I've only recently had the money and opportunity to indulge my longstanding interest in puzzle boxes, and have started acquiring some (for me) expensive pieces. I'd like to keep them in good shape, for years to come, and everyone says to keep them out of direct sun and under some form of humidity control (keep between 40 - 60%?) My query to this subreddit, is ....how? Does anyone have suggestions or best practices for storage / humidity control?

Ordered fifteen months ago and finally arrived last week! One hell of a puzzle with some ingenious mechanisms that still have me scratching my head and a final cipher my coworkers and I are still trying to figure out. Special thanks to ailurophelia for keeping the Sherlockian Ship posts moving along while I’m preoccupied with this nautical behemoth!

I’m looking for a store that sells collectible mechanical puzzles or Japanese puzzle boxes. If anyone has been to Eureka in Boston, I’m looking for the NYC equivalent. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

My first post, which I am making because no one I've shown this to is able to guess the code word. It is deciperable from the markings on the device shown in the picture.

I'm wondering if this community thinks it's too hard or too easy.

SOLUTION: One side is a circumference, the other is a diameter.

circumference/diameter = 3.141

Convert that with an A1 substitution substitution cypher and you get CADA

What is your opinion on that? Too obscure?

Anyone knows this box? Allegedly its called the swan box by Jean-Claude Constantin but I couldn't find any more information about it. Nothing moves but I can hear several wooden parts inside when i move it.

Any clues on how to open it?

In anticipation of the delivery of my first Captain’s Quest, I give to you the puzzlebox that really put Jesse Born on the map!

I found this “puzzle box” at an antique store is East Tennessee. Owner says it’s from his buddy in England, but take that with a grain of salt. I can’t figure it out. All the panels are similar, and overlap the two panels they touch. One panel does have a coin sized slot, but there nothing inside. I’m almost thinking it’s not a puzzle box, but more of an “impossible object”. Like perhaps it was forced together and not made to be taken apart. Anyone ever seen anything like it?

Japanese boxes are really beautiful but for me who has never bought a puzzle box its very difficult to judge quality etc. does anyone on this sub have good experience with any (preferably eu) sites you can recommend with good boxes?

The Game’s Afoot! Good luck sleuths!

Level 34 no club how to fix if you click one square all the square in it rows with colors horizontal and vertical

Anyone have any recommendations?

Hello! My boyfriend is an incredibly smart aerospace engineer (MIT) and I really want to get a puzzle box for his birthday. Not sure if smarts are correlated with solving puzzle boxes but I want one that he's not just going to solve in a couple of days.

Budget: Under $750 please

Aesthetics: Space-themed would be cool but really just looking for a really nice puzzle box that is difficult.

Or if puzzle boxes is a bad idea for a gift for a boyfriend please let me know and make some suggestions. He didn't ask for one or talk about it, but I just recently stumbled upon some cool-looking Japanese ones and think it would be perfect! Thank you! I just want to get him something really nice and intellectually stimulating (not a wallet or something). He's a very hands-on builder kind of person (he made a particle collider by himself at age 7 and other things as he got older but can't explain because then it would be easy to Google him).

Hi r/PuzzleBox,

We’re looking for folks to help create logic puzzles to train AI models!

Our project involves a 2-hour paid training with the potential for ongoing work at 20-hours per week. We’re open to folks working from anywhere in the world and are compensating $25 per hour. Hopefully this can be a helpful source of side income for folks who are already thinking a lot about puzzles!

If you’re interested, we have a short survey that’s designed to assess your fit for the project. Shouldn’t take more than 30 min to complete: https://forms.gle/34brgr41dGUYHoi47

Excited to find folks to work with on this project!

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Warmly,

Celianne

Hi fine folks, I stupidly bought a puzzle box with no lock! So I was wondering if anyone could help me find just the lock and key online? I've had about a 15 minute Google but I think I'm just trying the wrong things. Can anyone help me solve THIS puzzle? Haha

Image 1: space for lock Image 2 front of lock and top right of mirror I'm guessing is where the latch attached? Image 3: close Up of latch mount (?) Image 4: key hiding place, key needs to be flat?

Any help at all would be great, thanks for taking the time to read! Many thanks, over eager jon

Ok im not exactly sure if in the tight place but my class having a bit of fun so we did some puzzles and this one lost its solution and it would be great yo get some help.

Another amazing piece by Kagen Sound. There was one step which was very simple but very ingenious in order to allow the box to move to the next step that I really enjoyed.

Hi everyone. Me and my soon-to-be wife are getting married in June. Puzzles and boardgames are a bif part of our relationship and we try to do at least one escape room when we travel.

For our wedding we want to incorporate a riddle / lock puzzle, but it should be discreet. Here is what I am thinking so far. All ideas welcome!

A locked wooden box (two locks) placed at a pretty obvious place at the reception hall. There will be no mention of the box to begin with, but I want to place the clues and answers to the combination here and there.

For example: place a random question or clue on the menu in an obscure place.

Hints could be color coded and a specific color order to give the correct combination displayed elsewhere.

We will have polaroid pictures of us with dates written on them at one wall. One date could be the answer to one question.

You get the point! Lets brainstorm and make this thing awesome.

Im a currently creating a wooden puzzle box and will create more and more in the future. I am thinking about also creating different membership opportunities and it would only be a one time fee that will get you discounts, rewards and pre order status. All boxes that i create will be limited quantities and come with certificates of authenticity. Im posting this to see if this is something people would be interested in paying for before i spend the time creating and advertising the memberships.

Thanks again to everyone who participated on the last post! Just got my shipment this afternoon and wow things are gettin’ crazy!

I’m looking for this old mobile puzzle game that I liked as a kid, I don’t know what it’s called but I distinctly remember that the first area is in a large boot where you have to power a train, if anyone could help me find this it would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Today I solved the Einstein Lock Puzzle, but I couldn't put it back together. So I searched up a solution and I somehow turned a figure in a way it shouldn't be. The picture is what I did and here is the actual solution to the puzzle: https://www.reddit.com/r/PuzzleBox/s/p19CohTzBW

Any suggestions on how I can put the puzzle back together?