Chilen Cube by Oskar

Oskar · **Joined:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:03 pm

Hi Twisty Puzzles fans,

Chilen Cube was suggested by Chilen Chen on the Twisty Puzzles Forum. It can be considered a deep-cut Pentagonal Prism. Grégoire Pfennig used this mechanism as the core of his Prisminx Crystal.

Watch the YouTube video.
Buy the puzzle at my Shapeways Shop.
Read more at the Shapeways Forum.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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Luke · **Posted:** Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:27 am

Extremely cool. Great work Oskar. I presume you used the shells mechanism for this, because that's what Greg used with his Prisminx Crystal.

Oskar · **Joined:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:03 pm

Luke wrote:

I presume you used the shells mechanism for this ...

Correct, two shells. Oskar

Tony Fisher · **Joined:** Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:37 pm

I really like this. Especially the non jumbling shapeshifting simplicity of movement.

cubedude76 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:46 pm **Location:** Wichita

Who knew Oskar could make a puzzle we can all understand? :lol:

Great work, Oskar!

GoombaGeek · **Posted:** Sat Aug 13, 2011 2:07 pm

I love the turning, it reminds me of those physically-impossible puzzles from gelatinbrain's applet where some circles go underneath each other (I don't quite remember it, though). Wait, you aren't supposed to call things "physically impossible" around Oskar...

Ender Delphiki · **Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:55 pm **Location:** Montana

GoombaGeek wrote:

I love the turning, it reminds me of those physically-impossible puzzles from gelatinbrain's applet where some circles go underneath each other (I don't quite remember it, though). Wait, you aren't supposed to call things "physically impossible" around Oskar...

A quote like that belongs in my signature.

What I like about this puzzle is how if you haven't seen an Oskar puzzle before you don't have a clue how it's supposed to turn.

thomasbomb · **Posted:** Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:40 pm

Rentlix wrote:

What I like about this puzzle is how if you haven't seen an Oskar puzzle before you don't have a clue how it's supposed to turn.

A quote like that belongs in my signature.

Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:58 am

Simplicity rules!
:?:

mitchblahman · **Posted:** Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:19 pm

Andreas Nortmann wrote:

Simplicity rules!
:?:

I now have a feeling he's going to come out with something that will destroy our perception of reality :shock:

Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:32 am

mitchblahman wrote:

I now have a feeling he's going to come out with something that will destroy our perception of reality :shock:

To late!
I should have defined:
simplicity = "non-fudged, non-jumbling, non-destroying clear view of the universe"
I am asking to much. I know.

jabeck · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:51 am

Great! I think I'll be getting this one as soon as I can!

And pardon my ignorance, but I still don't quite get the shell mech... What would the profile cut look like, similar to a K-ball mech?

Chilen Cube by Oskar

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