This thing looks insane! My first thought for solving was to map out the maze with tape around the outside, but using a magnet seems more fun :) Thanks for the shoutout on the Lock Puzzles!
That is an AMAZING design both visual AND engineering! I really enjoyed 3d-printing optimization and it is lovely to handle HOWEVER! it came out a very simple puzzle like 3..4/10
Got mine printed and solved. Ended up almost solving it by accident just rolling it around and got it open. My mom was also able to get it open with a similar method. I really would love one with a more complicated maze style path with dead ends and such. Great Puzzle!
If I was Angus, I'd be refreshing my e-mail inbox waiting for the money to start rolling in because his hard work in designing such an amazing model and puzzle deserves it. As an evil uncle, I'll be grabbing this soon to torture.
Very good design and printing. Great job. Like your design and models. I also start making models last April inspired by you and other designers. Thanks a lot. Have a nice day.
Hello Angus and everyone else. Watching your videos got me to buy my first 3D printer. Got it yesterday, and of course the only thing i could do for my first print was the MM stress test. Had to restart it 3 time after it completed about 5%. Because of all ive learned here and on 3D PN i was able to troubleshoot early and solved the probleme i was having. Wish i could show a picture of the result, apart from the bottom layer that fused on the 0.15 and 0.2 (wich was easily fixed after the print) it came out perfect and that was on 200US printer. Next print "Easter torture egg" Keep up the great work,thanks for everything.
Just bought the design off your website. Looking forward to getting the printing started. Can you share a link to where you bought your 1/2" bearings from? (Aus link is fine) Also - would a smaller diameter bearing (say 10mm) also work...?
Hello Angus! I hope you'll see this, as I'd love to purchase the .stl.. I have a question regardnig the puzzle. If you manage to open it, do you need to backtrack the puzzle or is there an easy return to closed?
Hey man i bought the .stl file and i orderd some 1/2" ball bearings. I remember hearing about this project a while back and was looking forward to it coming out. Cheers!
Great work, Angus. I do think that as a challenge to you, and as a way to make the puzzle more accessible, an unlock or alternate disassembly mechanism could be devised (pulling the inner wall in, causing the ball to drop, for instance). Unless your magnetic approach is fairly straight forward.
If one has a resin printer so it prints upside down and will not be able to add the ball during the print could one possible print it then add the ball afterwards?
👏👏👏👏👏 I'd like to see a standalone role play video of you or someone attempting to solve it within an hour and doing an ending accordingly based on failure or success. Seems like the 100% rage quit rate so far makes a success ending unlikely.
It was a great print but I expected it to be more difficult, maybe you could add some dead ends in a v2, that would be evil! But you made a really great job and it makes a nice display on my desk.
Hear me out, you should try printing 2040 extrusion beams and attach them to the existing machine, essentially printing the printer longer (you could also try the z screw). Ive tried it on an ender 3 and it somehow worked, and I now have a 300mm tall z axis.
Just solve it in reverse. That's what I've done. I printed two. My wife solved it in under 8 minutes. I took 45 while watching TV and just randomly turning it
ive just bought the files and about to slice.... should i use netfab to fix the issues in Prusaslicer or just let it auto fix the model and slice it? Thanks
Probably a dumb question. Should I glue the base onto the part? I managed to get mine apart after about 15 minutes. Now to put it back together and get the ball bearing back to the start.
Very cool design. But i wonder if a metric version could be made availble too. It's very hard to get inch-balls in non-USA areas. 10mm vor example is a very common size. Thx
So i just read on the Page that the bearing and whatever goes inside the puzzle has to be placed there while it is printing. Does that mean the Puzzle is not reausable and can not be reassembled after it has been solved?
Sure you can reassemble it. Then solve it in reverse. Easy. My wife solved it in under 8 minutes. Got the prize out, reassemble it and reverse the process to get the ball to the beginning, in under 3 minutes. Not near as difficult a puzzle as I hoped for
Angus, could you hide the magnet inside the puzzle? Like they have to solve it the natural way first but then it allows them to loosen it enough to access the magnet. That would be pretty devious!
So I printed this, my friend actually solved it...but not before breaking off the knob on the bottom. However is there a way to reset this puzzle so that more people can enjoy it's beauty?
I printed the Puzzle for my mom because she loves puzzles. Walking away from the printer I accidently flipped it and the ball moved, trying to get the ball back to the beginning I accidently solved it. Do you have any tips for putting the ball back to the beginning.
Looks awesome. Ím a geocacher and I have printed some 3d puzzles and I just wonder about this puzzle if the ball falls out when you open it and if so is it difficult to put it back to lock the puzzle. Like your videos very informative
You probably should finally try to learn OpenSCAD. Maybe in conjunction with a solidPython lib. It going to unlock craziest parametric and procedural designs!
By accident I took it off the build plate, moved it around a few times and up and down, and the ball came out. Took 30 seconds tops. 🥳. Will try to get it back to the beginning now. Great puzzle.
i love watching your channel and have for years, being an orphan and child in care it was a dream to have a 3d printer but never could so watched your videos that kept me entertained, i turned 18 in august, got a job and happy to say got an ender 3 v2 3 days ago! im just curious what would people recommend for tuning? i want to purchase some kits to 3d print parts for 3d printers for children in care like i was and for a charity focused on helping young orphans, so need a pretty precise print any help would be great :)
I got it open after about 3 days of messing with it off and on. Maybe 30 minutes of actual time spent on it. I did have an example of the puzzle to look at to understand where the ball needed to go. So that was and advantage.
This thing looks insane! My first thought for solving was to map out the maze with tape around the outside, but using a magnet seems more fun :) Thanks for the shoutout on the Lock Puzzles!
Haha the first version did have the path on the outside too but... Too easy!
@@MakersMuse how do I put the ball back in after solving it
Angus: print it in clear
My brain 5 seconds before: GET A HAMMER
Chris Ramsey would be proud of that intro.
He should send this puzzle to Chris Ramsay, I'd love to see his video on it.
so true
@@rexdavis8086 definetly...I love to see Ramsay solving Puzzles that I already solved in less time than him X-D and I'll be getting this one for sure!
I was just thinking the same thing!
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Is this an escalating puzzle arms race against MakeAnything? :D
Wonderful design Angus! 👏😎
You should send one of these to Mr. Puzzle and Chris Ramsay! They love solving puzzles!!
I love this, what a fantastic idea! =D
This is amazing, I am definitely printing this myself.
Nice! I saw the video where you used the new puzzle to talk about the elephants foot. Awesome to see it in action!
very cool! nice work!
If you scaled it up to a .75" ball would it be big enough to fit a 3090 inside?
You can't fit non existent things in reap objects
@@aasid2446 what better to put into an impossible puzzle box than something impossible to get?
That is an AMAZING design both visual AND engineering!
I really enjoyed 3d-printing optimization and it is lovely to handle
HOWEVER! it came out a very simple puzzle like 3..4/10
Excellent
Angus, this puzzle is awesome! Great job! Your mechanisms are always inspiring.
underated chanell. this is truly amazing, just got myself a ender 3 for christmas. am exited to try your stuff.
greetings from germany
Awesome design. Very well done Angus!
Yup this is the puzzle I asked about in the 700k AMA!! You made use wait quite long!
Would be cool if the „key“ was stored inside and accessible once you could unscrew it partially for the first time.
That idea has potential, good thinking!
This looks awesome! I am going to print it as soon as possible. Super excited to solve it
Got mine printed and solved. Ended up almost solving it by accident just rolling it around and got it open. My mom was also able to get it open with a similar method. I really would love one with a more complicated maze style path with dead ends and such. Great Puzzle!
Thanks! Can't wait to print a few of these for my students to try.
That's diabolical, I love it! Nice work :)
"The unseen path" sounds kind of mystical.
If I was Angus, I'd be refreshing my e-mail inbox waiting for the money to start rolling in because his hard work in designing such an amazing model and puzzle deserves it. As an evil uncle, I'll be grabbing this soon to torture.
Love the Mamath Unbox Fox in the intro. My missus has a big one sitting right next to her PC and I had to do a double-take when I saw it.
Best video on UA-cam!
Awesome work Angus, I plan on giving it a try as soon as time allows.
OMG... I just printed a modified sphericon just a few weeks ago, this is amazing.
Given the fact that Angus has teased this puzzle in some way for months, I am still impressed.
Hehe yeah sorry for the delay, needed to get some real world testing in due to the fact it's a 24hr print in place... don't want it fusing on people!
@@MakersMuse 24 Hours! Holy Crap!
@@170makes 0.15mm layers and lots of small details! hehe
My prints are on average > 24 hours because I do zero ornamentals.
Got a new name for you:
Maker's Fuse.
@@MakersMuse I own an Ender 3 and over the past 3 years I've gotten it super dialed in thanks to you and chep!
It'd be cool to see the lockpicking lawyer tackle this
Nice click out of ball one..
This is your most impressive production to date. Just awesome.
Of course the Ender could do it 😈
Awesome intro Angus! well done
That's really awesome thank you.
You should send one to Chris Ramsey
That intro is epic! Great print
Very good design and printing. Great job. Like your design and models. I also start making models last April inspired by you and other designers. Thanks a lot. Have a nice day.
Hello Angus and everyone else.
Watching your videos got me to buy my first 3D printer. Got it yesterday, and of course the only thing i could do for my first print was the MM stress test. Had to restart it 3 time after it completed about 5%. Because of all ive learned here and on 3D PN i was able to troubleshoot early and solved the probleme i was having. Wish i could show a picture of the result, apart from the bottom layer that fused on the 0.15 and 0.2 (wich was easily fixed after the print) it came out perfect and that was on 200US printer. Next print "Easter torture egg"
Keep up the great work,thanks for everything.
The music on this one is amazing!
Did this for my bro for Xmas. He solved it in two minutes...need a harder puzzle. Fun stuff, love your channel
how doable would this print be in resin?
AWESOME!!!
Ahhhh I look forward to trying this print, it looks so fun!
Just bought the design off your website. Looking forward to getting the printing started. Can you share a link to where you bought your 1/2" bearings from? (Aus link is fine) Also - would a smaller diameter bearing (say 10mm) also work...?
I purchased them off an aus ebay reseller, they had lots in stock and shipped quickly. Can find the link later!
Another great puzzle Angus! I can't wait to print this!
Awesome intro, and AMAZING end product! Great work Angus!
Hello Angus! I hope you'll see this, as I'd love to purchase the .stl.. I have a question regardnig the puzzle. If you manage to open it, do you need to backtrack the puzzle or is there an easy return to closed?
Hi! Yeah, the puzzle needs to be solved in reverse to reseal it
do you ever sell any of the products you've printed?
Nah sorry only the digital files
Is there a way to print this in tpu filament
Hey man i bought the .stl file and i orderd some 1/2" ball bearings. I remember hearing about this project a while back and was looking forward to it coming out. Cheers!
Awesome! Good luck 😃
This is so awesome!😲 Totally blown away by how much effort and thought you put into this. Truly a next-level PiP model! 👍😎
Yay, some design again finally! :) Awesome stuff
Is the ball size critical? Which would be best 12mm or 13mm.
12 should work
Thanks.
Printed it in polyalchemy silver and gold, and it looks rad as hell. Solved it after some frustration. Love the concept!
Angus and Devin having a friendly war on puzzles is astonishingly cute ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Great work, Angus. I do think that as a challenge to you, and as a way to make the puzzle more accessible, an unlock or alternate disassembly mechanism could be devised (pulling the inner wall in, causing the ball to drop, for instance). Unless your magnetic approach is fairly straight forward.
Great full
A maze ing, especially the evil "I'm open - well, almost - try again" part :). Love it.
Awesome
If one has a resin printer so it prints upside down and will not be able to add the ball during the print could one possible print it then add the ball afterwards?
👏👏👏👏👏
I'd like to see a standalone role play video of you or someone attempting to solve it within an hour and doing an ending accordingly based on failure or success.
Seems like the 100% rage quit rate so far makes a success ending unlikely.
I can solve it fairly fast now through memory but it could be a fun stream haha
Is it possible to reload the ball after solving it?
It was a great print but I expected it to be more difficult, maybe you could add some dead ends in a v2, that would be evil! But you made a really great job and it makes a nice display on my desk.
Hear me out, you should try printing 2040 extrusion beams and attach them to the existing machine, essentially printing the printer longer (you could also try the z screw). Ive tried it on an ender 3 and it somehow worked, and I now have a 300mm tall z axis.
Interesting. Can't imagine it being a robust add-on, not requiring regular replacements.
What did you use to make this?
Fusion360
Thank you very much for this genius puzzle.I printed it and "solved" it. It's really the most diabolical puzzle I ever had! ;)
Will a pachinnko ball work?
Soo...10 minutes after finishing the print I manage to do the puzzle. Is there a way to "reset" it so I can now challenge others?
Just solve it in reverse. That's what I've done. I printed two. My wife solved it in under 8 minutes. I took 45 while watching TV and just randomly turning it
@@dieselguy62 I found it much harder to "reset" it than to actually solve it haha! Fun print though.
Have you tested or know about mark2 from markforge if not can you
ive just bought the files and about to slice.... should i use netfab to fix the issues in Prusaslicer or just let it auto fix the model and slice it? Thanks
Probably a dumb question. Should I glue the base onto the part? I managed to get mine apart after about 15 minutes. Now to put it back together and get the ball bearing back to the start.
Can the puzzle be reset?
Yep, just go backwards haha
So.... Seriously how do you put it back together? Is there a trick?
You just rotate it back together. It'll only go one way. Then solve it in reverse.
In clear with the RGB looks so satisfying
Amazing that in 3D printing community Ender 3 became like a benchmark baseline. "If you can print on Ender 3, you can print with any printer"
Very cool design. But i wonder if a metric version could be made availble too. It's very hard to get inch-balls in non-USA areas. 10mm vor example is a very common size. Thx
So i just read on the Page that the bearing and whatever goes inside the puzzle has to be placed there while it is printing. Does that mean the Puzzle is not reausable and can not be reassembled after it has been solved?
Sure you can reassemble it. Then solve it in reverse. Easy. My wife solved it in under 8 minutes. Got the prize out, reassemble it and reverse the process to get the ball to the beginning, in under 3 minutes.
Not near as difficult a puzzle as I hoped for
Hi, what is the total height of the puzzle? Just want to make sure it fits on my bed before i buy the files.... Thanks
Hi Kirk, it's 90 x 90 x 95mm high.
Amazing.... I'll print off the test piece to make sure my mini is up to the task 👍
Angus, could you hide the magnet inside the puzzle? Like they have to solve it the natural way first but then it allows them to loosen it enough to access the magnet. That would be pretty devious!
Yeah you probably could! Quite devious indeed
So cool - so ender3 is the best beginner printer?
So I printed this, my friend actually solved it...but not before breaking off the knob on the bottom. However is there a way to reset this puzzle so that more people can enjoy it's beauty?
I printed the Puzzle for my mom because she loves puzzles. Walking away from the printer I accidently flipped it and the ball moved, trying to get the ball back to the beginning I accidently solved it. Do you have any tips for putting the ball back to the beginning.
Just need to reverse the process!
Looks awesome. Ím a geocacher and I have printed some 3d puzzles and I just wonder about this puzzle if the ball falls out when you open it and if so is it difficult to put it back to lock the puzzle.
Like your videos very informative
I think this channel should be called maker's maze now
wow, this is amazing!
This is so cool ! Question though- if you solve the puzzle and extract the Ball bearing, how do you reload for the next person ?
I printed this and my son solved it unintentionally. Is there a trick to resetting this puzzle? Or do we need to solve it in reverse to reset. Thanks!
Just solve it in reverse :)
Hey Angus! Can you make a video on how to stop rippling on the ender 3? I got the ender 3 for Christmas and am having some issues! Thanks!
How about printing it in clear resin ? :)
You probably should finally try to learn OpenSCAD. Maybe in conjunction with a solidPython lib. It going to unlock craziest parametric and procedural designs!
I have to ask, how do you reset this puzzle after solving it.
By accident I took it off the build plate, moved it around a few times and up and down, and the ball came out. Took 30 seconds tops. 🥳. Will try to get it back to the beginning now. Great puzzle.
The ball isn't supposed to come out
i love watching your channel and have for years, being an orphan and child in care it was a dream to have a 3d printer but never could so watched your videos that kept me entertained, i turned 18 in august, got a job and happy to say got an ender 3 v2 3 days ago! im just curious what would people recommend for tuning? i want to purchase some kits to 3d print parts for 3d printers for children in care like i was and for a charity focused on helping young orphans, so need a pretty precise print any help would be great :)
Cool puzzle! I found a half inch ball in my house so I might print this!
How long does it take to print? Do you mean a day to print as in 24 hours?
Can we get that @chrisramsay collab?
Can this puzzle be reset once solved? Well as I've now printed one I'll find out... eventually :)
great design ! Bravo !
about tolerance: how to improve it ? it's perhaps an idea for a new video ?
Nifty intro. Wish I had my printer set up. I'd love to give this a shot.
I got it open after about 3 days of messing with it off and on. Maybe 30 minutes of actual time spent on it. I did have an example of the puzzle to look at to understand where the ball needed to go. So that was and advantage.
I thought you will solve that puzzle in the end
I don't want to give it away, but will do a separate video if people are interested!
Wow cool
Chris Ramsey has to get a 3D printer now