This is a maze box, you have to reach the end to open the box. It is really EASY to print and assemble, and you only need a rubber band. Is something like this on your project list? Let’s discuss further in the Electronic 3D Printed Puzzle Box forum over at ! This is my fourth puzzle box, I hope you like it J But if you make one of these, then whatever you do make sure that what you have hidden inside of the compartments is something a little nicer than a $20 gift card to Bed Bath & Beyond. You could either set the GPS to various places inside of your house, or be really mean and make them go across town to find the right spot. You could lock both of the keys in the smaller compartments and then provide instructions on how to find the location at which each of them can be opened. I think the best part of this project is the many ways that you can use the various locking features to turn opening the gift into quite the adventure. Let me know how you do it!” esseff3d said on his Instructable. A lot of you are more clever than I am and will think of better ways to hide the codes. “For my family, I simply hid the codes in a 6×6 grid of numbers and let them brute force finding it by going through each code one by one. The electronics are all hidden away inside of the lid. Just make sure that you think of something fun to do with all of the locks. This is not an easy project, but the instructions are very clear and easy to follow, so anyone with some basic knowledge of electronics, the ability to solder and a 3D printer large enough to print the box should be able to manage. There is also a complete list of all of the parts and components that esseff3d used to construct the box, and the Arduino code that he used as well. The box was designed using Autodesk 123D Design and the STL files are included on the Instructable. The 3D printed portions of the box were designed to hold all of the electronics and keep them hidden from the gift compartments. That is incredibly inventive, and probably a little evil. To make things even more complicated, the main compartment won’t open unless two switches attached to keys have been turned. Additionally, each compartment needs a unique six-digit code in order to open, so the recipient not only needs to figure out where to open the compartments, but they have to decipher the codes to open them when they get there. In order for each compartment to be opened it must be in a specific latitude and longitude that is programmed in using Arduino. There are two small compartments that are sized perfectly for cash, gift cards or very small gifts, while the center compartment is slightly bigger and can hold marginally larger objects. The puzzle box has a total of three individual compartments, each with its own complicated way of being opened. The main compartment is large enough for a small gift. And he clearly has impressive experience, having caught our eye previously with a detailed, light-up 3D print of Zelda’s bow. It took all his skill as a maker, including designing the box with CAD software, 3D printing it and wiring up and coding all the electronics himself. In order to top that though he decided to go all out and create the world’s most complicated puzzle box, and he happily shared it on Instructables. Last year he 3D printed a clear PLA box around a gift card, which is pretty amazing and totally something that I’m going to do this year. It seems he has found himself in an unofficial contest with his family to wrap presents in more and more elaborate and difficult to open ways, and that is a dangerous thing in the hands of someone with a 3D printer and some electronics skills. The puzzle box was designed in Autodesk 123D Design.īut as much fun as my family has wrapping our Christmas presents, Instructables user Scott Fisher, who goes by esseff3d, is in a class all his own.
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