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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Cooksey Maze
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Cooksey Maze is a maze concept invented by an Englishman named "Mr. Richard Cooksey" in the 1970's. An evolved metal+plastic version with...
 
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Knotted Gear
by Oskar_van_Deventer
These are two knots linked together. The two knots turn though eachother in a gearing motion in a 2x3 ratio. Watch the YouTube video
 
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Knot Cube
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Knot Cube are eight cubes connected by corner hinges, made of nylon "fishing" wire. The object is to make a 2x2x2 cube and various other shapes. W...
 
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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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Ring World
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Ring World is a maze ball. The yellow ball turns around within the black ring. When the ball and the ring are correctly aligned, then the ring+ball...
 
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Cooksey Tribute F
by Oskar_van_Deventer
This is the sixth puzzle out of a series of six. It is a tribute to the Cooksey Maze by Richard Cooksey. See http://www.shapeways.com/model/113356/...
 
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Cooksey Tribute A
by Oskar_van_Deventer
This is the first puzzle out of a series of six. It is a tribute to the Cooksey Maze by Richard Cooksey. See http://www.shapeways.com/model/113356/...
 
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Cooksey Tribute B
by Oskar_van_Deventer
This is the second puzzle out of a series of six. It is a tribute to the Cooksey Maze by Richard Cooksey. See http://www.shapeways.com/model/113356...
 
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Cooksey Tribute C
by Oskar_van_Deventer
This is the third puzzle out of a series of six. It is a tribute to the Cooksey Maze by Richard Cooksey. See http://www.shapeways.com/model/113356/...
 
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Cooksey Tribute D
by Oskar_van_Deventer
This is the fourth puzzle out of a series of six. It is a tribute to the Cooksey Maze by Richard Cooksey. Seehttp://www.shapeways.com/model/113356/...
 
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Cooksey Tribute E
by Oskar_van_Deventer
This is the fifth puzzle out of a series of six. It is a tribute to the Cooksey Maze by Richard Cooksey. See http://www.shapeways.com/model/113356/...
 
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Rising Sun
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Rising Sun is a take-apart puzzle: remove the sun from the cloud. It is like a maze to solve.Watch the YouTube video Read at the Shapeways Forum Re...
 
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Medal
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Now mass-produced by Hanayama! Medal is a mechanical puzzle maze. The object is to turn the two maze plates and to pull the metal apart in four pi...
 
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Simplicity
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Simplicity is the brilliant design of sliding-piece guru Jimmy Stephens from Atlanta. Using a computer search and a genetic algorithm, he discovere...
 
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Connectivity
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Connectivityis a mechanical puzzle maze. The object is to move the five rings from the base of the puzzle to the top. There is a catch: the rings h...
 
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WimTvane
by Oskar_van_Deventer
WimTvane is an object that moves in the wind, being unstable in all directions. It is dedicated to my father, Wim T van Deventer, who turned 70 in ...
 
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Markus Mystery Box
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Markus Mystery box is a solution to Markus Goetz' challenge: "can you make a solid mechanism with three axes in a plane going through the orig...
 
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Hill's Tetrahedra Prism
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Commissioned by Ed Pegg. Six identical irregular tetrahedra form a prism.
 
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Out of the Box - medium
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Out of the Box is a seemingly simple three piece puzzle. However, it requires out-of-the-box thinking to solve it.Watch the YouTube video. The puz...
 
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Spiral Burr
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Spiral Burr is a six-piece burr of interlocking spirals. Next to sliding and rotation, spiraling is the third fundamental way of turning pieces in ...
 
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PlaySpirals
by Oskar_van_Deventer
PlaySpirals is a construction toy, which can be used to build three-dimensional structures. PlaySpirals are a specially designed corkscrew-type of ...
 
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Spiral Cup
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Spiral Cup is a so-called "greedy cup" puzzle. If you try to drink too fast or without thinking, then you will spill the drink over yourself. The c...
 
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Cold Fusion
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Cold Fusion is a six-piece burr, but not a classic one. The pieces are helical and the puzzle is taken apart and put together by pushing the pieces...
 
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Arch Burr
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Arch Burr is a six-piece burr, but not a regular one. Six bent pieces intersect each other at two different places. Bit and Pieces produced a bat...
 
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Moby Maze
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Moby Maze is a mechanical maze based on a Mobius Strip. Half of the maze is at one side, the other half is, well, at the same side. The object is t...
 
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Candy Wrapper
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Candy Wrapper is a six-piece burr with spiral parts. The six pieces intersect each other at two placed at a 90-degrees angle. Because of the looks ...
 
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Tanacube Too
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Tanacube Too is a put-together cube puzzle with tangram-shaped faces. It was Oskar's answer of a challenge by George Miller and Peter Rasmussen. Si...
 
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Nugget
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Nugget is a take-apart puzzle. The object is to remove the gold nugget from its cage. However, the nugget fits only through one of the holes and in...
 
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Snake Ball
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Snake Ball is a mechanical maze. The object is to separate the two rings. The complexity from this puzzle is that one ring has a little pin that sl...
 
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Oskar's Magic
by Oskar_van_Deventer
A solid 3mm metal rod can slide (almost) effortlessly through the block. How can that be? The mechanism for this puzzle is related to the ancient H...
 
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Dancing Spirals
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Dancing Spirals is a mathematical sculpture of two interlocking spirals that continuously mesh while both rotating clockwise. It was inspired by th...
 
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Hyperboloid Burr
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Hyperboloid Burr is a six-piece burr six-piece burr, made of six identical hyperboloid pieces. It was designed with the help of Naoaki Takashima. T...
 
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Gardner Ball
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Gardner Ball is a tribute to Martin Gardner. This tribute has the name "Gardner" tessellated around a sphere. The tessellation was designed by Scot...
 
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Spiral Burr 90x90x90 mm
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Spiral Burr 90x90x90 mm is a scaled-up version of the PuzzleMaster version. It is a six-piece burr of interlocking spirals. Next to sliding and ro...
 
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Dancing Ampersands
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Dancing Ampersands is a kinematic art object. Seven snakes rotate in coordination. They look like the shape "&" (ampersand) when seen from above. W...
 
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Switched Maze
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Switched Maze is a mechanical maze. The object is to roll the metal ball from "Start" to "Goal". The ball is impeded by gates at several points in ...
 
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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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