assembled

assembled, other side

expanded

disassembled

piece closeup

fancy product packaging

comes with certificate & other reference material; you must cut the thread or break the wax seal to get the pieces out!

the pieces

partially assembled

all pieces in position at full expansion

closing the puzzle

closing further

fully closed and assembled

other side of assembled puzzle

OP-1 machining done in the MX-330 using a self centering vise

loading parts into the tombstone fixture (8 at once) for OP-2 machine work

clamping the parts requires that handy access hole

loading parts into the tombstone fixture (8 at once) for OP-2 machine work

clamping the parts requires that handy access hole

the tombstone is loaded into the MX-330 and ready to run OP-2

OP-2 complete

OP-2 complete

ready to unload the finished parts from the tombstone; that screw access hole seems to have vanished!

pumping put parts all day every day that I was able

assembled puzzle, plus and extra piece

pieces expanded, balancing on axis of symmetry

the only cutter that I broke the whole time making this production run was the long 1/4" endmill that I was using to dig out all of those decorative pockets with helical swarf cuts