Glueless wood notch design ideas for 3d model toys

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Aha! December 2017, seems like a lifetime ago.

Acrylic Honey Bee

There are lots of ways to make self locking notches. I goofed with it a while ago and made these guys: [image] It represents 4 concepts, 1&2 can be backed out but 3 and 4 are fairly permanent. Once you click them together it’s almost impossible to undo 3&4. I took some inspiration from the 50 digital joints project, found here. The cross “x” joint in particular is relevant. Edit: so the nice thing here is that the pieces are identical. 2 #1 pieces will lock together, 2 #2 units, etc. mak…