Reuleauxminx Puzzle (Tetrahedral FTD) 3D Printer Model

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Couldn't figure out whether I wanted to make a dodecahedral or tetrahedral puzzle, so this seemed like the obvious choice! It's a simple Face-Turning Dodecahedron (colloquially, a "megaminx") transformed into the shape of a tetrahedron. The "pillowing" effect is necessary, had I used a regular tetrahedron, pieces would either fall out or collide mid-turn. Rather than pillow the shape via my usual method, I used a Reuleaux Tetrahedron, which has the interesting property of always being of constant-width.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gMXrwyU0N4

RLCenter122.STL 51.3KB
RLCenter123.STL 402.7KB
RLedge2_12.STL 282.5KB
RLEdge_12.STL 328.8KB
RLEdge_6.STL 246.1KB
RLMinx_Corner2_4.STL 122.7KB
RLMinx_Corner_12.STL 327.7KB
RLMinx_Corner_4.STL 393.8KB
Split4[59.STL 729.2KB