Hi Shapeways fans,

Floppy 2x2x2 is a tribute to Katsuhiko Okamoto's brilliant and award-winning Floppy Cube. It turns in unexpected ways, very different from a conventional Rubik's Cube. Yet, the mechanism is very similar.

Watch the YouTube clip.
Buy at my Shapeways Shop.
Read more at the Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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[Updated on: Sun, 03 October 2010 15:19 UTC]

Hey everyone,

I finally got around to ordering these in the proper material : steel.
(I goofed up earlier orders, either forgot items, or ordered wrong materials..) Anyhow, here they are :

Eardrops



Eardrops II



Up Quark



Enjoy !

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I proudly present my "Tetrahedral Twins" puzzle which I got from Shapeways yesterday:







Watch the video on youtube
Shapeways model page

[Updated on: Tue, 19 January 2010 19:09 UTC]

Hi everyone,

I have received a few more prints

First an oldie :

Hypotrochoid Gears



It's so cool, to see ones warped mind in reality
It is quite tricky to put together, but it works perfectly !
The tolerances also worked out very well. But I think a steel version will always need some extra care to fits it snugly.

TriMatrix black (special unlimited sponsor edition)




Entangled Love



More of a brainfart/colortest kinda thingy.


And last but certainly not least :

Strange Quark




Hope you enjoy them as much as I do !

Vritox / Stijn

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Hi Shapeways fans,

Floppy 2x2x3 is a tribute to Katsuhiko Okamoto's brilliant and award-winning Floppy Cube. Floppy 2x2x3 works like a normal 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube, but with two faces completely removed.

Watch Floppy 2x2x3 at YouTube.
Read more at the Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Buy Floppy 2x3x3 from my Shapeways Shop.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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[Updated on: Sun, 03 October 2010 15:19 UTC]

Hi Shapeways fans,

Bram's Rocket has seven cubes moving through a frame. The object is to get all colors right. The design is an idea by Bram Cohen, hence the name of this puzzle.

Watch the YouTube video.
Read more at the Twisty Puzzle Forum.
Buy the puzzle from my Shapeways Shop.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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[Updated on: Sun, 03 October 2010 15:22 UTC]

Got my first objects and are happy with them:

I had ordered two objects made from Strong White Flexible. Against a recommendation I read, both objects have a wall thickness of less than, but almost, 1 mm. They were withstanding careful handling up to now - actually they still make a strong & flexible impression. The starfish object is hollow and has openings at the top and at the bottom - however the production powder didn't find it's way out through the tiny about 1 mm sized tunnels of the starfish arms - hence the thing is stuffed with powder ;o)

Click

or see:

[Updated on: Wed, 30 December 2009 21:23 UTC]

A bit late to order them now, but here are some photos of my puzzle Christmas ornaments. These are made from 3 identical pieces which surprisingly interlock to form a (hollow) octahedron.



I didn't design them as Christmas Ornaments, but I realized suddenly that the color I had dyed them and the holes make for perfect ornaments with no modifications required! It is too bad Shapeways doesn't offer dying in red or green ...

Here is a link to my shop.

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[Updated on: Sun, 20 December 2009 19:12 UTC]

Hi Shapeways fans,

Slice Kilominx is Bram Cohen's variation on David Litwin's Kilominx idea. In this twisty puzzle, bands of ten corners are turned around the inner sphere.

Watch the YouTube clip
Buy the puzzle
Read more at the Twisty Puzzles Forum
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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[Updated on: Sun, 03 October 2010 15:22 UTC]

Hey all!

I just got a couple of other models I wanted to share with you!

Here are some of my christmas tree balls:





and here some pics of the f4cetttt ring, also made into a co-creator template.





Hope you like it, and enjoy the next xmas days. Looks like we'll have have some snow this year!
Cheers,
Mendel

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Hi Shapeways fans,

H-Cube is a twisty puzzle, related to the Rubik's Cube. It is possible to turn the H as a whole, its two legs and its four leg ends.

Watch the YouTube clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0HSP0L9M8s

Buy the puzzle:
http://www.shapeways.com/model/60704/h_cube.html

Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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[Updated on: Sun, 03 October 2010 15:22 UTC]

Hi Shapeways fans,

Distorted Cube is a Rubik's Cube that has its faces set at 92 degrees. As a consequence of this distortion, it turns differently from a doctrinaire Rubik's Cube. For the experts: this puzzles jumbles.

Watch YouTube clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPH4S_zI1YM

Buy the puzzle
http://www.shapeways.com/model/48676/distorted_cube.html

Look at the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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[Updated on: Sun, 03 October 2010 15:23 UTC]

Hello,

I received a lot of models this week.
Here is a global first picture:

I will spoke of the Frankenstein prototypes and the Euro-ring later, in seperate posts (I have a lot of pictures).

For now let have a look at the Inclusions:
It is a tetrahedron surrounding an octahedron surrounding an icosahedron. It is wireframed (so that you can see what is inside ).

These polyhedron are sharing their triangular faces:
- 8 of the 20 faces of the icosahedron are on the octahedron
- 4 of the 8 faces of the octahedron are on teh tetrahedron.
All the vertices of an included polyhedron are located on the edges of the polyhedron that includes it. They divide the edges in the middle or with the golden ratio.
A video is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si2PCpJkXdg

The IcosidodecaLink is composed of 5 links that form a kind of wireframed icosidodecahedron.

The links are moving freely (even though they cannot move a lot). It is not brunnian
Here is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OazvO7wWFk

And the last model I will discuss here is the Spiral Ring.

There are several models looking like this one available in other shops. This one is quite simple: it is composed of only one thread (2 mm of diameter), and is enough flexible to have an internal diameter from 18 to 20 mm. It is perhaps too thick to act as a ring though. I am wondering if it can do a small decorative object in Stainless Steel...
And the related video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xURk6RyKZ_c
More news on Monday hopefully...
Bye,

Magic.

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Hi Shapeways fans,

Kilominx is a twisty puzzle, similar to a Rubik's Cube. The object of this dodecahedral puzzle is to scramble and then solve it. There exist already several versions of Kilominx in the world. What is special about this version is that, by using Computer Aided Design, the gaps between the pieces are minimized.

Buy at
http://www.shapeways.com/model/50089/kilominx.html

Watch YouTube clip at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixixl2bM-v4

Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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[Updated on: Sun, 03 October 2010 15:23 UTC]

Hi Shapeways fans,

Big Chop is a twisty puzzle like Rubik's Cube. It was named by Bram Cohen. The object of the puzzle is tor scramble the 120 pieces and try to turn them back. Twisty puzzle fans will be horrified to learn about the mechanism. There is a steel ball inside and all pieces have magnets that hold them around the ball. There is also a pedestal to support the puzzle. A special tool is needed to turn the puzzle.

Buy the puzzle. Or perhaps not, given its awkward operation.
http://www.shapeways.com/model/65458/big_chop.html

Watch the YouTube clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKXnI7ed0ZE

Look at the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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[Updated on: Sun, 03 October 2010 15:23 UTC]

Gharspory has come out clean. He becomes the next entrant in my semi-hideous creatures line up. Artifact noise courtesy cheap phone & 8-bit png.

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As a test, I designed a 1x2x3 puzzle with just 1mm thick walls. The thin walls would allow for a very low price.

And to my surprise, it works absolutely fine, even the screw hole which is also just 1mm thick does what it is supposed to do.

The parts:


Twisting a 1x3 face:


Twisting a 1x2 face:


Shop item (¤25, $30)

Right now the puzzle cannot be scrambled as I still need to add some stickers and colour the pieces, but when it is completely finished this is what it will be like:



I can also offer an assembled, stickered (and optionally black coloured) puzzle for $40-$50 (depending on the amount of requests) + shipping. Please contact me (tom@tomvanderzanden.nl) if you are interested in this option.

[Updated on: Sun, 25 October 2009 11:10 UTC]

For my own (well my wife's) use I ordered three of my personal favorites:

Ring - Wirl:

http://www.shapeways.com/model/43733/ring___wirl.html



This ring really works in the Stainless Steel material. It looks very nice even without any polishing. On top of that I hear it is very comfortable to wear, because of the round shapes.


Ring - Columns 2:

http://www.shapeways.com/model/46014/ring__columns_2.html





Looking at the produced model I somehow get a "just-dug-up" Roman feel. I still like it, but my wife finds it to masculine. So I will make one for myself in 20mm.


Ring - Orbit:

http://www.shapeways.com/model/46013/ring___orbit.html



My "not-a-round-ring" design. I just turned out very nice. The 9 balls provide the fit.

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"It arrived", Some time ago!

But I've only just got around to posting some images.

Here's a small keepsake my daughter made for a friends wedding.

I think this is the sort of thing Shapeways have in mind with the 'Co-Creator Platform'. Personalised items that you wouldn't have in your shop for general sale (as no-one else would want it).

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Original and hires image: http://www.omcdesign.com/?design=712

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Dewy arrived in super fast time here in Melbourne Australia.

Excellent detail from Shapeways (unfortunately blurred by my camera phone and dubious photo taking skills below).

The material is very easy to paint on. It's been many years since I painted anything 3d (last thing was a Disney plaster model as a kid), so this was a hopeful experiment on my behalf.

And yes, despite the lard, he stands. If you think this guy is ugly, wait until you see the creature he's firing at.

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After some wrestling with the minimum wall thickness, I got my 1:500 scale Bowshock starfighter (should work okay with Star Wars space battles minis) and a 1:1000 scale space yacht today. I had gotten the fighter printed in 1:1000 scale from printapart a few weeks ago and while it was correct, it was too small at that scale for handling in a tabletop gaming situation. I scaled that up and printed it here and I am pleased with the results. The space yacht printed fine the first time, but then it's a pretty solid simple shape overall. I've got the flight stand holes nailed down pretty well too now.

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Pylon Traffic Cone, these cones are really nice! : http://omcdesign.com/index.php?design=706

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Kubet Set, mini stools and the little table arrives! Learn more at : http://omcdesign.com/index.php?design=609

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Received my first order today. I sent off two versions of the same pendant to just get an idea what the final version would look like.



Its rather small (3cm) , but you can see what its supposed to look like, and what came out of the machine. Over all, I'm fairly happy, I have to make the fine details wider and more distinct on the final product.

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[Updated on: Mon, 05 October 2009 22:24 UTC]

Hi Shapeways fans,

Connected Cubes 2x2x2 are two 2x2x2 Rubik's Cubes that are connected by a gearing mechanism. This way, if you turn one of the faces of one cube, a face of the other cube follows.

Watch the YouTube clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e87slW-jP2s

Buy the puzzle:
http://www.shapeways.com/model/54533/connected_cubes_2x2x2.h tml

Look at the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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[Updated on: Sun, 03 October 2010 15:23 UTC]

This is a new puzzle which uses pieces that are joined spheres. There are four puzzle pieces, and the goal is to assemble them into an octahedron (below). Looking at the pieces, this does not look possible! Three of the pieces are shaped like screws, and the fourth looks like a Y.



This puzzle seems actually to be not that difficult, but perhaps I am biased. It is rather surprising that the final pieces interlock, meaning that the whole puzzle holds itself together. I have been unable to successfully assemble this puzzle when made out of wood, it breaks. However WSF comes to the rescue, and with a little flex and force, the final piece pops into place. For this reason the puzzle cannot be ordered made from any other material.

These pieces are hollow. The spheres are 12mm in diameter and the walls are only 1mm thick. I had to put in some holes, and I decided to put in more than necessary. Some people like the look of these "holey pieces", others do not. The next photo shows some other puzzles from my shop, one of which is made from even larger hollow spheres (16mm diameter).



One cool thing I didn't realize before printing it is that the final assembled puzzle makes a great top.



See more my designs at poly puzzles.

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[Updated on: Thu, 17 September 2009 16:49 UTC]

Well this was ordered by my office from shapeways. It arrived a day late and miss shaped thanks to UPS but I can fix the shape. Other then that, looks great. So far they are happy with it.

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