Simple wooden puzzles
I came across plans for these puzzles and made them for a friends birthday they ended up turning out quite well except for the joining of the metal rings. For the top puzzle you need to get the two beads next to each other on the same loop, for the lower one you simply need to remove the ring. Of the two the top one is the hardest.
Triple Cross Puzzle
This weekend i spent many hours with a chisel trying to create this handmade puzzle. The puzzle is called the triple cross puzzle and consists of six pieces that lock together to form a 3D cross. I was unhappy with how loose and rough my first go at it turned out so i stated from scratch and made a second one which turned out much better.
My first attempt
Here you can see the parts of the two different puzzles, as you can see i used plans for two different puzzles. The puzzles are still assembled in much the same way
The parts of my first attempt at createing the puzzle
The parts for my second attempt at makeing the puzzle
And here is the finished and assembled puzzle, i may make a few more of these to get more practice using hand tools.
The finished puzzle
Puzzle Box
I created these a while back and never got round to posting them
The boxes are quite simple to make, but can take people hours and hours to solve. I have given a few away as presents and have had plenty of fun infuriating people at school with them.
Two different boxes, the one on the right hasn't been sanded or oiled
Construction
As is visible in the picture below, the box is made up of an inner MDF box covered in thin slats, the bands serve only to hide the joins of the tabs and improve to boxes appearance. If anybody is interested i may write a full article on how to make one of these boxes.
In this picture you can see how the box opens and you can see the magnets in the corners that help keep the box shut