Description
The Small Castle is one of my favorite building plans. Each of the four towers is spring loaded and people really like fidgeting with them. I’m also very happy with how the box looks. The box is smaller than it appears in the pictures, making it great to take with you.the largest side is 98 mm long.
Warning! You will need a laser cutter and a 3D printer in order to make this puzzle box!
The laser cut file for cutting the wood for this puzzle box has a square around it. This will allow you to easily scale the laser cut file for any wood thickness. I used 3 mm wood for making the puzzle box, and it resulted in a box which was 98 x 80 x 62 mm.
The square around the laser cut file is 450 by 275 mm for 3 mm wood. If you want to use another wood thickness, scale the laser cut file accordingly. Be aware that you will also need to scale the 3D printed parts.
Besides the laser cut wood and the 3D printed parts you will need:
- Glue
- Sanding paper
- 4 metal dowel rods with a diameter of 3 mm and a length of 20 mm.
- 4 springs with a diameter of 6 mm, a length of 20 mm and a wire thickness of 0.5 mm.
- 8 magnets with a diameter of 5 mm and a length of 3 mm.
- 1 marble with a diameter of 8 mm (optional).
The laser cut files have three layers:
A layer for the outer square to scale the file (450 x 275 mm)
A layer for cutting.
A layer for line engraving.