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« Reply #150 on: March 18, 2009, 09:46:05 AM » |
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Ahh, Welcome to the forum. Feel free to toss any ideas my way. I love mechanical concepts that appear impossible.
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« Reply #151 on: March 18, 2009, 09:42:00 PM » |
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« Reply #152 on: March 23, 2009, 11:42:01 AM » |
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Hello....I am Kevin. I have introduced myself to Eric but, not to the forum. I recently bought the Tease Interlocking Puzzle and the La Cerradura Doble. The Tease is beautiful I must say, and I have not had sufficient time with Carradura yet. I am not used to handmade puzzles and I can see why they are so well liked. The craftsmanship is astonishing. I have been drooling over Robert's Stickman #5 ever since I saw it and I hail from New Hampshire. I have woodworking in my blood and my father is a cabinetmaker. I hope one day I will have the space and resources to make some things of my own, at least as a hobby. Anyway, hello to you all.
P.S. – Eric, please add me to the mailing list. I missed out when you updated your site this last time. Thanks!
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« Reply #153 on: March 23, 2009, 10:07:21 PM » |
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Hi Kevin, nice to have you on the forum! I'll add you to the list. Sorry you missed the last update. I don't like to spam people, so I only add them if they specifically ask. I'm very glad you enjoyed the puzzles, and hope we have the chance to send more your way down the road  |
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« Reply #154 on: April 03, 2009, 04:35:11 AM » |
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Hi,
My name is Jonas and I live in the cold northern part of Sweden (Umea to be exact).
I recently discovered the wonderful world of puzzle solving, I tend to be drawn to mechanical take apart puzzles (and locks in particular).
My first puzzle was the DanLock model B, followed by News - Cast puzzle, The Yot and most recently purchase the Cartesian Wallet.
I decided to join this forum when I saw the thread about the "Impossible Lock" which I now trying to get a hold of, and hopefully by one from the designer in Germany. Though no luck in contacting him yet.
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« Reply #155 on: April 03, 2009, 09:37:02 AM » |
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Jonas - it is good to have you and good luck with finding your impossible lock. I do not know the designer but will keep a look out for you interesting lock mechanisms for you. Odd that the website only has a place to send send e-mail.
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« Reply #156 on: April 24, 2009, 01:17:36 AM » |
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Jonas - welcome to Cubicdissection Forum!
My brother went to school in Uppsala and married a fellow Swede! Nice country - although the 2 hrs of darkness in the middle of summer were really weird. I suppose further north of the Stockholm area, it may be light (or dark) all 24 hours in the summer (winter).
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« Reply #157 on: April 26, 2009, 12:46:01 PM » |
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Jonas - it is good to have you and good luck with finding your impossible lock. I do not know the designer but will keep a look out for you interesting lock mechanisms for you. Odd that the website only has a place to send send e-mail.
Hi Jonas nice to have you here; please can you explain a little bit more about the wanted impossible lock from Germany, may be I can help you best regards Bernhard |
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« Reply #158 on: April 26, 2009, 12:48:41 PM » |
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« Reply #159 on: April 28, 2009, 06:14:59 AM » |
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Thank you all Thanks for the tips, I managed to get a hold of the inventor on http://www.popplock.com/ and I purchased the lock from him. I have not managed to open it yet Jonas - welcome to Cubicdissection Forum!
My brother went to school in Uppsala and married a fellow Swede! Nice country - although the 2 hrs of darkness in the middle of summer were really weird. I suppose further north of the Stockholm area, it may be light (or dark) all 24 hours in the summer (winter).
You would have to travel way north, perhaps 1500 - 2000 km north of Stockholm to get daylight 24 hours. But yes in summer we really don't have much darkness, on the flipside: in Winter it's the exact opposite |
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« Reply #160 on: November 25, 2009, 04:25:52 AM » |
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Greetings All!
My name is Jon, and I hail from Toronto Canada. As a young child, I used to play with my Grandfathers collection of puzzles. What I now know to be box puzzles and Burrs. I have bought a dozen disentanglement puzzles over the years, but have to admit I had never heard of trick boxes. Well, I stumbled over a reference the other day.. and WOW. Love the concept. While doing some research on them, I found the site and Forum. I consider myself to be fairly handy and will try my hand at a few. I have lurked here for a few days and have checked out many links and have plans in hand for the weekend.
I am hoping that after I try a few that others have designed; I can contribute with some reciprocal free plans to share with others.
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« Reply #161 on: November 27, 2009, 07:18:13 PM » |
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Hello Jon, We are practically neighbours I live in Stoney Creek, Ontario. There has been a group of puzzlers that have been holding Canadian Puzzle Parties in Toronto, We just had our second puzzle party in November, and our next one is scheduled for sometime around March next year. We have been holding them at Oliver and bonachini resteraunts in Toronto, but the group is growing and our next party may move locations. It's a fun night out, and you get to see and play with all these cool puzzles and puzzle boxes. If your interested I can keep you up to date on when the next party is scheduled. |
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« Reply #162 on: November 27, 2009, 07:27:55 PM » |
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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 |
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« Reply #163 on: December 01, 2009, 08:19:41 AM » |
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Hi Peter, A puzzle party sounds great. I would love to be able to check out some puzzle boxes. I am very intersted in the dynamic's of the sliding puzzle. I get the concept easily, but want to know more of the mechanics involved. This just seems like the kind of thing I would have fun making.
I started making the 2 3/4 match box that you had done T plans for on Bruce Vinny's site. My Daughter and I are about half finished making a pair. Waiting till next weekend to finish them with her. Thinking of making two other's (Trinket box and The Shield) for each of my kids as a surprise gift for Christmas. I wish I had more time! I have a few Idea's for a modified version of the Shield with the incorperation of a letter opener sword as part of a lock mechanism puzzle. The possiblities are endless.. you could even then add another type of puzzle on top with a sword knot disentanglement puzzle to be able to draw the sword. I could do it in either a Japanese or Celtic style.
Hi Eric, Great site! I wish I found it years ago! Have not made it into the archives yet. Looking forward to some thought provoking reading.
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« Reply #164 on: December 01, 2009, 10:45:12 AM » |
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Hi Jon, the puzzle box ideas sound fantastic!!! I hope you enjoy making the cubed Match Box. It's a fun box to make. Eric's site has some great pics of some of his past boxes in the archive section off of the sale page. Congratulations Eric for your recent Cam box repro by Bits And Pieces, I played with the original when we had the library here, and I look forward to purchasing the Bits And Pieces copy, although I know it won't come even close to your original in terms of construction.  Jon also be sure and see Jim Strayer's excellent puzzle box gallery. There you will see a good selection of some of the finest puzzle boxes ever made. You can see it here http://www.lhup.edu/jstrayer/gallery.htmAlso feel free to contact me via my personal email in my profile if you have any questions, and I will also contact you as the next puzzle party gets closer. Please post a photo of your Match Box when you get it finished, I would love to see it. Glad to see another person is becoming addicted to creating puzzle boxes |
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