Whoo! Great to see it finally made. It will make me work harder to finish mine!
Can't wait to see it stickered.

Simply Amazing

That thing must have cost a lot to print though.

it reminds me of the pentagonal prizom. I really need to get a good 3d printing program.

Woah, what a beast. Good work

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this has already been made.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0pb83kgm5dY&feature=user

Although, I believe you are the second designer [not necessarily caster] of this puzzle

You still have an amazing puzzle going here!


EDIT!!!::: I realized that Scott's has 7 sides while your's has 8!

Lol

That's a Pentagonal Prism (Pentagon = 5 sided), this is a Hexagonal Prism (Hexagon = 6 sided). Also, that's actually our own Scott Bedard's video.

Awesome work, that thing came out GREAT!

It really reminds me of the pentagonal domino. Looks great.

Very nice puzzle! It looks like it turns well. Is the core a hexagonal variation on a standard 3x3x3 core?

Can't wait to see it stickered

Yes, it's a 8 armed core with 6 arms on the same plane. Scott is credited with the design.

Thank you all for your gracious comments! I can't wait to see it stickered either. Solving it is going to be rough.

Looks great! Yea, casting looks easy till you try it.
Looking forward to seeing it stickered tho.

i think everything on that page of the meffert's catalog has been done now... great job!

Not quite, the second pyraminx barrel is yet to see the light of day. I don't imagine that will be the case for very long though seeing as it's a very easy build.

Stickered pictures now up. I'll make a stickered video soon.

Beautifully done! Could you take some scrambled pictures though?

Of course!

you know what a hexagonal prism calls for? a hexagonal domino ... hopefully

Great! i really love the stickers! i assume that you wont be selling this.

Anyways, Good luck with solving it, no way that i could

~Drew

If you're interested i'd be willing to sell the files for said domino

Wow, that looks fantastic with the stickers!

Comparison:

that's amazing!

I assume, it's too late to send it to Geert or me to make a family picture with the Pentagonal and Trigonal Prism at the DCD?!

Frank

if he express ships it USPS, it'll take 3 days to get there. I sent my MT on wed, it got to Geert on saturday

I bet it would get there on time. How much would shipping like that cost? I would love to have my hex at DCD. I guess just PM me the details. I don't think that I can get it shipped until tomorrow because the post office closes in two hours and unfortunately I do not have a box. It could be on its way by Tuesday and be there by (hopefully) Friday or Saturday. I just hope it's not too expensive to do that though.

Well, it on Drew to answer this - I have no idea.
Pentagonal and Trigonal Prism I will bring to the DCD.
Do you have Geert's address?

Frank

it only cost me $30

Hmm, how about making a Half Truncated Hexagonal Prism

Where is the best place to get springs for my hex prism? I have butchered a few DIY's, but there has to be a better way. Is there anything I can do besides ordering a bunch of springs from cube4you and waiting a month?

smallparts.com They have hundreds of different types of compression springs.
Sorry, I don't know what specs you need tho. But I got my order in a few days.

Which one of these is the equivalent of a DIY spring? Isn't a DIY spring about .375" long? It doesn't have to be exact.

I have a couple of different sizes from different DIY kits, but the type A springs are as follows:
length: 0.43 inch (10.9mm)
width: 0.18 inch (4.58mm)

megaminx springs are a little longer (and stronger, btw)
l: 0.54in (13.76mm)
w:0.18in (4.68mm)

And don't forget your washers. When I upgraded the insides of my mefferts megaminx, I bought some teflon washers. They're sweet.

I have been looking into DIY springs as well. If you just want the spring, I can get them for about $0.05 each in a bulk order I am doing from http://www.9spuzzles.com (it is not on his site, I asked him directly). I was just about to order 500, but can bump that up and add some in for you if you want. PM me if you have interest.

Dave

I've recently taken off all of the stickers on this puzzle because of bubbles and I have resanded the entire thing with the finest sandpaper I could find. My question is, how long should I wait to put the stickers back on? How long does it take to fully "cure"?

Also, I'd like to announce that unfortunately I won't be making another one for quite a while. I plan on selling this puzzle soon.

Another question, how long after DCD should I wait before selling this?

A lot of the big spenders just spent a lot of money at DCD on puzzles. If you can, I'd hold off a month or two as to let them recuperate from the spending sprees.

I have found that some of my puzzles still bubble after a month or more. What I've been doing is just taking some old DIY stickers, and putting one or two on the puzzle and writing the date on the sticker with a sharpie. That way I can tell how long the sticker has gone without bubbling. Fortunately, my hex prism 1 hasn't bubbled yet. I cast that one back in early Sept.

Drew mentioned "baking" the pieces for a few days at 110 degrees F. I haven't tried that because I don't have a furnace room like that.

Ok, so the first hexagonal prism was prone to popping alot. I set out to fix this problem, and I think I fixed it. Here is a video of the improved puzzle. I'm not sure when it will be completely finished, but soon after it is it will be up for sale.

Also, I recall seeing a hexagonal prism made by Lee T. Is there one already made? Who exactly made the first hex prism?

Likely you were first to complete. I made 5 and brought 4 to DCD. I did not actually finish the stickering of any until a few days before I left. I was bringing them as a surprise to DCD. My internals are a little different from Scott's. The corner pieces are a little different shaped internally to give a thicker top piece and the center spider uses a flat recess for the top and bottom. It was an experiment to see how well that design works. There are pros and cons as always.
Good job!,
Lee