Futtminx by OSKAR

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

Hi Twisty Puzzles fans,

Futtminx is a tribute to the brilliant Tuttminx design by Lee Tutt, which has been mass produced by Leslie Lee / VeryPuzzle. The hexagonal faces of the original Tuttminx can only be turned by multiples of 120 degrees. If one tries to makes 60-degrees turns with the Tuttminx, then adjacent turns are blocked. It is not possible to fully unbandage Tuttminx into a doctrinaire puzzle, as Tuttminx is arguably a puzzle that jumbles.

"Futtminx" stands for "Fudged Tuttminx". The corners are fudged into threefold symmetry, where all edges are fudged and made identical. The puzzle has a lot of gaps between the pieces as a result of the fudging. Also, the pieces shift a bit during a turn to make all turns possible, including 60-degrees hexagon turns.

One innovation of this puzzle is that 31 of the centers are bolted from the inside out. This saves a lot of work for placing caps on the centers and it looks better. The 32nd center has a long bolt that bolts the two core hemispheres together.

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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Door · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2011 4:58 am

It looks great!
I really like the idea of bolting the centers from the inside out!

-Mark-

Luke · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2011 5:10 am

That is very cool Oskar! I love it. Beautiful!

MonkeyZ · **Joined:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:59 pm **Location:** NJ

It's great to see this finally made! Great design.

Muffet · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:22 am

Brilliant, I like it very much

wwwmwww · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:59 am

NICE!!! I so glad you went with the curved cuts over your first design...

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Door wrote:

I really like the idea of bolting the centers from the inside out!

I like that too. Very original. And look at all the empty space inside. You could use this as a gift cube where to get to the inside you had to figure out which of the 32 face centers has the cap.

Carl

Jared · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:24 am

I had a feeling this was possible ever since I saw the original Tuttminx. But of course, it took Oskar to make it.

GuiltyBystander · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:05 pm

Internal bolting is very cool. I love that giant bolt too.

stardust4ever · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:49 pm

Oskar wrote:

One innovation of this puzzle is that 31 of the centers are bolted from the inside out. This saves a lot of work for placing caps on the centers and it looks better. The 32nd center has a long bolt that bolts the two core hemispheres together.
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Is this also the same type mechanism you employed for the Icosaix? After all, you said it used 19 M3 10mm screws, and one M3 40mm! I hope my Allen wrench fits in there. I can't imagine what my big boulder would have looked like if it used this system.

KelvinS · **Joined:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:13 pm

Sorry for the bump...

But *why* isn't this thing called a "futtball"? Given its shape and relation to a football this name seems so obvious, yet nobody has mentioned it anywhere on the forum!

GoombaGeek · **Posted:** Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:13 am

KelvinS wrote:

Sorry for the bump...

But *why* isn't this thing called a "futtball"? Given its shape and relation to a football this name seems so obvious, yet nobody has mentioned it anywhere on the forum!

I'd say because previously, it didn't cross anyone's mind... but I'm almost certain Oskar posted a puzzle called the Fudball recently, so now your suggested name change would just be too confusing. Sorry

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