Oskar Puzzles

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Oskar Puzzles offers mechanical puzzles and objects that can only exist thanks to 3D printing technologies. All designed by M. Oskar van Deventer.  Since 1978, he has been creating hundreds of mechanical puzzles, making him one of the world's most prolific designers. Several of his innovative designs are commercially available, including Oskar's Cube, a metal maze cube that is completely hollow inside.

Check out Oskar's YouTube channel (Youku for China) for his latest creations or join his official fan club.

Order 3D-printed do-it-yourself puzzle kits from Shapeways at this page (and check with Oskar about screws and stickers), or contact Oskar directly if you want to buy a fully dyed, assembled and stickered puzzle.

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Ambigear Cube
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Ambigear Cube combines the gearing mechanism of the Geared 1x1x4 with a regular 4x4x4 Rubik's Cube.
 
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Plugged Dice
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Plugged Dice is a 60x60x60 mm cube puzzle (same size as Rubik's). It was suggested by Fred Horn. The object is to insert the eight plugs. This is q...
 
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Total Eclipse - Metal
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Total Eclipse is a spherical cage with two rings inside. The object is to get the two rings out. That is difficult, as each of the rings is solving...
 
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Tracker Ball
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Tracker Ball is based on an idea by Bram Cohen. Tracker ball is a twisty puzzle that looks nothing like a Rubik's Cube. It has one big spherical ge...
 
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Rototribute
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Rototribute is a tribute to David Pitchers award-winning Rotoprism 2 puzzle. The two puzzles look the same. However, whereas Dave's implementation ...
 
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Alternating Cube
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Alternating Cube was suggested by Bram Cohen at the Twisty Puzzles Forum as follows: "Hey Oskar, can you design a 2x2x2 which must alternate clockw...
 
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PantaBram
by Oskar_van_Deventer
PantaBram is Bram Cohen's variation to PantaCube, which is Oskar's variation to Pantazis Houlis' Cubedron. The puzzles has five pyramids that slide...
 
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Kilominx
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Kilominx is an idea by David Litwin. He built his first Kilominx as a mod of a commercial Megaminx puzzle. The object of this puzzle is the same as...
 
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Number Planet
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Number Planet is a twisty puzzle based on the Mathieu 12 group. Rubik enthousiasts will discover that they need a new solving approach to tackle th...
 
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Jumble Rock
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Jumble Rock is a jumbling twisty puzzle with an unusual geometry. Can you tell what it is? Watch the YouTube video. Please contact Oskar directly...
 
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Jumble Pebble
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Jumble Pebble is yet another jumbling puzzle in the vein of Meteor Madness, Astroid Attack and Big Boulder. However, the geometry of this jumbling ...
 
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Deeper Madness
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Deeper Madness is a deeper-cut version of More Madness. It has a "deeper-than-deep-origin" mechanism, like Dave Pitcher's award-winning Rotoprism 2...
 
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Void 5x5x5
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Void 5x5x5 a variation of Okamoto's award-winning Void Cube, a Rubik's Cube with missing centers. This version is completely hollow as well, and it...
 
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Gear Snake
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Gear Snake is a concatenation of four 2x2x2 Rubik's Cubes. The puzzle is build around four commercial 2x2x2 Eastsheen cubes. Because of the gears, ...
 
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Jumble Diamond
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Jumble Diamond is a jumbling twisty puzzle with an unusual geometry. Can you tell what it is? Watch the YouTube video. Read at the Shapeways Forum...
 
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Rotabram
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Rotabram is a Doug-Engel-style flat twisty puzzle, conceived and designed by Bram Cohen and me. When parts are turned, the small gears are changing...
 
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Shift Cube FLAWED VERSION
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Shift Cube extends the concept of a 2x2x4 Rubik's Tower. Additional to functioning like a regular 2x2x4, there is also a shift move, which moves di...
 
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Geared Mixup
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Geared Mixup is a twisty-puzzle design requested by many people. When playing the original Gear Cube (Caution Cube), players can only make half tur...
 
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Irreversible Cube
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Irreversible Cube is based on an idea by Christoph Lohe: "It is just a 2x2x2 Cube, however, with the following constrains: - only clockwise quarte...
 
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Even Less Gears! CAUTION EDGES ONLY
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Even Less Gears is a variation of my Gear Cube and Gear Cube Extreme, both produced by Mefferts.com. Gear Cube is a Rubik's Cube with 12 geared edg...
 
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Double Dino
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Double Dino was suggested by Joan Fons. It combines the operation of two half Dino Cubes at both ends, and a 1x3x3 Floppy Cube mechanism in the mid...
 
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Gear Octahedron
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Gear Octahedron is a variation to the Gear Cube. Where Gear Cube has 6 gears, this one has 24. Watch the YouTube videoRead more at the Twisty Puz...
 
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Gear Skewb READ INSTRUCTIONS
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Gear Skewb is based on the well-known tetrahedral/octahedral Skewb geometry. Twenty-four gears guide the rotation of this puzzle. Watch the YouTub...
 
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Bram's Cube
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Bram's Cube is an idea by Bram Cohen to add eight gears to a 2x2x2 Rubik's Cube. When the top is turned by a quarter, the gears turn by one eight. ...
 
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Gear Shift
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Gear Shift is based on an idea by Bram Cohen. This puzzle has eight gears around a cube. All gears can turn together. But it is also possible to pu...
 
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Gift Cube
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Gift Cube is a fully functional Rubik's Cube with a spherical cavity inside. When solved, one layer comes off and the content can be removed from ...
 
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Geared 5x5x5 READ INSTRUCTIONS
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Geared 5x5x5 is a higher-order variation to the Gear Cube. A set of gears make an inner layer turn at half the speed of an outer layer. This way, t...
 
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Connected Cubes 2x2x2
by Oskar_van_Deventer
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 ...
 
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Caution Cube
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Caution Cube is a twisty puzzle like Rubik's Cube. Its edges have gears that connect opposite faces. Apply extreme caution when solving this novel...
 
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Uncanny Cube
by Oskar_van_Deventer
This twisty puzzle is an idea of Bram Cohen. The puzzle has an uncanny resemblance with a Rubik's Cube, but it has a twist. It has only five rotati...
 
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H-Cube
by Oskar_van_Deventer
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. If you get th...
 
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Fairly Twisted
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Fairly Twisted is a twisty puzzle that defies all rules. It has seven turning faces, eleven edges and seventeen corners. It has some local five-, f...
 
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Slice Kilominx
by Oskar_van_Deventer
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 s...
 
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Illegal Cube
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Illegal Cube is a puzzle that should not be allowed to exist. This 'cube' has two corners and three edges too many, and two pentagonal faces. Still...
 
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Redi Cube
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Redi Cube is a twisty puzzle, similar to Rubik's Cube. Here, the pieces turn around the cube corners. For the experts: the mechanism has some simi...
 
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Fadi Cube
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Fadi Cube is a twisty puzzle like Rubik's Cube. It is an attempt to use other than conventional slices to make a twisty puzzle. At first sight, it ...
 
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Oskar Puzzles offers mechanical puzzles and objects that can only exist thanks to 3D printing technologies. All designed by M.Oskar van Deventer.

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