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Month: March 2018

OMPIC

OMPIC

Posted on March 31, 2018March 31, 2018 by admin

When I first saw this puzzle,  I didn’t know what OMPIC meant. Well, I had seen Allard Walker talk about the puzzle on his blog a while back and thanks to him, I found out

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged 3D packing, assembly, disassembly, IPP37, packing, put together, Puzzle Design Competition, sequential movement, take apart, Vinco Obsivac, wood5 Comments
Security Lock

Security Lock

Posted on March 30, 2018 by admin

The last several months, all the attention appears to have been showered on Rainer Popp’s very massive, very challenging and very expensive puzzle lock, the T11 Popplock. This week I had the chance to play with a

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged acrylic, assembly, disassembly, IPP37, Liang-Jen Wu, metal, put together, puzzle lock, sequential movement, sliding block, take apart, trick lock, woodLeave a comment
Ring Bottle Puzzle By Wil Strijbos

Ring Bottle Puzzle By Wil Strijbos

Posted on March 27, 2018April 1, 2018 by admin

This glass puzzle called the Ring Bottle Puzzle.  It has been sitting at the top shelf of my puzzle closet for the longest time. So long that I had forgotten about it for almost 7

Posted in PuzzlesTagged assembly, bottle, disassembly, disentanglement, glass, impossible object, IPP21, metal, put together, Puzzle Design Competition, take apart, Wil Strijbos, wood2 Comments
Who Moved My (Swiss) Cheese?

Who Moved My (Swiss) Cheese?

Posted on March 19, 2018March 27, 2018 by admin

I got this rather cute and interesting packing puzzle, the Swiss Cheese courtesy of William Waite. I have had the pleasure of meeting William on several occasions during the past IPPs and corresponded with him

Posted in PuzzlesTagged 2D packing, assembly, disassembly, packing, put together, take apart, William Waite, wood2 Comments
Simplexity - "Natural" Disentanglement Puzzle

Simplexity – “Natural” Disentanglement Puzzle

Posted on March 9, 2018 by admin

Strange Catapult looking device I have never been good at nor too interested in disentanglement puzzles, hence my collection is very small as I generally don’t buy any. As far as I can remember the

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged assembly, disassembly, disentanglement, metal, put together, take apart, wire, wood1 Comment
A Wooden Puzzle From Wil Strijbos

A Wooden Puzzle From Wil Strijbos

Posted on March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 by admin

From Wil Strijbos? I think a wooden puzzle coming from Wil Strijbos would be usually somewhat of a surprise. Most puzzlers know Wil Strijbos as a designer of challenging, high quality (and some rather expensive)

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged assembly, burr, Burr Tools, disassembly, interlocking, put together, sequential movement, take apart, Wil Strijbos, wood1 Comment

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