1.- Introduction:

In the 80s I was exposed to this puzzle formed out of wood, that with the years it got broken. (wood that got deteriorated and a friend that tried to solve it broke two of the pieces of it)

Today you can find this wooden puzzle shops under different funny names like Mayer's Puzzle, Mayer's Cube, Konzi Cube, Koncy Puzzle, etc. The name I knew was “Hexacube”.

Now I got a new 3D printer, therefore I decided to design it and print it.

I took the challenge to design it using the broken cube, opened ThinkerCAD to design and joint all parts.  It was not easy to calculate the exact distances and required space between the moving parts, but it worked for me. (First time designing)  

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2.- Printing:

I used my original Prusa Mini+ printer, with eSUN PLA+ that surprised me with the performance:.

• Printing time: ~15 hours.
• Layer Height: 0.2 mm (Quality Settings)
• Vertical Shells - Perimeters: 4
• eSUN PLA+ (Generic PLA profile)
• 65 meters of filament..
• I used 5% infill, but I guess this was to exaggerated. Suggest you use your regular value (15%?)
• Most of the pieces require support, you may need to rotate the STL files for the proper placement using the minimum of support. (I guess you know your Slicer software)

The GCODE files are for a Prusa Mini+, and include per part file, each piece apart. If you want a real printing challenge, then download and print my second model: Mayer's Puzzle - Printed in one shot. (In this link, you have the hint how to solve it).

3.- Other Puzzles I have designed:

• Octagonal Pillars Puzzle
• Klarner's Pentacube Puzzle
• The Haberdasher's Puzzle
• Jewish Calendar - Puzzle a day
• Escher's Star Puzzle
• Mayer's Puzzle - Printed in pieces
• Mayer's Puzzle - Print in place 

4.- Change Log:

• Updated: 2023-08-12: Description.
• Upload: 2022-09-16: Initial Version.
   

5.- Last Words

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Happy printing & Greetings from the Galilee.

Hope it was not TL;DR