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by Stickman
October 24th, 2013, 5:12 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: Oli's Packing Puzzle
Replies: 20
Views: 34627

Re: Oli's Packing Puzzle

Indeed, there are extensive lists. I appreciate a good burr, though many of them get the better of me. There was a discussion at IPP in DC over burr puzzles, in that there are only so many possible combinations for, say a 216 pixel cube burr design. You can look at countless designs of others, but t...
by Stickman
October 24th, 2013, 5:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: Your top 5 favourite puzzles
Replies: 7
Views: 13062

Re: Your top 5 favourite puzzles

How can anyone pic a top 5 favorite. There are so many good ones out there. But I suppose if I had to pick, at the top of my list would be the binary burr by Krasnow. It comes the closest to what I would consider a perfect puzzle - and I design puzzles. I have yet to come up with a design that rival...
by Stickman
October 23rd, 2013, 9:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: When you like wine and puzzles
Replies: 3
Views: 10491

Re: When you like wine and puzzles

Ooooh, Kelly Snake has some puzzles that are like that but on steroids. I will try to find a pic.
by Stickman
October 23rd, 2013, 9:07 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Oli's Packing Puzzle
Replies: 20
Views: 34627

Re: Oli's Packing Puzzle

Oli, I am late to the party, but awesome. I want to see, I want to see.

An issue I have hear of with packing puzzles, and burrs for that matter is coming up with a unique design that actually had been done before. I wonder if there is a data base to compare against.