This is my exchange puzzle for IPP-38 in San
Diego.
It consists of thirty identical laser-cut Baltic birch components
The name Minuet comes from the way the parts dance around
each other.
Goal: Assemble the parts to make a symmetric orb.
See below if you want a hint or the full assembly solution.
Hint #1: Look briefly at the image above and try to
assemble it based on that.
Hint #2: Make sure every piece is facing the same way.
Either clockwise or counterclockwise works, but all must be the
same.
Hint #3: The first step is to make a pentagon, locking the
arms of five pieces into a cycle.
Hint #4: Make a second pentagon that links with the
first like two links of a chain.
Hint #5: In the end, there are six pentagons. Every pair
links.
Hint #6: There are three-fold spirals (surrounded in a concave
manner) and five-fold spirals (surrounded in a convex manner), but no
four-fold spirals.
Hint #7: Two parts always lock arms above the center of
another piece.
Full Solution
