Design byPeter Query

The Cassiopeia puzzle is just like the Orion puzzle derived from the Cube cage. As base a rhombic 30-sphere has been used. The puzzle if formed with 30 pairs of two rods. So in total 60 pieces are needed. These pieces have, just like the pieces in the Orion puzzle and Cube cage, three notches. The angles of the outer notches are 36°, the angle of the middle most notch is 63,43°. Two different kind of pieces have to be made to complete the puzzle, 30 of each piece. The pieces are each other mirror images. As you see the principle is exactly the same as in the Cube cage and Orion Puzzle, only the angle of the notches differ. To draw the notches on the wood use the design graph. Sawing the outer notches of this puzzle could be difficult, because the angle of the notches with the surface of the rods is relatively small.

After putting the pieces together, you get a cage which looks a bit like a soccer ball. That's not strange because a football is made out of twelve pentagons and twenty hexagons. This puzzle has instead of hexagons triangles, but the amount of surfaces is the same as on a football.