 3D puzzles? I just got grant funding for materials to make puzzles!!! Hints and suggestions? Anyone want to try one with me for fun and giggles?

Hi,

We have some interesting 'optical illusions' that make 2D machining look like 3D over on the vectric forum,

http://www.vectric.com/vectric/images/tmp/3DBall.jpg

Also see,

http://vectric.com/forum/download.php?id=38
http://vectric.com/forum/download.php?id=37
http://vectric.com/forum/download.php?id=39

Some Mazes that can be machined very quickly at,

http://vectric.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1050#1050
http://vectric.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1971#1971

I hope this might be of interest,

Tony

Hey sounds like a great idea. What have you got in mind?
Skip

I'm not sure if this is what you had in mind but the National SkillsUSA competition for Automated Manufacturing had the students create a nice puzzle in a box at the 2003 competition. I only have a couple of pictures. The 5 small shaped inserts were offset to make it a little more challenging to make.

http://www.great-lakes-training.com/skillsusa/nationals/2003national_part_assy.jpg

http://www.great-lakes-training.com/skillsusa/nationals/2003national_part_closed.jpg

Here's a nice little captive nut that will get people scratching their heads and saying "how on earth..."

I didn't do it, and give full credit to the chap who did- he's a freaking genius if you look at his site it's under "A classic little excersise"

http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Machining/index.html

Here's a nice little captive nut that will get people scratching their heads and saying "how on earth..."

I didn't do it, and give full credit to the chap who did- he's a freaking genius if you look at his site it's under "A classic little excersise"

http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Machining/index.html

Frank Ford looks like he's a banjo player. Banjo players are always trying to put one over on ya!