To solve this puzzle I believe it is sufficient to note that the circular gears and linear gears must mesh. There are five interfaces, but only four can merge linear and circular components. This means the orange and green pieces must be located one step apart, and at one interface linear surfaces must slide without meshing. There must therefore be one piece in between the green and orange piece, which is easy enough to trial. Whether the permutation (orange-green or green-orange going clockwise) matters, I'm not sure. But I don't think it increases the difficulty meaningfully, except possibly to make it a bit trickier to locate the interstitial piece.
I think... with 5 pieces, there are only 25 combinations, assuming the puzzle is not flipped. Probably more, as you can flip pieces, but if you know that no circle gear is on the same side as another circle gear next to it... that would reduce the combinations. I think brute force would probably work, it would just take time. Not an impossible amount of time, and it would be interesting and engaging kinetically working through all the options until it all comes together.
5 factorial multiplied by 2^5 is indeed a bit more than 25. But given the four gears, we have 4 factorial. And then a factor 2 for the gear parity, and another factor 2 for the blue gear-less piece. Still a bit more than 25 ...
I think when you ask questions like this, it would be easier to answer them if we actually had the puzzle to play with. I honestly don't think I fully understand it enough from this presentation to be able to conjure a solution.
That is a fair question. The good news is that you can download the puzzle for free from the link in the description. Nowadays, most people either have their own 3D-printer, or know a friend that has one. The material cost is almost negligible.
To solve this puzzle I believe it is sufficient to note that the circular gears and linear gears must mesh. There are five interfaces, but only four can merge linear and circular components. This means the orange and green pieces must be located one step apart, and at one interface linear surfaces must slide without meshing. There must therefore be one piece in between the green and orange piece, which is easy enough to trial.
Whether the permutation (orange-green or green-orange going clockwise) matters, I'm not sure. But I don't think it increases the difficulty meaningfully, except possibly to make it a bit trickier to locate the interstitial piece.
Cool puzzle idea! I like the way you optimized the dovetails for 3D printing
Simple, I would just watch this video in reverse
Hey @OskarPuzzle, this looks really cool! I'm trying to print a set for my brother. What size screws did you use?
M3 flat cheese-head screws
How to solve a puzzle like this?
Trial and error
I think... with 5 pieces, there are only 25 combinations, assuming the puzzle is not flipped. Probably more, as you can flip pieces, but if you know that no circle gear is on the same side as another circle gear next to it... that would reduce the combinations. I think brute force would probably work, it would just take time. Not an impossible amount of time, and it would be interesting and engaging kinetically working through all the options until it all comes together.
5 factorial multiplied by 2^5 is indeed a bit more than 25. But given the four gears, we have 4 factorial. And then a factor 2 for the gear parity, and another factor 2 for the blue gear-less piece. Still a bit more than 25 ...
I think when you ask questions like this, it would be easier to answer them if we actually had the puzzle to play with. I honestly don't think I fully understand it enough from this presentation to be able to conjure a solution.
That is a fair question. The good news is that you can download the puzzle for free from the link in the description. Nowadays, most people either have their own 3D-printer, or know a friend that has one. The material cost is almost negligible.
@@OskarPuzzle I see!
Ingenius!
I would give it to my worst enemy 😄
telemadrid logo lol
I see the resembance 🙂