Bolts Cube

This CAD model was designed by Oskar van Deventer, copyright (c), 12 April 2025.

Bolts Loop is puzzle with eight bolts with a holed cube on top. The goal of the puzzle is to insert the bolts fully into the holes in a loop, and build a cube. The movement to split the cube feels very organic. It takes quite good orientation work to put the parts back together again. The puzzle design has a broken symmetry on purpose. Several prototypes were needed to get all the curves right.

Here are some links about this design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4xVaBqg-8U
https://i.materialise.com/en/shop/item/bolts-cube
https://i.materialise.com/forum/t/bolts-cube-by-oskar/3936
https://twistypuzzles.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40319

Feel free to 3D-print an extra sample to give to a friend, as long as you mention the designer and don't charge money.

If you are planning to sell some samples, then please contact me for a license agreement. The royalty fee is 10% of your selling price.

Please do not upload the design to a commercial service, or redistribute the design in any way other than linking to the YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4xVaBqg-8U

Enjoy!

Oskar
19 July 2025

Contact: 
https://oskarvandeventer.nl/index_contact.php?subject=Print%20It%20Yourself