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SHAEKEL Puzzle.
Boy and Girls,
After the revelation of my previous puzzle that it was #55, I thought I’d inform you of the treat you’ll experience in the near future. This is my inventory of puzzles,
there's only 55 to go as long as I don't create new ones....
I can’t remember where I plucked this puzzle from… whether it was a rabbit out of a hat or a hair out of my …..
the rabbit lies!
This puzzle dates back to 2022... nevertheless this is its maiden voyage and I have no idea what to contribute its virginity to… search as I might, but there was no LJ posting and none of my posts have been banned/deleted there.
It’s not to be confused with my favourite currency of shekels, however, with that spelling I must have plagiarised it from somewhere… so to the original author whoever you might be… thanks, at least from me.
It reminds me in a way of my mass produced Wooden Knot Puzzle, if for no other reason than unlike your typical male, it comes in 3 pieces (hmmm!).
Being the ignored puzzle, I haven’t got any build photos… while there is no assembly documentation other than the solving, so for all you enthusiasts, tough. To make up for that, I shall go into its development.
Started off in SketchUp, based on the thickness of my sub-strata which was 6mm, and extrapolated from this sketch,
and of course followed the bouncing ball through Layout → CorelDraw → Jobcontrol (my laser software) and for some insane reason, I chose to mass produce them,
That was the easy part, the arduous task was to bag the little suckers,
I have exhausted the dexterity of my fingers, so unknowingly, SWMBO might get a role reversal…I just need a big swill of vino and some courage pills.
The 3DW model,
and the solution is a simple 4 step with the arrow indicating the colour and direction of the piece to be moved,
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and for the colour challenged audience, the green arrow indicates the direction of the non-coloured piece,
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Anyone interested in my puzzles (or other authors’), you can see them all here in my “Puzzle Collection” .
If interested in any of mine (LBD), measurements can be made available on request for anyone not familiar with SketchUp… though a working knowledge of SketchUp’s navigation (as opposed to its design/use features) and access to 3DW could be of benefit.
All the solutions to my puzzles can be found at this link...
Kids love ‘em and most of us are still kids.
Kids love ‘em and most of us are still kids.
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If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
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That's an impressive inventory! It seems like you have mass produced each of them. Which causes me to wonder:
Where do they all go?
Do you sell them or do you have a ton of friends and relatives?
Where do they all go?
Do you sell them or do you have a ton of friends and relatives?
Only a few good friends eRasmus... many acquaintances that love freebies.
The small ones I "mass produce", package and carry around in my pockets (and car) and just hand them out to whoever, the larger ones are advertised yo any interested "contacts", using this latest PDF liustingfor orders... as I don't sell (maybe charge for P&H) fulfillment of orders depend on orderer, workload, complexity, material and mood.
The small ones I "mass produce", package and carry around in my pockets (and car) and just hand them out to whoever, the larger ones are advertised yo any interested "contacts", using this latest PDF liustingfor orders... as I don't sell (maybe charge for P&H) fulfillment of orders depend on orderer, workload, complexity, material and mood.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
That's pretty cool to be able to handle them out!
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