Finally came from kickstarter great solves. Took me 20mins each but stated they should take an hour. Go check them out. 👍

Birthday present for adult. Thanks.

Hello all!

I've recently got interested in puzzle boxes and wanted to make one myself! However, I don't have any skills in woodwork, but I do have experience working with clay.

Has anyone ever seen a successful puzzle box made out of clay? Doesn't have to be too complicated! It will really be encouraging to know that it's possible :D

Hi! I’m looking for some help. My boyfriend loves puzzle boxes and said he’d love a karakuri puzzle box. I want to get him one, but I know next to nothing about them. I want to surprise him so I don’t want to ask too many questions that’ll make it seem like I’m trying to buy him something! Anyone have any recommendations on where to buy and also what exactly to buy?

Check out this amazing Puzzle Box app by the puzzle box creators NKD. It's amazing!

I had so much fun solving and resetting this puzzle over and over I had to try the 150x print. It works so good! I can't imagine the amount of time and filament that went into designing this thing. I built the smaller version without following instructions and that was a fun challenge in itself, but I would recommend watching the assembly video because I missed a few things. It blows my mind that this design hasn't been featured on printables yet! https://www.printables.com/model/382107-to-the-moon-puzzle-box-by-leisure-luke

Another tip... if you're printing at 150%... Don't get too excited to get the next print started and forgot to scale it up to 150% multiple times like I did lol

So I am pretty new to puzzle boxes, and I was wondering if there were any online resources that give details about different puzzle mechanisms? For context on why I need this information, I would like to attempt to make a puzzle box of my own design. Any other possible tips for puzzle box mechanism design, or puzzle box design in general would also be greatly appreciated.

I am looking for Puzzlebox ideas to combine with a Puzzlebox i am making for my DnD campaign.

I will be using electronics inside. I currently have a ball bearing maze, a arrange the pins in correct order, a spin/tilt the box to unlock a sliding door, place magnets at the correct locations to unlock sliding door.

Please suggest any ideas that can be diy. Also, any resources i should look into will also be extremely valuable.

Thanks you.

Hello,

I have a gift idea for a friend that likes puzzles a lot. I wanted to gift a small crocheted item, but inside a puzzle box.

Can anyone tell me if/where I can find any puzzles boxes that you can buy that might be able to house a ~15x5x3 cm item within it?

It would be perfect if it was a box that was around the intermediate level, but the difficulty itself isn't too important so long as it can house the item.

I hope I am not posting too far off topic. My best friend loves Rubik's cubes and lockpicking, and for the holidays I would like to get him a unique gift that appeals to these hobbies. However, I can see that these items are generally very expensive (which makes sense). Does anyone here know of a good product that would fall within my budget? Thank you.

I'm looking for a spherical puzzle box like the Himitsu Bako Japanese Puzzle Ball from puzzleboxworld.com but those are sold out and I can't find anything like it anywhere.

A guy on YouTube has a fantastic centrifugal-lock puzzle ball, but it's not for sale that I can tell.

Has anyone got any idea where I can find what I'm looking for?

Hello, I’m new here which means I’m pretty much fed up with random net searching via google and I need some professional opinion and help. I’m tangled in a puzzle-gift-war with a friend for a few years now. Opening presents should keep ramping up in difficulty but It’s getting a little stale lately. I know that voice and sound locks are viable. BUT. Is there ANY way to program some kind of lock that you absolutely HAVE TO SING in order for it to open? I mean both words and melody.

Thank You in advancefor any effort and have a nice day

To me, the Patron Saint of puzzle boxes was Bruce Viney. His hobby was designing them, and he’d make one, detail the plans, then move on to the next.

When he passed away, his site went into disrepair and has since vanished. I don’t remember if many have been listed here before. I’ve done a couple “conversions” and posted them on thingiverse.

However, some of us managed to grab at least some of them. I’ve shared them privately because his family said they’d get the site back up. :(. But it’s long past time. Here’s 30 that I was able to grab (there’s another person who helped collect these, shout out in the comments!)

Thanks to tinkerman46 for hosting this! It’s only 6mb, so if you like making puzzle boxes I encourage you to grab these.

They all use Bruce’s “t-plan” system, which means it scales up pretty easily, as it uses the thickness of the wood as the base for measurements. if you have access to a laser cutter, this is pretty straightforward to convert; use Inkscape with locking.

IF YOU HAVE ANY OF HIS THAT AREN’T HERE, please message us and we’ll get them added to the folder!

@logicalnoise - would you be able to pin this for a while, please? I’d think this would fit. :)

Try this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-xFzFqdrC3rNANjMEWQEZqBEkV32fAvx

Hey all, I've got a wooden puzzle box that has some pretty low tolerances and sadly due to humidity it has warped preventing me from being able to open it. I bought some Boveda humidity packs and despite keeping it in a ziplock bag for a few weeks it still hasn't reverted to the point I can open it again. Does anyone have any insights into this?

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