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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 Read More

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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Coffin’s Four Piece Cube

Posted on January 27, 2018February 22, 2018 by admin

This weekend I opted for a “simpler” interlocking cube to navigate. So I decided on Norton Starr’s IPP37 Exchange Puzzle, Coffin’s Four Piece Interlocking Cube, designed by Stewart Coffin, the Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged assembly, Bill Sheckels, disassembly, interlocking, IPP37, put together, sequential movement, Stewart Coffin, take apart, wood2 Comments
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Deadly Romance

Posted on January 21, 2018February 22, 2018 by admin

This post is dedicated to fellow puzzler and designer Markus Gotz, who passed away on 7 January 2018. I have had the pleasure of meeting Markus at several IPPs previously Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged assembly, burr, Burr Tools, disassembly, interlocking, IPP37, Markus Gotz, put together, sequential movement, take apart, wood2 Comments
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Paris Pinned Wedge Key Puzzle

Posted on January 7, 2018February 25, 2018 by admin

Keith Winegar’s rather lengthy named IPP37 Exchange Puzzle, the “Paris Pinned Wedge Key Puzzle” (PPWKP) is the latest in the series of his take apart Wedge Key Puzzles. These puzzles Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged assembly, disassembly, interlocking, IPP37, Keith Winegar, put together, sequential discovery, take apart, woodLeave a comment
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Eye Fill Burr

Posted on December 4, 2017 by admin

The “Eye Fill Burr” was the IPP37 Exchange Puzzle of Steve Nicholls from the UK. Quite a cool name I might add for a burr puzzle that does not look Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged assembly, disassembly, interlocking, IPP37, put together, sequential movement, Steve Nicholls, take apart2 Comments
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Another Sharp Looking Puzzle

Posted on December 1, 2017December 1, 2017 by admin

Until I did a Google for the meaning of French Point, I thought all razor blades for shaving were the same. Not that I know any better since I use Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged assembly, David Litwin, disassembly, folding, interlocking, IPP37, metal, plastic, put together, sequential movement, take apartLeave a comment
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Hanayama Cast Ring

Posted on November 24, 2017March 6, 2018 by admin

I have had the Cast Ring for quite a long time now, one of those puzzles that I bought a while back, stacked it together with other puzzles in the Read More

Posted in PuzzlesTagged assembly, disassembly, Hanayama, interlocking, metal, Nob Yoshigahara, put together, sequential movement, take apart2 Comments
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Two In Frame Type B

Posted on November 21, 2017 by admin

Now here is a rather nice 2-piece interlocking caged burr puzzle that I had some fun playing with.  Two In Frame (TIF) is the design of Andrey Ustjuzhanin of Russia. Ustjuzhanin Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged Andrey Ustjuzhanin, assembly, Bernhard Schweitzer, burr, Burr Tools, disassembly, interlocking, IPP37, put together, sequential movement, take apart, wood2 Comments
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Euro Falle 06 (La Luna) Wooden Puzzle

Posted on November 9, 2017November 11, 2017 by admin

The Euro Falle 06 is the latest instalment of  the line of Euro Falle series of coin puzzles. The primary object of each puzzle is to remove a coin “locked” Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged assembly, disassembly, interlocking, IPP37, Jurgen Reiche, put together, puzzle box, sequential discovery, take apart, trick opening, woodLeave a comment
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Hanayama Cast Dial

Posted on November 5, 2017November 5, 2017 by admin

The Cast Dial is the work of  Vesa Timonen of Finland, who has todate designed a large number of Cast puzzles for Hanayama as well as other non-Cast puzzles.  A Read More

Posted in PuzzlesTagged assembly, disassembly, interlocking, IPP37, metal, put together, sequential movement, take apart, Vesa TimonenLeave a comment
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Cubi 20 Packing Puzzle

Posted on October 17, 2017October 19, 2017 by admin

My copy of Cubi 20 came courtesy of Frederic Boucher. Frederic had contacted me several months before IPP37 this past August to ask if I wanted to play with his Read More

Posted in IPP, PuzzlesTagged 3D packing, assembly, disassembly, Frederic Boucher, interlocking, IPP37, packing, put together, Puzzle Design Competition, sequential movement, take apart, wood2 Comments
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L(8)tice-2 Interlocking Burr

Posted on October 16, 2017December 1, 2017 by admin

My L(8)tice-2 interlocking burr design came about after I saw Andrei Ivanov from Russia selling copies of his Lattice Xi-2 on his metal puzzles site Mertallofactua. Andrei’s Lattice Xi-2 is Read More

Posted in PuzzlesTagged aluminium, assembly, burr, Burr Tools, disassembly, interlocking, IPP37, metal, plastic, put together, sequential movement, steal, take apart1 Comment
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Hanayama Cast Mobius

Posted on October 9, 2017October 18, 2017 by admin

Oskar van Deventer may be very well-known in the twisty puzzle circles for his unusual twisty designs. But he also has 15 Hanayama cast puzzle designs to his name! These Read More

Posted in IPP, PuzzlesTagged assembly, disassembly, Hanayama, interlocking, IPP37, maze, metal, Oskar van Deventer, put together, sequential movement, take apartLeave a comment
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The Eiffel (Tower) Burr

Posted on October 5, 2017October 18, 2017 by admin

If I thought the Eiffel Burr interlocking puzzle was anything like the Vivaldi Burr, both designed by Rene Dawir,  I couldn’t be further from the truth. More about this later. Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged assembly, burr, disassembly, interlocking, IPP37, MDF, put together, Rene Dawir, sequential movement, take apartLeave a comment
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Heblo

Posted on September 30, 2017October 24, 2017 by admin

Heblo was Patrick Major’s IPP37 Exchange puzzle. If you are familiar with wooden puzzles, Heblo has all the typical hallmarks of a Vinco puzzle- with all the nice smooth curves Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged assembly, burr, disassembly, interlocking, IPP37, put together, puzzle box, take apart, trick opening, Vaclav Obsivac, woodLeave a comment
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CrossFit & Micro Hex Prototypes

Posted on September 23, 2017October 18, 2017 by admin

CrossFit My CrossFit puzzle was inspired by two puzzles. First, it was Goh Pit Khiam’s Number Blocks which appeared at IPP35 in Ottawa, Canada. That puzzle had four pieces which Read More

Posted in IPP, PuzzlesTagged 3D printed, assembly, Burr Tools, disassembly, goh pit khiam, interlocking, IPP37, metal, put together, sequential movement, take apart, tom lensch, woodLeave a comment

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