Star Beams by OSKAR

Discussion in 'My Shapeways Order Arrived' started by Oskar_van_Deventer, Sep 13, 2014.

  1. Oskar_van_Deventer
    Oskar_van_Deventer Well-Known Member
    Hi Shapeways fans,

    Star Beams is a put-together interlocking puzzle. The puzzle has six pentagram-shaped beams that are woven through each other. It was in 1989 that I discovered this geometry. It is based the geometry of a regular dodecahedron (with twelve pentagonal faces). When each of the six axes is offset a bit, this nice tetrahedral geometry results. In 1989, I made a cardboard prototype with pentagonal beams. In 2004, George Miller 3D-printed Star Beams on his 3D printer. Now, it is available as 3D-print from Shapeways and sold by PuzzleMaster.

    Watch the YouTube video.
    Buy a fully dyed and assembled sample from PuzzleMaster.
    Buy the parts at my Shapeways Shop.
    Read more at the Non-Twisty Puzzles Forum.
    Check out the photo below.

    Enjoy!

    Oskar
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