Kirjava
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It's a bit odd to berate 'knockoffs' then work with them to produce new puzzles.
Making an 11x11x11 V-Ball
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Tony Fisher
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Why? What should I do with the ones I get given? Throw them away? Hide them in a cupboard and pretend I don't have them? At least it gives me practice for when I have a legit puzzle to work on. I'd rather destroy a KO than a V-Cube or 13x13x13.
Kirjava
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Please do what you want with them!
I just seems uncharacteristic of you to do this given your stance on the issue.
I think I'd rather practice on V-Cubes instead of higher quality puzzles.
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Wow, I just watched part 1 and 2. This must have taken a really long time.
Not exactly the same type of practice though
I think I'd rather practice on V-Cubes instead of higher quality puzzles.
Not exactly the same type of practice though
Dojers
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I'll take 'em
I don't have the $$ for anything bigger than my 5x5x5 so I'd GLADLY take them off your hands for you 
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Tony Fisher
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Yes and after re-assembly I soon had to take it apart again! Plus it's a lot harder than assembling an 11x11x11 cube since there are pairs of the parts which are almost identical and easy to get mixed up (which I did).Fer real -it had me sucking air too! Them's a lot of pieces!!
Dojers
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I tell you what - between you, Oskar, and you and Oskar doing all these puzzle mods - there's not going to be a puzzle to create that you guys haven't come up with already!! I LOVE that Cubes in Disk one. That thing is a beautiful piece of work I tell you that much. How you guys come up with stuff like that is amazing. If I could afford it, I'd buy one of your mods. Maybe I'll save up and buy one of your factory made mods that you personally sign tho - I can probably swing that cost. Dunno if I'd be able to bring myself to play with it tho LOL
Great job - looking forward to the rest of the vids!
Tony Fisher
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Thanks. The Cubes on a Disk never got much attention but it's one of my all time favourites. 99% of credit goes to Oskar for that one BTW.I tell you what - between you, Oskar, and you and Oskar doing all these puzzle mods - there's not going to be a puzzle to create that you guys haven't come up with already!! I LOVE that Cubes in Disk one. That thing is a beautiful piece of work I tell you that much. How you guys come up with stuff like that is amazing. If I could afford it, I'd buy one of your mods. Maybe I'll save up and buy one of your factory made mods that you personally sign tho - I can probably swing that cost. Dunno if I'd be able to bring myself to play with it tho LOL
Great job - looking forward to the rest of the vids!
I was talking to Oskar at the 2013 DCD about the subject of running out of puzzles to make. He said far more have yet to be made than have already been made. I'm sure he's right though I think it's getting harder to mentally find them.
Dojers
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I wondered about that - I know there's no way you could ever run out of puzzles (they've been making puzzles for centuries and it doesn't seem like it's slowed down any!!) but the brain can only think up so much before it says enough. Maybe you just need a little bit of a break from trying to think up puzzles and play with what you've done, seeing if you can make them better somehow or whatever. Then maybe your brain will jumpstart again with the actual puzzle design.
And bummer on the cubes on a disc being low on the totem pole - it's the one that caught my eye the fastest and stayed there. Awesome looking puzzle! It'd drive me to drink but still....it'd be worth every drop LOL
Tony Fisher
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Here is part 3 of the 5 construction videos. It starts with tidying up the filled parts which took 3.5 hours. Then there is the first assembly taking 3 hours. This was followed by a final 30 mins of Dremelling and then 45 minutes sanding the puzzle in it's assembled state. I then disassembled it one last time and spent 6 hours sanding pieces individually to get each one perfect with rounded edges.
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Dojers
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Holy cow!!! That's a lot of pieces!! Good thing you like this work LOL
Tony Fisher
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Here is part 4 of the 5 construction videos. It shows final assembly and the 'easy' stickers. Part 5 will show the really fun stickers.
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Tony Fisher
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Here is part 5 of the 5 construction videos. It shows how I made and attached the really tiny stickers and then the initial test after the puzzle was completed. I deliberately let this run a bit to show how this process is fiddly but with a bit of perseverance it can be done.
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