Little sphere puzzle adventure, acrylic

Made on a Glowforge
1

Hey folks, hope you are not sick of me… I tend to hyper focus and go nuts when I enter a new area / field… (I’m a bit of a nut… watchmaking to VR development)

Anyway, I wanted to try to make a sphere shape off the top of my head from flat cuts… so I started with two interlocking parts and went through three iterations. I calculated the offset for the kerf as well… so they snap fit tight but do not break… and yet can be taken apart. I spent about 15 minutes on the design portion, tinkering. The three you see are the progression of the simple to the more advanced models. They interlock tightly.

spherecoredraw
spherecoredraw741×674 110 KB
49311972_763392317352363_1027308838073663488_n
49311972_763392317352363_1027308838073663488_n612×816 110 KB
50085436_2293776204177091_4658805799689125888_n
50085436_2293776204177091_4658805799689125888_n816×612 159 KB
50777193_1194273800729106_5140719650199306240_n
50777193_1194273800729106_5140719650199306240_n612×816 180 KB

33 Likes
2

That took some mental acrobatics – good work! I’ve been a little bit obsessed with polyhedra myself, lately. :wink:

4 Likes
3

Yeah… I was thinking, I want a skeleton of a sphere… but I was feeling lazy. So I started with two simple discs that connected and snap fit from the center point… and then I got obsessed with it. Sounds like you know how that goes! Haha.

2 Likes
4

Looks great! :grinning:

1 Like
5

Thanks! I want to make a big wooden one with contrasting wood next. The ‘sphere core’ is a little weak on the structural side of things but I have some ideas to add more slats/frame.

1 Like
6

Great look

7

Cool! Puzzling fun!