Bamboozle Hexsticks is a puzzle based on the "
diamond twin" geometry, first discovered by
Fritz Laves in 1932. The puzzle is a tribute to the
Hectix puzzle that was invented by Steward Coffin and Bill Cutler. Wheras both puzzles are build from hexagonal rods, Hectix is based on the regular diamond geometry. The puzzle is named after the
Bamboozle math-art sculpture by father+son Koos & Tom Verhoeff from 2012, which includes the explanation "The group has no reflections; the structure is not mirror symmetric. However, the empty space surrounding the triangles has the mirror image as structure; that is, a mirror image of the structure can be nicely woven through the structure itself". This is nicely illustrated assembling the green and red puzzles separately, and then put the two together into a single puzzle.
Watch the
YouTube video.
Read at the
Shapeways Forum.
Read more at the
Non-Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Please order a 3D-printed do-it-yourself puzzle kit from Shapeways at this page (check with Oskar about screws and stickers), or
contact Oskar directly if you are interested in obtaining a fully colored, stickered and assembled sample of this puzzle.