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Luban lock
二十四柱鲁班锁
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Twenty-Four-Piece Luban Lock: Coffin Length-4 3D & STL

Coffin length-4 · 二十四根

Twenty-four sticks: twelve left-handed and twelve right-handed, each with four notches (Coffin Altekruse length-4 / Ishino Sol.1).

The first move is still a mutual opposite half-slide — like the twelve-piece form, with twice the sticks.

Pieces
24 (12 left + 12 right)
Notches
Four per stick
First move
Mutual opposite half-slide
Atlas name
二十四柱 (folk count)

Assembled twenty-four: 12 left + 12 right (Coffin length-4 / Ishino Sol.1).

Drag to rotate. Coffin length-4 Altekruse (four notches, 12 left + 12 right); first move is a mutual opposite half-slide. Teaching voxel box-soup, not a manifold boolean. Atlas 二十四柱 is a count-family mapping.

Drag to orbit; scrub the slider for the half-slide.

How it works

How it bites

Left- and right-handed sticks pair across the lattice. Market notches may differ; atlas 二十四柱 matches this count-family.

Free STL downloads

Twelve left + twelve right — prefer printing the left and right masters twelve times each. Suggest 7–9 mm/u. Licence CC BY 4.0. See the CNC and 3D-printing notes.

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Questions

How does it open?

A mutual opposite half-slide of two groups, as in the twelve-piece Altekruse, with twice as many sticks.

Can I print it?

Yes. Prefer printing the left and right masters twelve times each.

Further reading
  1. Coffin / Rausch, Puzzling World ch.6e — Altekruse-family 24 sticks
  2. Ishino, Puzzle Will Be Played — Altekruse 24 Sol.1