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Warning: Puzzle Solution In This Post
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Originally Posted by William Capman
Yes it's a great little puzzle , I know that it should go to together but does it really??
I've had it on my desk for at least 6 months, in pieces. When I need a break I work on it. Six months of frustration and it's still in pieces.
<sigh> Yes, it really does work. Sorry this took so long: I don't have access to the laser at my "day job". Stop reading now if you don't want to see the solution.
Ok, look at the original drawing and number the pieces left-to-right, top-to-bottom:
1 2 3
4 5 6
The right edge of 1 mates with the top edge of 2.
The top edge of 1 mates with the top edge of 3.
The left edge of 1 mates with the bottom edge of 5.
The bottom edge of 1 mates with the top edge of 4.
That leaves four free edges and there's only one way 6 can fit.
Took 10 minutes to cut and about 90 seconds to solve, although I'll admit I spent some time looking at the picture while the laser was doing its thing.
The only way to screw it up is to get either 2 or 3 facing outside-in. Of course, if you didn't print the text it gets a bit harder, since you can get the other four flipped as well.) There may well be other solutions: there are quite a few rotational symmetries in the pieces.
Attached is a cleaned-up version of the file, sized for 0.25" material. I'll post a picture of the assembled widget whenever I find the USB cable for my camera.
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another warning--solution included here
Again if you don't want to know the solution, don't read this, but I assume most folks make these things for the benfit of others...
Like Lee, I noticed that the original file was not drawn properly. So I redrew it for GE acrylic, .220, which is actually .205. It worked but was too sloppy. The enclosed file has tabs that has tabs increased .008 and stays together better, although I think it could still use another couple of mils to snap together a little tighter. To do this I had to break up the original into the separate pieces.
I also modified the graphics a little and added some.
The blanks side is where you could put your logo or a name, etc.
The pieces are numbered in the corners so you might want to delete that.
hint:
__5_
1234
__6_