Hanayama CAST PUZZLE HELIX 1 User manual

Cast Puzzles
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Thepartsandlocationsareasshownbelow.
Thisistheshapeof1.
Diagramseenfromtheback
Thewide-openpartis4.
Movingthebackandfrontofthemainbodyleftandrighttomisalignthemwillcreateagaplargeenoughforthering
topassthroughthepartoverlappingthemainbody.Rotatingtheringwhilepassingitthroughthegapenablesthering
tobemovedtovariouspositions.
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Diagramseenfromtheback
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Gap
Movingthemainbodycreatesagap Rotatetheringwhilepassingit
throughthegap Theringcanbemovedtovarious positions
Oncetheringisabletomovedtovariouspositions,passitthroughgaps“3”and“4”,fromboththefront
andbackofthemainbody.
Theringpasses
throughgaps“3”and“4”
Exampleofpassingtheringthrough“3”and“4”
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Securethemainbodyfrontandbacktothepositionshown
inthediagramontheleft.Whentheringisingapa,rotating
theringasshowninthediagramontherightwhilepassing
theringthroughthegapsintheorderb→c→d→ewillbring
theringtogaps“3”and“4”.
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Togapb
Thewide-openpartis4seenevenfromtheback
Thisistheshapeof1
seenevenfromtheback
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Solving the Cast HELIX 1

Cast Puzzles
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Theringispositionedatthegaps“3”and“4”onthemainbody.
Thesurfaceofthetipoftheringandprotrusion3onthefrontofthemainbodyshouldbepositionedflat.
Thebackofthemainbodywillalsobepositionedflatwiththesurfaceofprotrusion3inthesamewayasthefront.
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Rotatethebackofthemainbody
clockwise.Simultaneously,move
theringtothebackandcausethe
ringtotilt.
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Separated.Finally,rotatethebackofthemain
bodybackclockwise,andremove
thering.
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Mainbodyfront
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Protrusion3
Rotatethebackofthemainbody
clockwise,whilemakingsurethat
thefrontofthemainbodydoesnot
move.Atthesametime,theringwill
starttotilt.
Underrotation
Underrotation
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Solving the Cast HELIX2