Hexglyph - 3D printed Puzzle Box
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- A print-in-place puzzle box with a mysterious hexagon glyphs!
All the required files to make your own are free to download.
3dprinty.xyz/p...
Happy printing!
== Featured Printy ==
Hexglyph Puzzle Box Prototypes printed by:
James The Printer
razormind
CraftyEnelrad
Perlusion
Angel Bennett
S
PJBottoms
JakJak
_FirstLayer
Charlie Essers
rodrigob
Matthew P.
== Materials ==
Duramic 3D Marble PLA+
Jessie PLA Soul Block Glitter
Fillamentum Gold Happens PLA
== Credits ==
Intro Music By
Slogra
Other Music and SFX From
artlist.io/
They just keep getting better! I have some remixes in my head to include some nerdy gaming references instead of glyphs for this. O boy my nieces and nephews are going to hate me at Christmas this coming year lol! We have a rule, if someone has to help you open the puzzle to get your reward, they get half!
Glad you like it! I've included a STEP file to help making remixes easier, but let me know if your plan needs anything else. I could upload a version before the "maze" portions of the puzzle are merged in. That's quite a life lesson for your nieces and nephews :)
Amazing design!!
Thank you, it was a fun challenge to design :)
Can't wait to print one of these for my buddy, who LOVES these types of puzzles! Thanks for all the work you put into this!
Wonderful! I hope it's a fun challenge :)
Oh wow! I am not sure how I missed this new puzzle box! Thank you again for your support of the 3d print community !
This was such a fun design and I love how the final product came out. Another winner!
Thank you so much for printing the prototype and sending in your print :)
That's extremely neat. I can totally see something like this in an adventure game like Myst.
Thank you! It does seem particularly Myst-esque :)
A lot of work went into the awesome project. Thank you.
That's an amazing puzzle box! I printed it and am going to give it to my sister for Christmas with money inside.
I hope she enjoyed the puzzle - or at least tolerated it and enjoyed the gift inside :)
I absolutely love this idea for a puzzle box! Definitely would fit well into a puzzle game. I could see a game that would potentially be made from this concept too where each level you have to learn each "rule" of the puzzle box in order to get it open.
I would play that game :)
I had so much fun printing and solving this puzzle. Awesome design. Thanks for the challenge.
Thank you for printing the prototype - and trusting that my QR code was more than just a boring prank :)
Amazing design, as always. Thanks for sharing, Printy!
I did not solve it using the symbols at all!
It was lots of fun and I've been having several friends give it a try! Thanks for the amazing print!
That's still a valid solve! The final version in this video does make that method a little tricker :)
Another brilliant model, as usual!
genius design！
omg, this is incredible, i almost scanned the QR code. No but seriously this design is incredible
Crazzzzy! Well done
Great print for Bambu X1C, everything worked right from the buildplate.
That's what I love to hear! I admit I get a little nervous releasing print-in-place designs, since I want EVERY print to succeed.
Great design, thanks!!
Very cool. Working on coloring and slicing on Bambu Studio, for a P1P/P1S.
As you can see, I'm catching up on messages still from before RMRRF - I'm glad I was able to meet you there :)
Very Nice, I am hope Mr Puzzle will try this Puzzle too!
He defeated my Lunar Lighthouse Puzzle Box so quickly that I've been contemplating something extra tricky to challenge him. It'll need to be more difficult than this puzzle, I think ;)
on the linked page, the thingiverse link goes to a dodecahedron, not this one
Thank you! The link has been fixed. I'll need to get used to double checking those from here on out.
you make life fun.
Now that's some super nice feedback :)
This is amazing, great job to you and everyone that helped! What were the fuzzy skin settings you used on your red one? I would like an identical looking print.
Glad you like it! I set both the fuzzy skin thickness and point distance to 0.1. I don't think the point distance matters as much, as the thickness, but I figured I'd share what worked for me.
It was really fun solving this puzzle before the 15th however one thing that blocked me from progressing was that i didnt know at which stage i was - the previous version (if it existed) had the order engraved at the corners of the core, squares telling you which symbol was first and so forth. Now it is a little easier isn’t it?
Exactly! You can now know which step you're on by looking for the indicator cut into the inside wall of the puzzle case. As the core lowers, it reveals the next indicator in line.
I was able to print this on my A1 mini with no failures, however the center piece does not move at all. The dials all turn but I cannot get the center core to move at all. Any thoughts? I printed it with the standard profile, no supports or anything. I’d really not like to have to start all over with another 26hour print.
Sorry to hear that! I've heard one other report of that happening specifically on an A1 Mini. Maybe the tips posted in this thread will help you: www.printables.com/model/844574-hexglyph-print-in-place-puzzle-box/comments/1856994
Every time I print it, the nobs all are perfect and turn fine, but the center is stuck. I can't figure out what im doing wrong with the middle. using Carbon X1.
Does the center section not wiggle at all? I've seen quite a few successful prints on that printer so it should be possible in theory.
I assume you do not have supports turned on or anything like that? If possible, I'd keep checking on the print as it goes to look for any spots where it's fusing. Finally, are you printing at the standard 100% scale?
I hope this helps - if not, I recommend checking with some makers who use the same printer and may be aware of some tricks that I don't know with reliably printing print-in-place models.
@@3DPrinty ya it was just stuck, so I separated it using the mf3 file and it worked perfectly.
I am not able to solve it for some reason when it’s all a neutral is when it falls and when I follow your tutorial on how to solve it, I’m not getting any further than the first one and when I have the correct symbol place and all the other ones in neutral it doesn’t move down, but when I have them all in neutral, the first layer does drop down
Never mind, I forgot the first drop and then start to simples. I got mixed up.
Glad you figured it out :) Enjoy the puzzle!
just printed it but how to gon on now ? i cant move the buttons
Just checking, but I assume you're referring to the dials. These are supposed to rotate, they are NOT supposed to press in like buttons.
If the dials are not rotating, it's possible something fused in the print. If it's just slightly fused, you may be able to force them loose. You could also try squeezing the puzzle with a clamp a little to free them up.
When you look at the bottom of the puzzle, you should see a clear gap all around the bottom of each dial. If that gap closed in, then we can be 100% certain the puzzle is fused :(
If you want to try again, you can print the puzzle with the core removed. This reduces the number of moving parts for an easier print. However, it also means that you will either spoil the puzzle solution for yourself our you will need someone to assemble the puzzle for you.
I know you said not to use brittle PLA, but would PETG be a fine material?
Yup, PETG would be fine :)
Regular PLA is also okay - I only advise against using certain specialty PLA blends that happen to be extra brittle or have poor layer adhesion.
I 'lockpicked' it open while I was waiting on metallic sharpies to be delivered, I printed mine single color, all black >.< It was tons of fun to print and solve though, and I put my wifi password on a slip of paper inside!
Great job! I hope the sharpie works to really bring out the glyphs :)
Is it possible to print the parts separately and then assemble it? I'd like to make use of multiple colors, but I only have a single color printer.
For the symbols on the top of the dial, you can do a mid-print filament swap on the last 2 or 3 layers.
The glyphs on the side are trickier - I'll probably look into a remix that'll support printing those separately. If you try to extract them from the current model, you'll get some severe overhangs and impossibly tight clearances :(
@@3DPrinty what about the bigger parts? Can the rotors be assembled into the housing after the fact, or are they locked into the housing in a way that makes assembly impossible?
The core can be printed separately, but the rotors are fairly tightly captured. You MIGHT be able to squeeze them in post-print, but not without bending the frame quite a lot.
DO you have to reverse the procedure step by step to get the thing back together?
Reverse is MUCH easier. You can actually see which dials need to move where to let the core move up. Or you can intentionally not look at the dial tracks and just do all the glyph puzzles in reverse. The indicators carved into the inner wall of the puzzle case will tell you which glyph to work on.
I printed this for my little sister because she loves puzzles and mystery solving I'm going to put $50 inside to give her an actual reward for when she gets it open
Fantastic! I hope she enjoys solving it :)
It’s probably getting old, BUT,…Zelda!
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Indeed, I have one :)