Check the new maze puzzle box video here! The new site design will be going live in a few weeks…
Thanks to James Baudouy at JimJam productions for shooting and editing the video.
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New designs for puzzle boxes by Gavin Wilshen.
Last night of our excellent Haxmas in Leeds with Stuart, Dave and Scott. We made high voltage levitators, polargraphs, tesla coils, puzzle boxes, laser cut flexiwood notebooks, solar rainbow makers, and chocolate molds!
One of the great things was that we were all able to trade ideas and experience. For example; Scott let me use his tesla coil winding gear and showed me how to make a decent secondary coil for my tesla project. I helped Dave and Stuart put together my solar rainbow makers and polargraphs.
What seems to work well is to have a well formed idea to investigate, or a mostly finished project that can be easily duplicated by other people. Another thing we might try next time is to collectively solve a problem that we would all benefit by. An example is that none of us know a cheap and reliable radio link we can use with computers and microcontrollers.
Finally finished my latest electronic track – this one features Crimzon Green (vocals) and Seb from Orange Way (guitar)
I love it when I get to the stage of a project where I can finesse it! The maze puzzle box is now in its 15th iteration after a year’s progressive design improvements.
In this update I’ve improved the looks by removing all the visible cut marks on the top surface. Another tiny improvement is etching the start and end of the maze on the “key” that comes with the box. This makes sure a new owner knows where the ball starts and ends.
