Interlocking Earth Puzzle 3D Printer Model

License: CC BY-NC
File formats: stl
Download type: zip
Size:25.0MB

The file 'Interlocking Earth Puzzle 3D Printer Model' is (stl) file type, size is 25.0MB.

Summary

This 20-piece earth puzzle will test your geography knowledge!

The puzzle is based on a 20 sided icosahedron. Each edge has a tab that will interlock with any other edge on any other piece.

The files are grouped in to "N," "NE," "S," and "SE." Each group contains five puzzle pieces. Pieces labeled "N" share a vertex that lays roughly at the north pole near the Bering Strait. "NE" pieces all share an edge with an "N" piece. Pieces labeled "S" share a vertex near the south pole. "SE" pieces all share an edge with an "S" piece.

There are separate files for each piece, as well as "Combined" files to print groups out together. Printing the "Combined" files is the best way to go. The "Full Earth Print Ready" has all the pieces together, but this is risky in that an error part way through the print will ruin the whole thing.

Printing this with layer heights of .15 mm or greater results in visible contour lines in the oceans that can be distracting to the overall design. I recommend printing with a layer height of .10 mm or less.

Full_Earth_Globe.stl 16.5MB
Full_Earth_Print_Ready.stl 16.5MB
N1.stl 847.6KB
N2.stl 848.3KB
N3.stl 841.0KB
N4.stl 845.2KB
N5.stl 842.3KB
NE1.stl 843.2KB
NE2.stl 848.6KB
NE3.stl 838.5KB
NE4.stl 849.0KB
NE5.stl 836.3KB
NE_combined.stl 4.1MB
N_combined.stl 4.1MB
S1.stl 843.1KB
S2.stl 841.9KB
S3.stl 842.5KB
S4.stl 850.9KB
S5.stl 841.5KB
SE1.stl 841.5KB
SE2.stl 838.9KB
SE3.stl 849.2KB
SE4.stl 844.0KB
SE5.stl 837.9KB
SE_combined.stl 4.1MB
S_combined.stl 4.1MB