Excellent But I'll have to wait for the MPP on 22nd of June - I'm away for most of April.Barcared wrote:There'll be plenty of the ones you didn't get on show at MPP as Ali, Allard and I got the whole lot
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Hi Joe, great to see you here.
Talking of Eric's latest I see he posted that the mini acrylics are only about an inch in size.........now that's mini!
Talking of Eric's latest I see he posted that the mini acrylics are only about an inch in size.........now that's mini!
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Hi Ali, yes it seems we will need the magnifying glass and tweezers for the Mini Burrs They should be quite a challenge
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Hey all! Great to see so many familiar faces!
Ali was kind enough to add a couple of bits onto his order for me, so I'll be getting the Double Cross and a black Cartesian Wallet when they arrive.
Like Chris I'm really looking forward to the next update where we'll hopefully see the next box in the Havana series. Oh how I love puzzle boxes!
My Karakuri 'Box With A Tree' also arrived recently. Very glad to finally have one of these in my collection.
Ali was kind enough to add a couple of bits onto his order for me, so I'll be getting the Double Cross and a black Cartesian Wallet when they arrive.
Like Chris I'm really looking forward to the next update where we'll hopefully see the next box in the Havana series. Oh how I love puzzle boxes!
My Karakuri 'Box With A Tree' also arrived recently. Very glad to finally have one of these in my collection.
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Well I got my box yesterday, including the 4 stick 8.
Sadly I have a duplicate board in the 4-stick8, making it impossible to solve. Probably means that someone out there has my duplicate piece and will also be unable to solve it.
Talked to Eric and he's sending me a correct replacement, so not a real issue. Apparently he has a student helping him out who did all the packing ... lets hope it's a one off mistake! (At least Eric is hoping it's a one off mistake.)
Sadly I have a duplicate board in the 4-stick8, making it impossible to solve. Probably means that someone out there has my duplicate piece and will also be unable to solve it.
Talked to Eric and he's sending me a correct replacement, so not a real issue. Apparently he has a student helping him out who did all the packing ... lets hope it's a one off mistake! (At least Eric is hoping it's a one off mistake.)
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Good news Neil on your delivery, shame about the duplicate.
So what do you reckon to the size of these Mini-Burrs? Fiddly or Fun?
So what do you reckon to the size of these Mini-Burrs? Fiddly or Fun?
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Finally got up to date by reading all the unread posts on here (basically all of them!) and there is some really interesting stuff on here. The threads on wood colouring and burr solving are of particular interest but I'm still a little unclear as the the Burr vs Interlocking definition (although I am aware that Burrs are supposed to be a sub category of Interlocking it makes categorising other types of interlocking puzzles difficult). For me a burr must look like a Burr and have burr type pieces and movement. Everything else is an interlocking puzzle within that group.
I look forward to adding to active threads and to puzzle addition once I have been coached in the art by Gurus Chris and Oli at the next MPP.
I look forward to adding to active threads and to puzzle addition once I have been coached in the art by Gurus Chris and Oli at the next MPP.
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I'll let you know when I get the correct piece to actually try solving it. So far though, I'm aiming more at fiddly than fun. The wood pieces are so thin. No real fear of breaking as they're all really dense woods, but manipulating them can be a challenge. Of course I have the added challenge of only one thumb which bends at the joint, but even still.Alimorris wrote:Good news Neil on your delivery, shame about the duplicate.
So what do you reckon to the size of these Mini-Burrs? Fiddly or Fun?
Although Eric quotes them at around an inch, the inch comes from the acrylic the wood pieces are 6mm x 6mm x 25mm (rough guess as I don't have the piece in my hand right now. I'll snap a few pics for anyone who's not received theirs yet.
They're great from Eric's perspective as I'm sure these were made from a bunch of off cuts in the shop so it uses up good wood a makes some nice puzzles. Just a little too small in my mind.
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Thanks Neil,
Blimey!!! 6mm ish pieces. Now that's small.....
I had hoped for 10-12mm but I guess they will be interesting
Blimey!!! 6mm ish pieces. Now that's small.....
I had hoped for 10-12mm but I guess they will be interesting
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Damn these are fiddly!
The top of each wooden piece is 10mmx10mm, so the strut of the burr is 2.5mm making each cubie 2.5mm x 2.5mm
They're not easy to put together ... which as say because I'm not a burr solver, and even using Burr Tools to put this together was darn tricky!
Looks great though.
The top of each wooden piece is 10mmx10mm, so the strut of the burr is 2.5mm making each cubie 2.5mm x 2.5mm
They're not easy to put together ... which as say because I'm not a burr solver, and even using Burr Tools to put this together was darn tricky!
Looks great though.
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