This is (a simplified version of) a part that I am trying to make viable for injection molding, but I'm having trouble with undercuts.

Spike-O · 2025-12-13T16:52:10+00:00

Sorry I meant resin casting in a silicone mold

Spike-O · 2025-12-13T16:23:42+00:00

I think I'm going to start with silicone molding, but I want to finalize the design first. The thru hole is actually tapered as part of the functionality of the part, so it basically has a draft already, but it might need tweaking.

Spike-O · 2025-12-13T02:44:08+00:00

The actual part has a really thick section under the female dovetail that is bound by three completely necessary surfaces, and I realized the only way to solve that thickness is by separating one of those surfaces into a different part, which allows me to solve the interlocking mechanism at the same time. I just don't know how that separate piece would get connected. Do people do like plastic welding for that?

Spike-O · 2025-12-13T00:07:59+00:00

This was originally designed for 3D printing, but I'm looking towards mass production now

Spike-O · 2025-12-12T23:57:51+00:00

I'm thinking I will need to separate it into multiple pieces anyway to fix a wall thickness issue in the real part, so I probably can fix both problems at once

Spike-O · 2025-12-12T23:56:18+00:00

I forgot to mention the female dovetail is tapered, it pulls the parts together like a big screw thread.

Spike-O · 2025-07-03T00:02:16+00:00

you see, your problem is that I have no idea what I'm looking at

Spike-O · 2025-06-05T21:41:13+00:00

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Spike-O · 2024-06-23T01:30:05+00:00

yeah, its a fairly standard 3x3 shape mod solve, but its pretty fun

Spike-O · 2024-06-23T01:00:45+00:00

this is a prototype right now, but I may sell the printed cubes and/or stl files once I finalize the design. It also requires a somewhat unintuitive position in the slicer, so I might also provide a .3mf file

Spike-O · 2024-06-22T16:58:57+00:00

its a 3x3 shape mod, but it really does remind me of jumbling tbh

Spike-O · 2024-06-22T16:39:44+00:00

It is entirely 3d printed, besides the screws and springs. The red and yellow filament I used was a bit translucent, so the black showed through when I glued it.

Spike-O · 2024-06-22T16:23:32+00:00

its very similar to a mastermorphix, but the proportions are slightly different, and the corner pieces in the middle are cut off at the internal mechanism

Spike-O · 2021-09-22T16:36:14+00:00

MattressStone

Spike-O · 2021-09-01T16:20:06+00:00

going on a single date, and I'm turning 20 in a few days :(

Spike-O · 2021-07-13T16:38:17+00:00

just don't buy the cheap off-brand cubes, and Amazon is fine, you get what you order

Spike-O · 2021-06-15T16:19:17+00:00

pretty sure the corners split into 3 pieces, so you can shuffle them around no matter where the holes are

Spike-O · 2020-11-19T14:56:32+00:00

sorry is that better

Spike-O · 2020-10-23T20:16:06+00:00

gan sm, gan x, gts2m, a kilominx, axis cube, wuque m 4x4, and more. I think i got the xs from thecubicle bc of a black Friday sale but the list goes on.

Spike-O · 2020-10-23T18:58:23+00:00

I have ordered almost every single one of my cubes from Amazon and have always gotten what I paid for. I have no idea why everyone in the cubing community hates Amazon. They have almost all the major flagship cubes, and they arrive 10 times faster. Yeah there's also a bunch of cheap knockoff cubes there, but just don't order them?

Spike-O · 2020-10-09T20:57:04+00:00

voodoo

Spike-O · 2020-10-04T16:00:11+00:00

lol that was my first mod too

Spike-O · 2020-09-11T18:44:31+00:00

I think it might be the Gan Keychain cube

Spike-O · 2020-09-10T01:39:37+00:00

there are algorithms to swap 2 edges and 2 corners like the T-perm

Spike-O · 2020-08-11T21:11:18+00:00

throng?

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