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Jig for making wood star puzzles, also known as Escher solid.
It’s a cool small woodworking project, interesting challenge to solve, a beautiful object to have on the counter and a great present for any occasion. it is also a great way to use all your small scraps from previous projects.
It’s not an easy project, though. the accuracy that is needed is very high. it took me 5 prototypes to get to the final jig design. each star is assembled from 6 identical pieces. I made around 50 wood-star puzzles, Using all types of hard wood like Purple heart, Wenge, Zebrano, Maple, Walnut, Cherry, and more. (i succeeded to sell only one on etsy, isn’t it ironic :)
I made a 4 part video series about it, but this final chapter sums most of it.
if you think you will have interests for getting the plans for this project - please let me know.
Also known as Escher's Solid
mathworld.wolfram.com/EschersS...
www.georgehart.com/virtual-pol...
It is also called First stellation of rhombic dodecahedron
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_s...
Lets tessellate! • alt-J - Tessellate [OF...
Machines:
Sliding table saw: Hammer (Felder) K3 basic
Planer - Metabo HC260
Belt sander - made by plans from matthias wandel.