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Here's a simple two piece puzzle that I made this past weekend. Actually, I made 10 of them. A few are spoken for. The rest will be for sale. I've been slowly working on building a stock of stuff to sell and I needed a break from the Baileigh build I'm [still] working on. I needed a break from a creative road block, as well as father's day gifts, so I dipped into my ever-growing pile of things I want to make and got busy.
The puzzles consist of two pieces. Each piece has a pair of captive but loose dowels floating around. Each piece also has a hole drilled below a notch. The pieces interlock at the notches. Once the two halves are assembled and shaken, the dowels fall into the holes drilled through each piece. So there is always at least one of the four dowels inside of one of the holes. This locks the two pieces together.
The trick is to take the puzzle back apart. It is possible to get lucky on occasion and rattle the pieces enough to get them apart. But when unlocked correctly the pieces will lift apart effortlessly.
Here's some pictures of the build process. The four locking dowels are cut from bamboo chopsticks. Watch the short video for the solution.
The puzzles consist of two pieces. Each piece has a pair of captive but loose dowels floating around. Each piece also has a hole drilled below a notch. The pieces interlock at the notches. Once the two halves are assembled and shaken, the dowels fall into the holes drilled through each piece. So there is always at least one of the four dowels inside of one of the holes. This locks the two pieces together.
The trick is to take the puzzle back apart. It is possible to get lucky on occasion and rattle the pieces enough to get them apart. But when unlocked correctly the pieces will lift apart effortlessly.
Here's some pictures of the build process. The four locking dowels are cut from bamboo chopsticks. Watch the short video for the solution.




