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Cracked! (Plato's Egg) puzzle

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  • Cracked_Platos_Egg_-_Solution.pdf
  • dodecahedron_shell_x_3.stl
  • dodecahedron_white_A_x_2.stl
  • dodecahedron_white_B_x_2.stl
  • dodecahedron_yolk_x_3.stl

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Publication date 2021-02-03 at 19:08
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Published to Thingiverse on: 2016-11-04 at 22:09
Design number 283601

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This is my entry for the 2015 IPP Puzzle Design competition
http://www.johnrausch.com/DesignCompetition/2015/default.htm#08
Read more about the story behind this puzzle in the 'How I Designed This' section

The puzzle is composed of three nested layers of dodecahedra.
The challenge is to crack Plato's egg into its constituent parts, find and disassemble the trisected dodecahedron at the centre, then put it back together again.
Each of the three stages requires a degree of coordinate motion.
The white of the egg is particularly hard to disassemble by hand but will easily come apart by spinning the egg on the table.

You will need to print:
3 of the Shell pieces in light brown
2 of the White A pieces in white or clear
2 of the White B pieces in white or clear
3 of the Yolk pieces in yellow

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