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Pentultimate
by grafalex
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Once I tried to print https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3464880 and it looks like those parts are too tiny for my printer, I could not print them with a good quality. Moreover that puzzle is too small, while I would prefer "normal size" dodecahedron puzzle. Huge thanks to [Sam](https://www.thingiverse.com/5284973) that he shared puzzle sources in Onshape. I could not just learn how the puzzle was built, but also make needed adjustments.
So please welcome my version. First of all it is scaled 33% up so that resulting puzzle is around 90mm. But this is not a simple scale up - I deeply reworked internal mechanism to adjust it to the new size. Also original puzzle had an issue - due to absense of springs puzzle tensioning was hard to maintain. If screws are too tight the puzzle does not turn well, if screws are too loose the puzzle explodes on non-accurate moves. My mechanism takes this issue into account and provides slightly larger hooks, as well as springs on internal centers.
Num
So please welcome my version. First of all it is scaled 33% up so that resulting puzzle is around 90mm. But this is not a simple scale up - I deeply reworked internal mechanism to adjust it to the new size. Also original puzzle had an issue - due to absense of springs puzzle tensioning was hard to maintain. If screws are too tight the puzzle does not turn well, if screws are too loose the puzzle explodes on non-accurate moves. My mechanism takes this issue into account and provides slightly larger hooks, as well as springs on internal centers.
Num
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