Folks seem to like my Model #357 and I couldn’t be happier with the compliments on its solution and appearance. So here’s a big THANK YOU to all you puzzlers! It’s hard to exaggerate how good it feels to spend years on making something you think is cool, hoping that others will too, and then finding out that they do. Again, thanks! Several puzzle shops have asked if they could sell the #357s and of […]
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Model #357 is Ready (Updated 11/27/23)
I can’t deny that producing Model #357 has had more than its fair share of twists and turns but the main thing now is … It’s done! I assembled, tested, retested, and boxed every single one of them: Based on hearing what my customers have asked for and seeing what other puzzle makers do, I’ve decided to announce the release date well in advance so that people don’t miss out on getting one. Personally, I […]
MoreNews and Pix for Model #357
I finally have some real progress to report on Model #357. I’ve assembled about a third of them and am busily at work assembling the rest. I received the raw parts from the machine shop back in May and the quality greatly exceeded my expectations. The finish, which is bead-blasted and black anodized, looks as good as I had hoped. Have a look: So that’s the good news. The bad news is that it is […]
MoreModel #357 Dragamundo (Updated 6/19/23)
Well here we are in November and I’d hoped to be putting Model #357 up for sale. Unfortunately, my machine shop has slipped pretty far behind schedule and they won’t be ready before year end. Best case, I receive the machined, bead-blasted, anodized parts before Christmas. I would still need to engrave, them, fill them with diabolical lock pins of various sizes and shapes, and package them. So I think it’s realistic to be thinking […]
MoreModel #357 Update
One of my favorite ways of falling asleep is to think about puzzles I’ve been working on and the design challenges they pose. Well one evening last November as I was drifting off to sleep I turned over in my mind – for the umpteen millionth time – the sequence of manipulations that solve Model #357 as well as other manipulations that a puzzler might try in their search for the solution. And to my […]
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It’s been over two years since I came out with my last major puzzle, Model #360, and that’s certainly not what I had planned. Instead of just focusing on a single design and getting it out quickly, I’ve been working on four and progress on all of them has, predictably, suffered. However, the end to this long dry spell is in sight. Here is a picture of a working prototype of my next puzzle, Model […]
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