New Rhombiminxs

Garrett · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:02 am

I've just finished the first of the next generation Rhombiminxs. This is the kind I will be making for Bedard Puzzles:

DLitwin cut the stickers, and the clean look of machined-cut stickers really adds a professional look to the puzzle IMO.

Jared · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:55 am

Looks a zillion times better than the old one IMO. Although - and maybe this is just me - the "red" side looks like it's got two colors in a checkered pattern.

Bigandrewgold · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:57 am

Jared wrote:

and maybe this is just me - the "red" side looks like it's got two colors in a checkered pattern.

It looks like that to me too

Danny Devitt · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:58 am

Yes, this definitely looks better than what I remember of the original. As far as the red side, it looks completely normal to me.

Bigandrewgold · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:01 am

I forgot to say that this looks a lot better than the first one

Garrett · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:03 am

Looks pretty normal to me too and I have the thing in person

Maybe I'm just not that sensitive to red? or did we screw up the stickers again...

Anyways I'll have some better pics up in a couple minutes once I upload them.

Drewseph · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

This looks incredibly clean and professional, good job!

flambore · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:17 am

That looks so much better than the older version. Great work!
So this makes it version 3?

Garrett · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:24 am

Actually I would rather think of it as revision 3, because nothing has fundamentally changed with the puzzle or it's mech, just better precision.

More pics with better lighting:

With my new "Sea Krait" Elemental:Neon built by DLitwin

La sigh. I can see the red sticker problem now that I've seen it in better lighting. Bummer.

Josh B · **Joined:** Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:19 pm

That's amazing! I can't wait to have one!

Danny Devitt · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:39 am

Yes, in the last picture of the first set and in the 3rd and 5th of this set, I can now see that the red is actually checkerboarded.

Bounb · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:45 pm

Wow, now that really looks excellent. Plastic sheet rather than casting this time?

Muffet · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:43 am

by far best rhombiminx i have yet seen.

Thien · **Joined:** Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:16 am

Great Job, when will these be on bedards?

Sven · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:28 am

Thien wrote:

Great Job, when will these be on bedards?

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cubefan8 · **Joined:** Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:25 pm

Wow, it looks even better with stickers!
Amazing, I love it.

Bounb wrote:

Wow, now that really looks excellent. Plastic sheet rather than casting this time?

Sorry to speak for you Garrett, but no, he did use casting this time.

Thien wrote:

Great Job, when will these be on bedards?

The offer is already closed, he is only making 5.

Garrett · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:54 pm

Yea, I used molding/casting. I had a new master 3D printed this time rather than hand building the master. The stickers are machine cut too, so that adds extra polish to the design.

ihatefrauwahlgren · **Joined:** Wed Nov 05, 2008 4:15 pm

This looks amazing! Can I ask, are the extensions hollow? Or are they solid like revision #2?

Garrett · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 4:46 pm

Semi hollow. It uses a stair-step structure:

Derek Tolley · **Joined:** Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:22 pm

Fantastic work continually improving an already awesome design!

Garrett · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:17 pm

Theres a couple of changes "under the hood" as well with how I made the core. Nothing too different though.

aliengrey · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:57 pm

They look great! Nice job.

Wish I could afford one.

flambore · **Posted:** Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:03 am

professorcube5x5 wrote:

Theres a couple of changes "under the hood" as well with how I made the core. Nothing too different though.

You changed the mech too? wow. I thought this was based on the ES 4x4.

Garrett · **Posted:** Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:10 am

It still is based on an ES 4x4. I just truncated the core differently. The last two I made (IIRC) had the layers fully rounded, these are just truncated until they don't impede movement. A small change with no positive or negative effect on the final puzzle, but it makes it 10x easier to build the core.

Still requires 24 casts to make (only 6 less than a gigaminx per part)...must make new molds :wink:

DLitwin · **Posted:** Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:28 am

Sigh. The red is my fault. When I cut the original set of stickers I designed the file with mirror shapes, but then when I went to cut in a batch just took one half and copied it 20 times. I re-cut the mirrored shapes, but it seems the red wasn't from exactly the same set of vinyl. The TechShop stock must have changed, so they are slightly different.

OK, round three: I will send another set of reds to match the mirrored reds (I still have some vinyl from that cutting session). I won't let such a nice puzzle have such a flaw.

Dave

Garrett · **Posted:** Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:11 am

Third time's a charm :wink:

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Mike · **Joined:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:55 pm **Location:** U.S.

looks awsome, are you gonna make black one? some puzzles look goo din white, some look good in black. this looks awsome i n both!

Garrett · **Posted:** Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:14 pm

Yes, there will be black ones made. I need to get more black resin first though.

PotatoSpades22095 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:56 pm

Are you going to be making a video of this?

Garrett · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:22 pm

I plan to, yes.

Garrett · **Posted:** Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:31 pm

New video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2aDT9ZeKqQ

eye2eye · **Posted:** Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:37 pm

this is beautiful

flambore · **Posted:** Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:54 pm

Just watched the video. That thing really looks good. It's so tight compared to your earlier versions, and turns really nicely.
Great job.

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