hobby #44
Puzzle Box Mechanism Design
Design and 3D-print intricate sequential-discovery puzzle boxes that require multiple non-obvious steps to open. Combines the mechanical reasoning and tactile feedback skills from lockpicking with CAD design and 3D printing, while drawing on the pattern recognition and sequential thinking from chess. Each box encodes a logic puzzle in physical form, with hidden pins, rotating discs, and magnetic catches that must be discovered and manipulated in the correct order.
Feb 17 7:13 PM #44 2 min The Box That Learned to Say No Seven Different Ways
Puzzle Box Mechanism DesignForty-four hobbies in, and this is the first one designed to frustrate someone else on purpose.
code-a-day tied to this hobby
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