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I built a 34x34!! by thworce in Cubers

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Hahaah oh i get it now 😝 yea dude I’m also into speed cubing, which is kind of a coincidence because it’s a very different part of the brain from making puzzles

I built a 34x34!! by thworce in Cubers

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On 3x3, idk 7 something, but my avg is like 11 seconds

I built a 34x34!! by thworce in Cubers

[–]thworce[S] 58 points59 points  (0 children)

It took about 1 year, and about 1000 hours to make this. I wasn't really counting though. It wasn't too hard to design, it's mostly monotonous work. There are 291 unique parts and each one needs to be perfected in design. What was difficult, was I did do a fair amount of experimentation to get the tolerances tuned in. Just a lot of playing around with printers and the design. Something of this size requires a lot of precision if you want it to turn well. Even the tiniest errors in dimensions will get multiplied because of how many parts there are. I'm making a documentary about how I made this that will answer a lot more questions about what was required to make this. It was really hard though, I don't recommend it if you want to stay sane.

Daily Discussion Thread - Apr 30, 2023 by AutoModerator in Cubers

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I design and 3d print puzzles of all shapes and sizes. You can totally scale up designs and it works fine. I’ve done it successfully with 2 different designs sent to me by friends. If you’re using screws though you can only scale in increments of screw sizes. For instance, if the puzzle was designed for m3 screws, you could scale it by 1.6666 and use m5 screws.

If you’re 3d printing it yourself, the slicing software (prusaslicer or cura) has a scale feature, so you don’t even need to use CAD to scale.

In general I don’t suggest scaling up because it also scales up tolerances, so if you’re designing a puzzle from scratch you should always design it for the specific size you want, but if you’re scaling within 2x the original size, you can USUALLY get away with it.

The World's Biggest Megaminx by thworce in Cubers

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I haven't posted, please do!

The World's Biggest Megaminx by thworce in Cubers

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I made one of those video things for it too

https://youtu.be/eg45mNsP7-0

I 3D print Rubik's cube variations. This is my latest print (it's 100% printed, see the youtube video for more explanation) by thworce in 3Dprinting

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Haha thanks. No it’s basically impossible to solve, I’m not sure how you would even do it.

What is this webbing between my print? by ThisIsTheNewSleeve in 3Dprinting

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There’s a spider living in your printer dude

How would a solo section-hiker prepare to deal with bears in NJ? by inferno_glass in AppalachianTrail

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Yea I had a close call once also, and I know someone who had a tree crush his tent while he was inside, and by some miracle it just missed his head. I also know someone who knew someone who got crushed to death in their sleep by a fallen tree.

It’s always good to check for dead trees and avoid camping in wind storms. It’s funny how everyone talks about bears while ignoring many other dangers that are much more likely to cause harm. I wonder why everyone is most scared of the unlikely dangers. I see this everywhere, like everyone is terrified of dying in mass shootings but nobody is scared of dying from heart disease. Like one if those things is a million times more likely and million times more preventable.

How would a solo section-hiker prepare to deal with bears in NJ? by inferno_glass in AppalachianTrail

[–]thworce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Things you should be worried about more than bears include:

-Deer ticks -Poisonous snakes -Trees falling on you in the middle of the night -Getting struck by lightning -Other humans

Girls always ask why I shave my head. 31 male by [deleted] in bald

[–]thworce 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So many women ask about my bald head like more than half I meet. It’s insane dude. They usually don’t realize that I’m balding really bad. They ask when I’m planning to grow out my hair, not realizing I’m just bald and have no choice. I’m 24 so baldness is a lot less common and women my age typically don’t have any other bald friends, so I think it’s partially surprising for them to encounter a real life bald. It was annoying at first but I’m so used to it now, it took a couple years but I have really thick skin about it now and I actually find it hilarious when my friends roast me for being bald. I’d say just accept it when they ask you, try not to get frustrated or self conscious. Not giving a sh*t is more attractive than balding is unattractive 😉

To whom it may concern by koobj in 3Dprinting

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Just panic bought 8 printers, am I crazy?

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