Bakos Compound (not a puzzle)

Also known as a Compound of Four Cubes.
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The Bakos Compound is is a polyhedron compound of four cubes with octahedral symmetry. It can be printed as a 4-color print, but this would take over 40 hours on a Bambu X1C.  Instead, I print each color separately.  Color 1 (black, in the photos) is just a cube 6 cm on an edge.  Each subsequent color (yellow, green, red) has the parts that need to be added. Printing is easy and no supports are needed.

This is not a puzzle, per se, but assembly requires some thought.  I recommend taping the pieces in place to see the full structure before you start gluing. You may want to take photos so you know exactly where each piece goes.  Then remove all the tape, take all pieces off, and glue the pieces on in order.  I used superglue.  This worked fine, but you cannot make any mistakes.

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