Coke Bottle #4 - With Padlock And Chain
Update 23 October 2017 - Dear Reader, please check out my new puzzle blog and e-store at http://mechanical-puzzles.comThe last time I played with a Wil Strijbos designed bottle puzzle was his very...
View ArticleChequered Cube
I have known Neil Hutchison for the last several years and also met him on a couple of occasions during past IPPs. Chequered Cube was Neil's IPP34 Exchange Puzzle in London in 2014 and the first puzzle...
View ArticleHanayama Cast Shift
Update 24 October 2017 - Dear Reader, please check out my new puzzle blog and e-store at http://mechanical-puzzles.comOne of Hanayama's latest Cast Series puzzles, the Shift was released in February...
View ArticleHexsticks
Stewart Coffin puzzles, especially those hand-crafted, exotic wood and multi-piece interlocking ones are not typically readily available for sale most of the time. And when they do become available,...
View ArticleHanayama Dice Box
Update 23 October 2017 - Dear Reader, please check out my new puzzle blog and e-store at http://mechanical-puzzles.comThis weekend I played with the plastic version of a very famous Akio Kamei designed...
View ArticleTetro-Billes
Two years ago, I received a copy of Tetro-Billes, courtesy of its designer and my good friend Frederic Boucher. Billes in French means "small balls"....Tetro-Billes was entered in the IPP35 Puzzle...
View ArticleSliced Puzzle Ball
The Sliced Puzzle Ball (SPB) designed by Vesa Timonen is probably one of the smallest interlocking puzzles around and certainly the smallest in my collection. I had met Vesa the first time during IPP33...
View ArticlePulsar Burr
Hi folks, here's a short post which should have been published last weekend but I got caught up with life and work. Thought I would post it today before I head over to IPP37 in Europe this coming...
View ArticleIPP37 Puzzle Party - Part 1
This year's International Puzzle Party was held in Paris France from 4-6 August 2017. The venue for the festivities was the Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel & Conference Centre. And boy did we need...
View ArticleLATEST - Haleslock 3
The Haleslock 3 designed by Shane Hales and exchanged by Peter Hajek during IPP37 in Paris, 2017. Very challenging!http://mechanical-puzzles.com/haleslock-3/
View ArticleDirty Dozen Stainless Steel Interlocking Puzzle For Sale
Here's my latest design the "Dirty Dozen" made from laser cut 5mm stainless steel. Available for sale on my puzzle site. Click the link...
View ArticleNEW Puzzles For Sale!
Dear PuzzlersI have added the following new puzzles in limited quantities for sale on my website. Click link below.1. L(8)tice-2 available in 4 colours (Green, Orange, Black & Clear)2. Jurassic...
View ArticleDirty Dozen In Acrylic For Sale
Dear Puzzling FriendsDirty Dozen in Translucent Green and Transparent/Clear available on my site now. http://mechanical-puzzles.com/puzzle-shop/
View ArticleAnti-Gravity Box
Frederic Boucher's new design, the Anti-Gravity Box reviewed.http://mechanical-puzzles.com/anti-gravity-box/
View ArticleLoopy Box
"Loopy" in the English language means "mad or silly" or "having many loops". In the case of the Loopy Box puzzle, it is hardly the former (given its very difficult challenge quotient) but certainly the...
View ArticleThe 3/4 Pack Puzzle
I have had several Dick Hess puzzles in my collection for some time now and he has designed and produced quite a number including both packing, sliding block and entanglement ones. I thought I would...
View ArticleDutch Souvenir Pack
This cute and quirky glass jar containing colourful clogs comes courtesy of Rob Hegge, who designed and produced the Dutch Souvenir Pack (DSP) as his PP36 exchange puzzle. The Dutch wooden clogs or...
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