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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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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Double Variomatic
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Double Variomatic has two pairs identical gears with a varying gear ratio. When turning, at first the top square turns 90 degrees together with the...
 
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Variomatic Cube Demo
by Oskar_van_Deventer
This puzzling mechanism is a demo model to show how the Variomatic Cube works. The mechanism has four identical gears meshing with each other. The ...
 
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Looney Gears
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Looney Gears is a strange eccentric planetary gearing system. Whereas normal planetary gear systems are symmetrical, this one has no symmetry whats...
 
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Total Eclipse
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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Cubic Hourglasses
by Oskar_van_Deventer
Cubic Hourglasses is a concept by Bram Cohen. The puzzle has four hourglass-shaped pieces, and a three-quarter-circle piece. The object is to get t...
 
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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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