Hi!

After I've made the Gear Corner Turning Octahedron, I thougt that the same face pattern could apply for a tetrahedron too (to make a Gear Pyraminx with different gears ratio and face center element) and designed a Gear Halpern-Meier Tetrahedron. The whole designing process of this puzzle was captured by SolidWorks "Capture video" function. It does not track mouse movements or surfing the menus - it only captures the changes in the project window. So the activity that really takes 1 hour is saved as a 2-4 minute video.

You're welcome to see how a new puzzle is designed from an empty drawing board to the finished hollowed parts ready for 3D-printing at Shapeways. Here are the YouTube links to 4 video parts (total duration is ~17 min):
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

I would love to see how other designers create puzzles with other CAD software, would someone share similar video?

Great videos Timur! Would it be possible in the future for you to make a tutorial explaining how to make gears? I'm not really too sure how you're going around making gears in the video, and I didn't really understand the written tutorial.

Those are great videos! I think I'll try to make a video like that next time I design a puzzle. Does Solidworks 2010 have the Capture Video function?

Maybe I'll finally be able to exercise my ability to upload videos longer than 10 minutes.

EDIT: Even better: I could make a complete video series on designing and casting the Betaminx. That'd be fun. Maybe I could get my videographer friend involved.

Mesmerising! But you could have shown the final puzzle at the end So, Tony, which is more worthy: hours of work in Soldiworks + Mr. Shapeways, or cutting, sanding, filling etc. in your shed?