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[David Rousseau]

John,

My avatar is a tetrahdron, it's an explosion type puzzle made of 4 identical triangles and 6 identical locking pieces.
On the same type , i made a buckyball with many more pieces of course 

David

[Canuck]

Very nice indeed!  Do you happen to have a physical copy, so you can post a pic?

[Johan Heyns]

Hi David

Thanks for posting your pic.

NOW:  All the rest of you silent watchers out there, post your pics please?

Of course I'm speaking specifically to Dentistsan, Mr McCullum, Mr Dawson and the other guys who post regularly who have not shown us what you look like.

[David Rousseau]

Hello

Here are 2 photos of my avatar (assembled and disassembled) and 1 of my buckyball design (i'am sorry, it's in plywood !)

For the buckyball, I used 2 softwares
the first is stella 4.4, free version at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php to know angles between each piece
the second is Alibre design express, a free 3D modeler at http://www.alibre.fr/ to check the cuts in pieces and verify the complete assembly

[Canuck]

Nice, I can SO see them being crafted out of some exotic wood!!  Thanks for posting the pics and the links
By the way David, I seen your website a while back but never did make the connection

[Bernhard Schweitzer]

Hi David

nice to know you face to face now; I`m the guy behind the wooden camera; hopefully your Four Corners in a cube puzzle will be ready beginning of october
best regards
Bernhard

[Robert Yarger]

Wow David,  what perfectly detailed exotic cuts.  What are some of those, like 22.5 degrees with 45 degree rabbit cuts.  You will have to show us some pictures of the jigs that you use.

[David Rousseau]

Hello Robert

I do not have much machine to manufacture my puzzles  . I have a precision circular saw from PROXXON and a scrollsaw to make cuts on pieces for locking each other.
The difficulty to obtain a puzzle easy to assembly is to be precise when you manually draw cuts on each piece and when you do the cuts with the scrollsaw.
If you're interested , i can post plans of pieces.

To Bernhard
If it's not a secret  , what type of wood will you use to make the 4-corners cube ?

[Bernhard Schweitzer]

Hi David

the woods are not fixed, but we will take some contrasting hardwoods, may be maple + jatoba for a nice contrast, of course you will get one for your collection;

hi all pen-lovers, especially made by John Devost:

next week I`ll send him the following small plank from a Amboyna-grained wood; I think it will be enough for about 10 or 12 nice pens;so prepare your orders!!!

regards
Bernhard

[Canuck]

Oh My  Wow, that is very kind of you Bernhard,  it means a lot, as I know how long you've waited to finally get this magnificent piece of wood from your wood supplier!!!!!!!  I'm not sure yet, how I'll repay you but I'll think of something

[Eric Fuller]

Wow...if you get that sapwood/hardwoon edge in the middle of a pen it will look really cool!

[Jack Krijnen]

Now you know my face. Next time I'll shave.

[Canuck]

Hey Jack, you probably guessed that I would ask what that puzzle is you're trying to solve?

[Jack Krijnen]

Hi John

Couldn't miss; someone was bound to. It is a Twister 4x2, probably the only copy ever made.

[Canuck]

Wow, that puzzle is a level 33 You're definitely the 'high level' puzzleman!