Design by Peter Query

This puzzle looks a bit like his bigger brother Sirius, but is a bit smaller. The puzzle is made out of twelve rods which are placed around a rhombic dodecahedron. When the pieces are put together the puzzle is rather solid, but a simple movement of two rods the hole puzzle will fall apart.

If you make this puzzle you have to saw the notches very precisely. The puzzle pieces which can be used for Sirius B are shown in the diagram below. Every piece has maximal four notches, so totally ten possible pieces can be made. For this puzzle you can take three A-pieces, three D-pieces, one E-piece, four I-pieces and one J-piece. Other combinations are however possible. If you chose your own combination of pieces, make sure that the puzzle will not become to instable. For the precise dimensions of this puzzle use the design graph. You can take rods with a square diameter of at least 3 x 3 cm. It is almost impossible to saw the notches precise, but the bigger the pieces the smaller the relative deviation.