Free Dome Puzzle, Color Picture (Difficulty: 🛠️🛠️🛠️🛠️)

Here are the files for the original dome puzzle.

I’m hesitant to share this, because it’s such a difficult project. But some people have asked, and I’m happy to share and provide any assistance I can.

Prerequisite Skills:

  • Using a vector editor (not the Glowforge UI) to arrange shapes and create offsets
  • Using manual settings for non-Proofgrade materials
  • Aligning cuts to upside-down photo prints. This is challenging. I recommend Part 1 of my tutorial.

Materials:

  • Good photo inkjet printer and maskable paper (or use a printing service)
  • 1/16" plywood (9 pieces 8"x10" or larger)
  • Photo mounting adhesive
  • Painter’s tape
  • Low-tack masking paper
  • Heavy card stock

— for specific product recommendations, see the bottom of the tutorial page.

Files:

Click here to download.

Instructions:

See the detailed instructions in Part 1 of my tutorial. I recommend actually working through the tutorial example first to make sure you’ve got the technique down.

The cut file for this project (dome-puzzle-cut.svg) contains multiple layers, one for each page. Just work with one layer at a time. The cut patterns are already flipped upside-down for you, but you need to apply the kerf adjustment.

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Thank you for sharing! It may be some time before I’ll get the time to try one, but sure hope to. It has been fun just seeing your posts.

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Fabergé does the eggs - you do the puzzles! :star_struck:

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Wow this is great

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I’m not that conceited yet — but outrageously preposterous flattery never hurt anybody, right? :slight_smile:

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Bookmarking all these threads to try them.

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