tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76241153329924196012024-03-14T10:51:44.000+08:00Jerry's Mechanical Puzzle & Brain Teaser CollectionPerspectives From A Non-Expert Puzzler
Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334032625952910034noreply@blogger.comBlogger482125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624115332992419601.post-53273527991673644242023-11-02T09:23:00.002+08:002023-11-02T09:25:37.695+08:00<p><span style="font-family: arial;">PuzzleMaster has done it again...a new Kickstarter Campaign this time featuring well-known puzzle designer Oskar van Deventer's Honeycomb take apart-put togther puzzle. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have seen this version of Oskar's puzzle in 3D printed format (aka the Screw Pack) and there is a video of this 3D puzzle on YouTube (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfP_hOSzHVw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfP_hOSzHVw</a>).</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> But this latest version from PuzzleMaster is made entirely of metal. Not to mention it is very difficult to solve! It is also very reasonably priced considering its a high quality precision made metal puzzle. Here's the Kickstater link below:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/puzzlemaster/the-honeycomb-metal-puzzle-brain-teaser-from-puzzle-master?ref=iy8bc0" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/puzzlemaster/the-honeycomb-metal-puzzle-brain-teaser-from-puzzle-master?ref=iy8bc0</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">Aside from the Honeycomb puzzle which backers can purchase on its own, PuzzleMaster has also a number of special package deals consisting of different combination of different metal puzzles, all with discounts offered. Take a look at what's on offer!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmJGXzcwS99W5_LCDiWUf82IWwfoxBXhbrx55UxFDTxyIlcfp_zgHamZcfa1oC50NDad7iiAL25HbqCq5pVtzsdCibEILyFaTv9HjFpaJL-jGgQz2r7c_KEk06H8SynLqbitJe-XLrFfYoT_K3cVmuFWN24ZHk8ni2EyTOfDufubrNQwyN0Me82WYUZo/s10885/Rewards%20&%20Add-ons%20Banner%20Image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="10885" data-original-width="2308" height="1485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmJGXzcwS99W5_LCDiWUf82IWwfoxBXhbrx55UxFDTxyIlcfp_zgHamZcfa1oC50NDad7iiAL25HbqCq5pVtzsdCibEILyFaTv9HjFpaJL-jGgQz2r7c_KEk06H8SynLqbitJe-XLrFfYoT_K3cVmuFWN24ZHk8ni2EyTOfDufubrNQwyN0Me82WYUZo/w316-h1485/Rewards%20&%20Add-ons%20Banner%20Image.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334032625952910034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624115332992419601.post-50767135865254053872021-12-02T09:39:00.021+08:002021-12-05T21:26:30.387+08:00The SKULL <p><span style="font-family: arial;">Its here on Kickstarter! Click the link <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kickstarter.com%2Fprojects%2Fpuzzlemaster%2Fthe-skull-total-eclipse-and-quintus-extreme-metal-puzzles%3Fref%3D277pkv&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Cc0e0860f3e464adeb4df08d9b4df17e2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637739692634452635%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=uWQxIM6TwiTMLZzUJuNEcpdTj4nxs3L6y0JaflGMueI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">HERE</span></a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IUaShWdLUiw/Yagi24tZoNI/AAAAAAAAFqo/W8t1K6BdWTQn9kWT0kvmB0Wzj7oFvh__gCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IUaShWdLUiw/Yagi24tZoNI/AAAAAAAAFqo/W8t1K6BdWTQn9kWT0kvmB0Wzj7oFvh__gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">I designed the Skull (aka Cranium) sometime in 2019 and back then several puzzlers/crafters had made 3D prints of my early designs including Jeremy Rayner from the UK and a puzzler (can't remember his name) from South Korea. Eric Fuller of </span><a href="https://cubicdissection.com/collections/discontinued-work/products/cranium" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Cubicdissection</a><span style="text-align: left;"> made a very small batch out of acrylic for sale on his website as well. I think it was pretty well received. </span><span style="text-align: left;">The Skull here post-dates another "skull" design of mine; the </span><u style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://cubicdissection.com/collections/discontinued-work/products/berro-skull-interlocking-puzzle" target="_blank">Berro-Skull</a></u><span style="text-align: left;"> (haha, yes a play on the famous Beroccal). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lcI_Y7PCgzE/Yag-P6Klx3I/AAAAAAAAFqw/D_z0QcovsfoVzy3sFGpc-m-eiJXcjSf6gCNcBGAsYHQ/s1018/IMG_0015.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="1017" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lcI_Y7PCgzE/Yag-P6Klx3I/AAAAAAAAFqw/D_z0QcovsfoVzy3sFGpc-m-eiJXcjSf6gCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/IMG_0015.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Berro-Skull was my first skull design. As you can see its a bit crude looking</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KGNUmbmQfso/Yag-QBVmGzI/AAAAAAAAFq0/APgp3jCQ1e0Q6qFJECZbbJDBV3PwvB6mgCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0020.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2047" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KGNUmbmQfso/Yag-QBVmGzI/AAAAAAAAFq0/APgp3jCQ1e0Q6qFJECZbbJDBV3PwvB6mgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/IMG_0020.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Pj7tjfSWCw/Yag-h73zZ3I/AAAAAAAAFrE/JMkzkYy0uBcTUf8gIUnKTPY766OqubgDACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0037.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Pj7tjfSWCw/Yag-h73zZ3I/AAAAAAAAFrE/JMkzkYy0uBcTUf8gIUnKTPY766OqubgDACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/IMG_0037.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skull (aka Cranium) generously 3D printed and gifted to me by Jeremy Raynor, UK</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d95yeDhoSe8/Yag-h-Wt9NI/AAAAAAAAFrA/ADgQX2uA6ZcKMxZQWbhbRhqnIiTRzpR3gCNcBGAsYHQ/s1280/IMG_0059.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d95yeDhoSe8/Yag-h-Wt9NI/AAAAAAAAFrA/ADgQX2uA6ZcKMxZQWbhbRhqnIiTRzpR3gCNcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_0059.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A South Korean teacher made this early version of the Skull out of plastic cubes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div></div><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3B8LuUKpcaE/YagefWuc4_I/AAAAAAAAFqI/FiYyr5-MCo009nQJQkJB9t4DsnTpzQZ8QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1114/IMG_3639.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1114" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3B8LuUKpcaE/YagefWuc4_I/AAAAAAAAFqI/FiYyr5-MCo009nQJQkJB9t4DsnTpzQZ8QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/IMG_3639.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Final Prototype from PuzzleMaster</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="text-align: justify;">The original Skull design was 50 plus or so pieces pieces but I managed to refine my design over many months and bumped the piece and move count up to the current 67 and 116 respectively. The Skull is a serial interlocking puzzle which basically means that there is a particular order of sorts to both disassembling and assembling the pieces.</span></p></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vTloIY261tA/Yage0htoPII/AAAAAAAAFqQ/5N7WSjJVLMg_1_zUYRV3dldPvQ4QSJe_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1996/IMG_3828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1996" data-original-width="1996" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vTloIY261tA/Yage0htoPII/AAAAAAAAFqQ/5N7WSjJVLMg_1_zUYRV3dldPvQ4QSJe_QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/IMG_3828.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I tried to find ways to produce a copy of the Skull in stainless steel on my own but was not successful. Laser cutting 67 pieces was not only prohibitively expensive for one or two copies, but the real challenge was to ensure that the pieces could interlock together without getting stuck. This would required very precise cutting and tight tolerances. If any of pieces jammed or did not fit properly, the whole puzzle was wasted. Unlike wooden puzzles, you can't simply "sand" a piece down to make it fit, not without the correct type of equipment which I certainly did not have. My local fabricator was experienced in heavy metal works but not puzzles, so could not quite understand how puzzle things worked.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I was fortunate that Leon Stein from <a href="http://www.puzzlemaster.ca" target="_blank">PuzzleMaster</a> of Canada decided to give the Skull a go at commercial production in stainless steel on Kickstarter. This is my second collaboration with PuzzleMaster. For their first Kickstarter campaign a couple of years back, they chose my Dirty Dozen and Lattice puzzles, two interlocking flat burr puzzles. The campaign then was successful, which gave them confidence to attempt the second one here. Youtube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQOxAy7dfsY" target="_blank">videos</a> of DirtyDozen and Lattice also started appearing soon after from several notable Youtube puzzle solvers. As of this writing, Dirty Dozen is sold out but PuzzleMaster has indicated to me they are producing more copies which will be available soon.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Trying to fabricate 67 steel pieces which dovetails together nicely with each other is no easy task. A lot of work went into the prototyping of the Skull with their manufacturer (this took well over a year and Covid-19 didn't help either) before they were happy with the final version for the Kickstarter campaign you see here. Also a very Big Thank You to Rex Rossano Perez for his time and effort to come up with laser-cut computer drawings of the Skull and Berro-Skull for me.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fifzj0dkwCU/Yage7cAmfvI/AAAAAAAAFqU/i1IYRWyxAhoBJynRluSQCJZjfxs3Ybm7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1536/IMG_3563.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fifzj0dkwCU/Yage7cAmfvI/AAAAAAAAFqU/i1IYRWyxAhoBJynRluSQCJZjfxs3Ybm7QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/IMG_3563.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">To back this Kickstarter Skull campaign, click <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kickstarter.com%2Fprojects%2Fpuzzlemaster%2Fthe-skull-total-eclipse-and-quintus-extreme-metal-puzzles%3Fref%3D277pkv&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Cc0e0860f3e464adeb4df08d9b4df17e2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637739692634452635%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=uWQxIM6TwiTMLZzUJuNEcpdTj4nxs3L6y0JaflGMueI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">HERE</span></a>.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334032625952910034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624115332992419601.post-40555893895169221702021-11-22T21:34:00.000+08:002021-11-22T21:34:29.201+08:00COMING SOON IN DECEMBER 2021....<p><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> WATCH THIS SPACE<span style="font-size: x-large;">...</span></span></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CoNMA9XjuO8/YZubEpPsJCI/AAAAAAAAFpU/y0bYInZQWJEb2QUxHvUW7hpHrC55q84-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1138/IMG_4655.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="1138" height="352" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CoNMA9XjuO8/YZubEpPsJCI/AAAAAAAAFpU/y0bYInZQWJEb2QUxHvUW7hpHrC55q84-QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h352/IMG_4655.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b><p></p>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334032625952910034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624115332992419601.post-7926964501706129792019-08-10T20:46:00.002+08:002019-08-10T20:46:53.793+08:00Berro-Skull <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Berro-Skulll puzzle, which I made a prototype in stainless steel a while back is now available for sale. It is crafted by Eric Fuller and cost US$69 plus S&H.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://cubicdissection.com/collections/all-puzzles/products/berro-skull-interlocking-puzzle">https://cubicdissection.com/collections/all-puzzles/products/berro-skull-interlocking-puzzle</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The write up about my steel prototype is found on the link below.</span><br />
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<a href="http://mechanical-puzzles.com/3d-puzzle-berroskull/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>http://mechanical-puzzles.com/3d-puzzle-berroskull/</b></span></a><br />
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<br />Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334032625952910034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624115332992419601.post-44214254303118947522019-07-11T21:53:00.001+08:002019-07-11T21:53:36.351+08:00Aluminium L(8)tice & Dirty Dozen on Kickstarter<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For lovers of interlocking puzzles (and those of you who missed out on my Dirty Dozen), there is a Kickstarter project ongoing now which features two of my designs, the Dirty Dozen and L(8)tice. The third design Slideways, comes from Ray Stanton. All the puzzles are made of heavy aluminium and anodised in attractive orange, blue and magenta. Lovely to look at and challenging to solve.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had produced a couple of dozen (no pun intended) copies of Dirty Dozen in stainless steel previously for sale in small batches and these were always sold out the moment I listed them on my puzzle site </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><a href="http://www.mechanical-puzzles.com/">www.mechanical-puzzles.com</a></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Same for the L(8)tice which was manufactured in acrylic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the <b><u><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/puzzlemaster/slideways-dirty-dozen-and-lattice-aluminum-puzzles?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=dirty%20dozen">link </a></u></b>to the Kickstarter page. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All three puzzles are very affordable, considering they are all produced in anodised aluminium. The Slideways is $20, while both the Dirty Dozen and L(8)tice are going for $25 each. If you buy all three puzzles, there is a package price of $66. Shipping and handling not included.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Both the above designs and their piece shapes are also featured on </span><a href="http://puzzlewillbeplayed.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Puzzlewillbeplayed.com</b></a><br />
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<br />Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334032625952910034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624115332992419601.post-29002615184017406832019-01-05T22:12:00.002+08:002019-01-05T22:12:55.730+08:00Coin Puzzles by Rex Rossano Perez<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A very Happy New Year to my puzzling friends and blog readers. This is my first post of 2019.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have just played with two of Rex Perez's Coin Puzzles and uploaded a post on them to my puzzle site below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u><a href="http://mechanical-puzzles.com/coin-puzzles-by-rex-perez/">http://mechanical-puzzles.com/coin-puzzles-by-rex-perez/</a></u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the first guest post on my blog by puzzle collector from Hawaii, Mike Desilets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mike will be talking about a magician's trick box which also doubles pretty neatly as a puzzle box. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mechanical-puzzles.com/flight-case-guest-post-by-mike-desilets/">http://mechanical-puzzles.com/flight-case-guest-post-by-mike-desilets/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were a total of 78 exchange participants...a drop from the average of over 90 in previous years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334032625952910034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624115332992419601.post-91083201670835393342018-07-30T21:02:00.001+08:002018-08-15T21:19:32.180+08:00IPP38 Puzzle Design Competition Entries <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here are the entries for the IPP38 Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition. </span><br />
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<br />Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334032625952910034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624115332992419601.post-16628377008902599202018-07-26T12:12:00.000+08:002018-07-26T12:12:27.816+08:003D Puzzle - Berro(Skull)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new post up on my site about my latest attempt at producing another puzzle out of stainless steel sheets. Truly inspired by the works of Miguel Berrocal!</span><br />
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<u><b><br /></b></u>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334032625952910034noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7624115332992419601.post-72114062895721657732018-07-10T09:13:00.001+08:002018-07-10T09:14:00.041+08:00Dirty Dozen In Acrylic For Sale<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dear Puzzling Friends</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dirty Dozen in Translucent Green and Transparent/Clear available on my site now. </span><br />
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