How to make a 4 Piece Soma Cube Puzzle
I built this puzzle from a disassembled photo of it. That meant that I had to solve the puzzle after building it in order to know if the pieces were correctly arranged.
For this project we will need:
6 1x1 blocks
6 2x1 blocks
3 3x1 blocks
And while not necessary, a crosscut sled will really help with the repeatable cuts.
I started off by squaring up cherry scraps, I aimed for it to be around 20mm but that’s not important as long as the material is accurate.
In order to cut the pieces as needed, I used my crosscut sled with a 1x2x3 block as a stop.
Off-camera I was reaching for some scrap to check my cuts before I used the finished material.
By the end, we are going to have 6 blocks of 1, 6 blocks of 2, and 3 blocks of 3.
I gave the pieces quick sanding, nothing much because we want to maintain square pieces.
Next, I used a flat surface and two metal blocks. Something to reference against when we do the glue-up.
You can use whatever glue you like but I chose CA glue with an activator. It’s strong and fast. But the biggest advantage is that the pieces won’t slide around on you as wood glue will do.
It’s a bit hard to tell from the video how the pieces need to be assembled so I created a Tinker Cad model found here https://www.tinkercad.com/things/d4Ha...
After gluing I sanded off some of the glue seepages and did a final sanding to get the fit just right.
For toys, I like to use Clapham's Beeswax finish as it’s nontoxic.
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Tools Used:
Table-saw
Palm Sander
Tung Oil
Table of Contents
0:00 - Intro
0:38 - Cutting the pieces
2:42 - Sanding
3:06 - Glue-up
6:12 - More sanding!
6:32 - Applying finish
9:44 - Solo piece shots
10:30 - So satisfying
10:38 - Done!
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