| Project by mtairymd | posted 04-22-2016 12:51 AM | 2053 views | 14 times favorited | 8 comments |  |
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Last week I posted a dowel puzzle that contained 8 segments. To my surprise, it turned out to very challenging for my coworkers because there was only a 25% completion/success rate. The typical time before someone asked for a hammer to make the pieces fit was about 5 minutes.
This week, I’ve upped the challenge with a larger, 16 segment version. As you will see, symmetry doesn’t help out this time.
Build Instructions:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Wood-Dowel-Puzzle-Advanced-Version/
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doubleDD
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#1 posted 04-22-2016 02:07 AM
When things look simple, it has been proven that they are not. Nice puzzle.
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#2 posted 04-22-2016 09:34 AM
Oooo, BAD!!! (in a good way)
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#3 posted 04-22-2016 12:30 PM
Thanks. I simple 8 segment puzzle drove people nuts last week.
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#4 posted 04-22-2016 12:37 PM
Great puzzle! Now I have to make another one! No one has solved mine yet without a little hint or two! Everybody wants to saw/sand/whittle the last piece down to get it in there! No one will solve that 16 pc monster!!!
-- Dennis, WV
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#5 posted 04-22-2016 01:16 PM
Thanks. I gave the last one (8 segment) to 20 people and 5 solved it. The fastest time was 2 minutes. The longest was over an hour. Face palm after they see the simple solution :).
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#6 posted 04-22-2016 01:17 PM
It’s a wonderful puzzle and very creative and nicely done.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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mtairymd
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#7 posted 04-22-2016 05:16 PM
Thank you.
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#8 posted 04-24-2016 04:50 AM
Nice puzzle. Thanks for the post.
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