Tom’s superb craftsmanship is on full display with this gorgeous packing puzzle. The Mahogany box has such a smooth sliding action that I spent a considerable amount of time simply admiring it, and then finally turned my attention to attempting to solve this very clever design. Pieces are East Indian Rosewood with a Walnut Box.
For some reason this post was never uploaded, I just recently acquired a new version by Dr. Volker Latussek and that post will appear here soon.
Kevin Blogged about it, here’s an excerpt:
“It is a "simple" packing puzzle but was so clever that it won the Puzzler's award in the design competition. How could I possibly decline the opportunity to own and solve such a brilliant challenge. The cleverness in the design is that the 4 pieces consist of 3 C shapes and a single crooked S shape. They are to be fitted into a 3x3x3 space within that he box - the twist in the tale is that the lid of the box slides in place and would be blocked by anything more than 2 units high. There are several ways to make the pieces fit into a 3x3x3 cube but not starting with a shape that is only 2 units high!”
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