I had already chosen the puzzles for the next update when Emil posted the Disguised and Camouflaged burr designs. I immediately contacted him for permission and squeezed them into the schedule because I thought the idea was so unique. Take a regular six piece burr but chop a piece or two in half and secure them. BOOM, now you have a traditional looking six piece burr puzzle that behaves very differently than usual. I used contrasting woods to give a visual hint of the unusual nature of these two...

I've always like the Altekruse and its pic based variants...so when I stumbled across Brian's version, I was interested. Brian kindly gave permission for me to make a batch, so here they are. I'll let Brian explain the rest to you (i.e. I'm stealing the description from his site).Some years ago Brian noticed a drawing of puzzle concept in Stewart Coffin's book The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections.It would appear that there were a number of concepts created based on variations of the Alte...

I haven't made any of Bram's designs in a while, but this one caught my eye. A simple box with simple pieces that is anything but simple to solve. The interlocking solution is a unique level 6.2.3.4.5 which if you're a nerd like me is kind of amusing. There's plenty of room in the box, and with over 40k solutions but only one assemble-able, you'll soon be cursing Bram's name. Just remember to blame him, not me. I'm just the woodworker.The construction of this puzzle is pretty badass. The box use...

This is a one off design that we did not end up producing for an update, crafted from yellowheart in 2016. ************************************************************For multiple items, combined shipping is available. Simply message me once you are finished bidding and I will send an invoice.Precision wood puzzles can be damaged by environmental changes. Please read the Caring for Wood Puzzles guide to ensure proper fit and operation.

From Stewart's Ap-Art book:A six-piece Diagonal Burr with identical pieces goes together in two halves, yetrequires coordinate motion to assemble. My original model, dated 1973, was put away and forgottenuntil rediscovered recently. Five made in 1995. This copy was hand crafted and signed in pencil by Stewart in 2015. Slight color shifting on external pieces. ************************************************************For multiple items, combined shipping is available. Simply message me once y...

I've been sitting on this design for quite a while now, waiting until I had the time to make it. I really liked the meta aspect of a set of pentominos hiding inside a larger set, but I knew it would be an undertaking to craft. The frame and pieces were very time consuming, with shouldered joinery, through milling on the connector pieces, and every edge beveled on the smaller pentomino set. This puzzle was simply a lot of work, I knew I'd have to undercharge for it, but I'm glad I made it anyway....

This puzzle was hand crafted and signed in pencil by Stewart Coffin in 2015For multiple items, combined shipping is available. Simply message me once you are finished bidding and I will send an invoice.************************************************************Precision wood puzzles can be damaged by environmental changes. Please read the Caring for Wood Puzzles guide to ensure proper fit and operation.

Trickier Trivet was Ginda Fisher's entry in the 2009 Nob Yoshigara Design Competition.************************************************************For multiple items, combined shipping is available. Simply message me once you are finished bidding and I will send an invoice.Precision wood puzzles can be damaged by environmental changes. Please read the Caring for Wood Puzzles guide to ensure proper fit and operation.

From Stewart's Ap-Art book:"Fancy This! A 7-piece serially interlocking burr, made in four contrasting fancy woods which,being symmetrically arranged, aid the otherwise very difficult solution."This copy is not made from four contrasting woods. Hand crafted and signed in pencil by Stewart in 2015************************************************************For multiple items, combined shipping is available. Simply message me once you are finished bidding and I will send an invoice.

This is a nifty little puzzle. Not too tough, but fun to solve and it looks good displayed. I thought the idea was interesting, and there is a "big brother" version with the 2 cage pieces wrapped around a six piece burr that I plan to follow this up with.Construction is robust, with each joint reinforced by a small .05 shoulder. More work to make this than it looks like - it wasn't just glued together on the butt ends of the sticks!************************************************************For ...

This is the companion puzzle to the much easier "Two Halved Cage 3b". The last one gave an idea of the concept; this one kicks it up several notches!This non-millable six piece burr is surrounded by a cage split into two mirrored halves. Not only must the solver figure out the burr itself, but they must also understand the burr within the constrains of the cage. That alone would be difficult, but figuring out how to start with one half of the cage and put the puzzle in a state which allows the a...

Hand crafted and signed in pencil by Stewart Coffin in 2016. This puzzle is shipped disassembled.From Stewart's Ap-Art book: "Another variation of the standard Six-Piece Burr, but in this one all three pairs ofsticks are rotated 5 degrees from their orthogonal positions, making the solution surprisingly confusing.About 30 made in 1994."For multiple items, combined shipping is available. Simply message me once you are finished bidding and I will send an invoice.

IPP 38 Exchange puzzle Designed by and exchanged by Rob Hegge, crafted by Pelikan.For multiple items, combined shipping is available. Simply message me once you are finished bidding and I will send an invoice.************************************************************Precision wood puzzles can be damaged by environmental changes. Please read the Caring for Wood Puzzles guide to ensure proper fit and operation.

IPP 38 Exchange puzzle designed by Andrey Ustjuzhanin crafted by Frans De Vreugd. Goal: pack all the pieces in the frame with no parts sticking out. https://puzzlewillbeplayed.com/444/Identity.AU/1A/************************************************************For multiple items, combined shipping is available. Simply message me once you are finished bidding and I will send an invoice.Precision wood puzzles can be damaged by environmental changes. Please read the Caring for Wood Puzzles guide t...

It's been three years since Logan's excellent Constrained Burr series and his baffling Two Burrs in a Corner, but he wasn't resting on his success. He was plotting, working, scheming...to surpass his previous achievements. And boy did he succeed! Two Burrs in a Basket is a major accomplishment, with a level 2.25 just to get the pieces out of the basket! Here's more in his own words...In Two Burrs in a Corner, one of the challenges was two create two burrs simultaneously from 12 sticks. In Two Bu...

STC #244 Logs and Sticks hand crafted and signed in pencil by Stewart Coffin in 2009************************************************************For multiple items, combined shipping is available. Simply message me once you are finished bidding and I will send an invoice.Precision wood puzzles can be damaged by environmental changes. Please read the Caring for Wood Puzzles guide to ensure proper fit and operation.

Rick sent me this design a while ago and initially, I wasn't going to make it...all those holes are incredibly time-consuming to drill. He stepped in and helped with the drilling, so this is a true collaborative effort between designer and producer. Logical Progression is a very unique cube. With only one solution which must be accomplished with serial assembly, it seems at first look that this puzzle will be a trial and error nightmare. However, the puzzle is designed such that scrutiny of th...

When I saw this design (along with "Begonia") I knew immediately I wanted to make it. Blurring the line between a packing puzzle and an interlocking puzzle, the goal is to construct the 3x3 cube inside the box. Tougher than you might imagine since the opening is only 2x2. The solver must figure out the proper piece orientation as well as the order of insertion. Tricky but not insanely difficult with a level 4.1.2 solution, and a lot of fun to solve.The construction of this puzzle is robust. Inte...

I love cube puzzles and found Get in the Box! to be very whimsical and fun. The level 9.2 solution isn't too terribly tricky to disassemble, but the openness of the cage and fairly flat nature of the pieces makes figuring out reassembly very difficult. A fun puzzle, and one that displays quite well with the interesting gaps in the exterior.************************************************************For multiple items, combined shipping is available. Simply message me once you are finished biddin...

Galaxia is a great display and play puzzle. With a fairly simple 5.5 solution it's not too tough to solve but looks great when completed. Excellent for a coffee table or somewhere equally accessible. Sized a bit larger so it's easy to manipulate.Fit is very good, should be fairly tolerant of high humidity.Light scratches on cage piece, see photo for detail.************************************************************For multiple items, combined shipping is available. Simply message me once you ar...