Burr puzzle...

Hi ;)

My name is jimmy.. im the new guy :)
I usually work with metal to make my toys.. never got the hang of woodwork :/

But! Many of you have.
And i was thinking to myself when i was playing with this odd little toy that one of your fellow norwegian woodworkers have made.. i need help with this...
i cannot figure it out.. its supposed to be a cube of sorts. but its a pile of wood pieces on my table.. how can that be? I need to make it cube'ish again but i cant :(

I guess i dont need to explain to much about the toy itself.. if you know the solution to it you know more than me..

here is a pic of the pieces..
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any help would be greatly appreciated
thank you

Hi Jimmy, welcome to the forum. That looks pretty complicated to me but there may be someone on the forum who is familiar with that puzzle. Must admit, I have never seen that one before. Good luck with it. :2tsup:

HI, (Edit) found this pic of an 18 piece burr. Good luck! :D
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgu...ch&um=1&itbs=1

That's a tough question to answer. Maybe you can create one like it here Burr puzzles - Calculate your own burr and go from there.

Mike John

G'Day & Welcome "Down Under" Jimmy.....
I haven't seen your puzzle but looks like "Tankstand" has provided some help.
Enjoy your toymaking with timber.
Cheers, crowie

Welcome and this might help

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asVLJ3QCqo8]Assembly of Coming of Age MkII 18 piece interlocking burr puzzle - YouTube[/ame]

My son has one of those from Sweden that makes a snow flake shape! It been all in bits for 2 years now! :C:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by tea lady

My son has one of those from Sweden that makes a snow flake shape! It been all in bits for 2 years now! :C:rolleyes:

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Hehe :) i think that may be the issue with many of these puzzle toys :)

@everyone
Thank you all for your help. it is very kind of you all :)
That calculator thing is fun to:D
But unfotunatly it only works with 10piece puzzles.

Anyway. my puzzle has been solved. my brother sat in his sofa for almost two days and puzzled it to submission :D

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well
thank you again for all your help and a friendly welcome to your forums:)
It is much appriciated :)

Better glue it together now! :D

You might find some assistance over at the woodgears.ca site. There's also a link to a program for generating burr puzzles.