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This puzzle's theme comes from Ezekiel 1:1-1:28. The elements I tried to capture are Sky, Wind, Wheel within a Wheel and Eyes around the rim.
Mathematically, the pieces are based upon cyclic Galois polynomials in base 3. In the lower level, the concave shape on each piece toward the center is the same size as the convex shape on that piece near the rim. The shapes are of 3 sizes and so each piece is unique and represents a 3 digit base 3 number (0 to 26). The upper layer keys off of the eyes. These are straight or rotated to the left or right. Likewise, the trailing wind has a notch rotated to receive an eye. This again represents a 2 digit base 3 number (0-8). The upper layer when built on top of the lower layer locks everything together. The pieces have enough play that the upper layer may fit together in a wrong configuration; make sure that the corner of each eye lines up with the notch in the wind.
These were printed on a Prusa Mini and I used a filament change to make the peg on the base pieces black. Likewise, the top layer of each eye should be white, but I only had natural PLA and you can't really see the difference from the underlying silver used to make the wind.
At first I though this might be challenging, but it seems like my pre-teen kids can put it together nearly as fast as I can.Fractal Ball PyramidHarry Ragland2020-11-03 | This is based upon the 3D Sierpinski gasket; an octahedron is removed from a tetrahedron leaving 4 tetrahedra and so on. Here The tetrahedra are approximated by 4 small spheres and a large sphere that are inscribed inside the tetrahedra. The Octahedra that would normally be removed are put back in and are approximated by 6 small spheres and a large sphere. By making the large spheres inscribed inside the octahedra a little smaller, they become the captive spheres that spin inside the pyramid. This is a second order fractal, but in practice this could be extended to 3rd order and there would be 21 captive spheres instead of 5.
This is a link to the Thingiverse Page. Always check for a new version since I update it from time to time to fix issues. thingiverse.com/thing:4595941
You can make the box generator output an STL file for 3D Printing, or you can output an SVG file which you can import into Cricut, Laser software, or CNC software to have the various machines cut the shapes out of wood or fiberboard.
On the Cricut, the SVG did not import with the correct dimensions and needed to be scaled to match the intended size. The box did import correctly into Ink Scape and into Easel.com. If the box is not precisely scaled, you will not get a box of the size you desire.2020 Quarantine CNC ChallengeHarry Ragland2020-04-16 | thingiverse.com/thing:27825522019 Gatton CNC Christmas ChallengeHarry Ragland2019-12-24 | thingiverse.com/thing:4053359