🔍The maze bolt puzzle is designed using Fusion 360 and 3D printed in separate pieces.
🔥The lost PLA method is used to cast the maze bolt in ceramic shells.
🔨The maze bolt is melted to remove the plastic and fired to create ceramic shells.
📐The maze bolt is machined, polished, and assembled with custom-made nuts.
🧩The maze bolt puzzle is a visually stunning and complex puzzle that will test your problem-solving skills.
How is the maze bolt puzzle designed?
—The maze bolt puzzle is designed using Fusion 360, a 3D modeling software.
What is the lost PLA method?
—The lost PLA method is a casting technique where a 3D printed model is used as a mold and the plastic is burned out, leaving a cavity that is then filled with another material.
What is the purpose of the ceramic shells?
—The ceramic shells are used to create a mold for casting the maze bolt in bronze.
How are the ceramic shells created?
—The ceramic shells are created by dipping the 3D printed models in a liquid ceramic slurry and coating them with fused silica sand for strength.
How are the maze bolt and nuts machined?
—The maze bolt and nuts are machined using various tools and techniques, including drilling, tapping, and single point threading.
00:21The maze bolt puzzle is designed in Fusion 360 and 3D printed in separate pieces.
00:36The maze bolt is cast using the lost PLA method in ceramic shell.
01:25The plastic is melted out of the ceramic shells, leaving cavities.
01:56Bronze is melted and poured into the ceramic shell molds.
05:53The maze bolt and nuts are machined to the correct dimensions.
08:11The nuts are machined with threaded holes for set screws.
09:02Custom-made nuts are machined from aluminum.
09:53The nuts are polished and assembled with the maze bolt.
