It took quite a while to design, due to the weird shape. It’s cut from 3.2mm birch and 3mm acrylic, though the acrylic gives it a bit too much weight so I might find some thinner acrylic for future iterations.
Fun fact, none of the acrylic is glued to anything, it’s all held in place by the outer case and the maze on the inside. The results were super precise so it fit together perfectly. I think I will strengthen the case before making one for a kid, as I don’t think it’s quite sturdy enough for kid treatment.
No, I designed it in Inkscape, which was a little tricky. My strategy was to build a large 2x2x2 frame for the central slices, then fit 8 small 2x2 structures to fill out all 8 octants. It worked okay, but has a lot of split connections that don’t look great. It also had about 35 similar looking pieces, which made construction a fiddly mess.
This is the second attempt, and I’ll probably refine it further…
This is awesome! I’m sure you have many more amazing ideas in mind. Just remember to be careful about advertising anything as ‘toys’ if you haven’t gone through the federal guidelines
