The Skull puzzle which I designed in 2019 is now available on Kickstarter. This is a campaign by PuzzleMaster of Canada. Precision machine cut from 1/8 inch stainless steel. 67 pieces requiring 116 moves to disassemble. My prototype weighs in at a massive over 730 grams. The production version is heavier and close to 800 Read More
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Dirty dozen and l(8)tice on kickstarter project by puzzlemaster
For lovers of interlocking puzzles (and those of you who missed out on my Dirty Dozen), there is a Kickstarter project ongoing now which features two of my designs, the Dirty Dozen and L(8)tice. The third design Slideways, comes from Ray Stanton. All the puzzles are made of heavy aluminium and anodised in attractive orange, Read More
Coin Puzzles By Rex Perez
A very Happy New Year to all my puzzle friends and blog readers! This is my first post for 2019. I have known puzzle collector and designer Rex Rossano Perez from the Philippines for the last several years. Like most others who use social media, I got to know him via Facebook and within the Read More
Of Mice & Mazes – A Puzzle Card Box
Sorry folks, but you must forgive me for my infrequent postings these days. I have taken on a couple of work commitments and my personal life is also going on! It’s been a couple of weeks since my last puzzle blog post. Hence I thought this weekend, I will write about this wooden puzzle box Read More
GyroTwisty
The GyroTwisty is another Diniar Namdarian-designed puzzle that I played with over the weekend. It also happens to be the Exchange Puzzle of Hendrik Haak at IPP38 in San Diego this past August. The GyroTwisty comprises an ABS plastic (the stuff for 3D printing) circular shell frame l which holds an inner ball. The object of Read More
Double Vision
Now this is a very interesting and rather unique Exchange Puzzle. I received the Double Vision from Allan Slocum at this year’s IPP38 in San Diego. Is it even a mechanical puzzle? Well I suppose it is. After all, there is a pretty neat trick to the solution too. The goal of Double Vision “is Read More
The Vault – Guest Post By Mike Desilets
Aloha Kākou puzzlers, I return to JL Puzzles for a quick follow-up to last month’s Flight Case post. As it turns out, I actually own two Smetsers items. When I purchased Flight Case, I couldn’t resist getting Leo Smetsers’ other trick “box” called The Vault. It is worthy of the name, I assure you. But Read More
The Metagrobologist Issue No. 5
The latest issue of Metagobologist is out. Started in 2015 by Dave Holt from the UK, the fifth issue hard copy magazine is available for pre-order and will only go to print if there are 100 orders or more. Click on the link below for more info. https://www.themetagrobologistmagazine.co.uk/
Sewing Box
Diniar Namdarian from Germany has always been very well known for his many 2D sliding block puzzle designs. In fact I have quite a number of puzzles he has produced over the years. These have mainly been fabricated out of laser cut acrylic in the past. Of late, he has started producing puzzles using 3D Read More
U-Sockel By Jean-Claude Constantin
Unlike the Adam & Eve entanglement puzzle which I was able to solve on my own, I had little luck with Jean-Claude Constantin’s U-Sockel. Socke in German means “base” in English. The U-Sockel came to me courtesy of fellow puzzle collector/designer Goh Pit Khiam. He had dropped by my place last Sunday to take a Read More
Super Cube
I am not a fan of twisty puzzles nor good at solving them. Not at all. With the exception of some twisties which I bought (because I liked their physical appearance), I own very few. Less than a dozen perhaps, mainly gifted from generous puzzle friends. But during IPP38 in San Diego this past August, Read More
Flight Case – Guest Post By Mike Desilets
Aloha Kākou puzzlers, Before I go any further, yes, you are at the correct blog! This is JL Puzzles, not a certain other highly esteemed blog I frequent. I have not turned colors, just indulging in a bit of moonlighting between Puzzlemad assignments. Jerry has very graciously offered me space here to write and I Read More
IPP38 Puzzle Exchange – 11 August 2018, San Diego, California, USA
This year’s IPP38 Puzzle Exchange took place (the day before the Puzzle Party) on 11 August 2018. It was held at the Wyndham Bayside Hotel in San Diego, California along with the rest of the festivities. Typically, an Exchange participant (pre-registered and approved) is required to produce 100 copies of a puzzle of an original Read More
Hanayama Cast Arrows
It was a busy last weekend for me at IPP38 in San Diego, California, USA. Two hectic days consisting of the Puzzle Exchange (blog post to come) and the Puzzle Party. Not to mention that I had to travel nearly 24 hours each way by plane and train from Singapore to San Diego. Then there Read More
