Custom Puzzle Box
This project is an attempt to build my skills in rapid prototyping, including laser cutting, 3D modeling and printing, and Arduino applications.
Puzzles
- Magnet grid, with 30 positions, and 5 magnets (142,506 possible conbinations)
- Plug board with 10 numbered connectors, accepting 6 ordered pairs of digits (9,366,819 possible combinations)
- Screw panel, inaccessible without the correct tool
- Grille cipher, with double-sided grille
- Decryption cipher, with 5 unique two-sided gears (1,054,460 gear setup combinations)
- 60 gear trio choices, 17,576 letter orientations
- Reversible drawer causing another drawer to open
- Hidden-in-plain-sight puzzles
Video
Design Process
You can see the progress in creating the physical box components on the process readme.