The Spinout puzzle

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<p>This is the classic Spinout puzzle that was <a href="https://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/patents/us3637215.pdf">patented in 1972 by William Keister</a>. It was manufactured by Binary Arts which later became Thinkfun, which has a <a href="http://www.puzzles.com/products/spinout.htm">page dedicated to it</a>.</p> <p>Note: My version does not have the quick reset functionality, because that makes it (too) easy to cheat.</p> <h3>Instructions</h3> <p>There are 9 parts to print:</p> <p>1x housing</p> <p>1x carrier</p> <p>1x dial1 (with flat bottom)</p> <p>6x dial2-7 (with rounded bottoms)</p> <p>The carrier has pegs which the dials will snap onto, and you need good layer adhesion to avoid damage when the dials are snapped in place. I used PLA, and had no problems, but you do need to apply quite a bit of force to snap them on. Trying to remove the dials will break the pegs, but there is no need to take them off again.</p> <p>I used 0.2 mm layer height for everything except the housing, which I printed at 0.25 mm.</p> <p>The housing will need supports in the slots along the sides, and this will be a pain to remove afterwards (took me 20 minutes with pliers, knife, and a flat headed screwdriver). In retrospect I could probably have placed the supports more carefully and avoided some of the work.</p> Category: Puzzles