Well, the forum got the crap spammed out of it last night.  Sorry to all of those who receive email updates.  Usually I'm pretty good at ferreting out the spam applications from the real ones before I approve them (we get a LOT) but this guy slipped by.  Again, apologies, and I'll look into more technical controls to dissuade this sort of behavior down the road.

Hi Ron,

I did get your email the other day, sorry for not being responsive but I've been tied up in the shop.  Odd that the two previous bounced...the one to my hotmail went through fine, and I haven't had any other issues with bounced mail.  I'll get you a reply this weekend.

Best,

Eric

In most cases I would agree with your assessment..a layered puzzle being more attractive than one with a high number of moves.  Puzzle difficulty is a tricky thing...harder is not necessarily better, and sometimes simple is brilliant

Nice to have you aboard Chil!  Glad to see another woodworker trying their hand at puzzle boxes.  Don't forget to search the archives...lots of good puzzlemaking tips on the site

Hi Guys,

The Shut Case is indeed the Cam Box.  I haven't had my hands on the final production version yet so I can't comment on quality, but the prototype I gave feedback on was quite decent for the price.  Working with them is somewhat slow but so far hassle free

Jonas, I'll see if I can find a way to make the box available internationally.  Perhaps I can buy some and resell them on Cubicdissection.  Would a premium of say $5 make it not worth it to you?  I would need to add *something* to justify spending the time on it...

Thanks dude

How ya been?  call me we should grab a beer.

Hi Jonas.   Yes, there should be an update soon...late this week or early next

Wow am I late to this party!  The miter saw I had was a Nobex, and I did a lot of research before I bought it...they're pretty much top of the line.

As far as warped stock, my opinion is that the jointer, planer and table saw are the minimum tools you can get by with.  I always run all my boards through the jointer first to get a square edge and face.  Then rip the opposite edge to have them parallel, and plane the board with the jointed face down.  This produces a board that is perfectly flat and square.  While some bowing can be dealt with, any cupping or twisting is pretty much out of the question.  While Rober is right that when cut into pieces the amount is negligable, it's still going to be very difficult to get pieces really square.

Hmm, maybe.  You should throw some candy in each box...that will help.

Wow man, that looks cool!  I bet I know some people who would like to buy something like that.  Tell you what, send them all to me and I'll sell them on my website for you 

How thick do they need to be?  My laser is pretty good at stuff like that ;-)

I think deep down somewhere I'm good at math; I just lack the motivation and education to verbalize it well.  I do solve fairly complex geometry problems from time to time, but I muddle my way through it and at the end couldn't tell you how I figured it out.  Pretty much like my web programming methodology some to think of it

Hehe...luckily the guy who works for me part time is an engineering student...I go to him for all the fussy math stuff 

43?

Btw. I received The Cartesian Wallet today, and now pulling my hair trying to put it back together, Aaaarghhh!!  (didn't pay much attention when I unfolded it)   Any hints before I go bald? 

Wow, that got there quick!  Don't really have any hints for the cartesian other than use the picture on the website as a guite to how it should look once completed.  If you carefully examine the pictures of it assembled, it should give you some inferences for solving.

Tougher than you thought it would be huh?  Those are my favorite kinds of puzzles