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Puzzles by Maker > Mr Puzzle Standard wood and nail puzzles

Mr Puzzle Australia presents a comprehensive range of complex puzzles in our standard range.  Often called brainteasers or mindbenders, our range of mechanical puzzles includes complex interlocking puzzles, commonly known as burr puzzles, tangrams, sequential move puzzles, and both rope puzzles and nail puzzles in our disentanglement range. 

Our nail puzzles in our disentanglement section use large plated nails and are presented on wooden stands rather than the standard wire puzzles.   The wood used in our standard range is a plantation grown pine called Radiata which is then soaked in a cedar interior use stain and sealed with two coats of polyurethane clear satin.

Included with each puzzle is a Presentation Card which outlines the object of the puzzle, credits the inventor where known, details known history about the puzzle, and shows the difficulty rating as well as a printed Solution Sheet.

As well as our Standard Range of puzzles we also offer a Craftsman Range and some Limited Edition puzzles.

	Pyramid wood puzzle	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 1 The object is to make the tetrahedron from just two pieces.

	Bite Your Nails puzzle on wood stand	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 1 The puzzle is to remove the nails from their stand and separate the two nails. Click here to see the solution sheet.

	Horseshoe Puzzle Keyring small	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 2 The puzzle is to remove the ring.   Note: Key not included.     The horseshoe puzzle is also available in a medium size and a large size.

	Bent Again puzzle on wood stand	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 2 The puzzle is to remove the nails from their stand then separate the two nails. Click here to see this and other nail puzzles on one stand on the puzzle called Another Nailbiter.

	Bent Again - Cardholder Stand	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 2    Great office present The puzzle is to remove the nails from their stand then separate the two nails. The puzzle is presented on a stand with a groove cut along so you can stand your business cards. It makes a great inexpensive office gift! This puzzle is also available with a plain stand with no groove cut.

	Twisted puzzle on wood stand	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 2 The puzzle is to remove the nails from their stand and separate the two nails. Click here to see this and other nail puzzles on one stand on the puzzle called Renovator's Revenge.

	Get Hooked puzzle on wood stand	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 3 The puzzle is to remove the nails from their stand and separate the nails. Click here to see this and other nail puzzles on one stand on the puzzle called Another Nailbiter. This puzzle was designed by Brian in early 1998 and is EXCLUSIVE to Mr Puzzle Australia. It is covered by Australian Design No 138325.

	Set of 3 nail puzzles - Renovator's Revenge	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 3 From the originator of nail puzzles on a wooden stand Three puzzles in one at a discounted price For each puzzle the object is to separate the nails. This puzzle incorporates our three DIFFERENT nail puzzles.

	The Puzzle Sticks tricky 8 piece puzzle	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 3 The puzzle is to separate the eight pieces - if you can never do this puzzle it can always be used a a teapot stand. At first glance this puzzle appears to be an impossible object.  In puzzle terms, an impossible object is a puzzle that will not come apart or looks physically impossible to make.  For this type of puzzle, the puzzle is to determine how it was made in the first place.  The Puzzle Sticks is NOT an impossible object.  It will come apart without the use of force.

	Knot to be Knotted timber disentanglement puzzle	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 3 The puzzle is to remove the rope from the wood. This may be our easiest rope puzzle but can you disentangle it?

	Send You Loopy tricky disentanglement puzzle	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 4 The puzzle is to get the beads on the same loop, on the same side of the wood.  This rope puzzle is based on a well known disentanglement puzzles although it may not at first appear to be.

	Traffic Lights wood and rope puzzle	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 5 The object is to rope from the wood to release the long bar. Mr Puzzle has redesigned the original to make it TWO PUZZLES IN ONE.  Once the long bar is off you can use it as a completely different puzzle, the well known ‘Buttonhole Puzzle’.  With this puzzle we provide the solution to BOTH the Traffic Lights and the Buttonhole Puzzle. This puzzle covered by Australian Design Registration No. 153007 This puzzle featured in CFF Magazine July 2006 article "Secrets of a Simple Type of String Puzzle" by Lambert Bright.  Click here for a link to CFF web site.

	Tricky Dick wood and rope puzzle	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 8 The object of this rope puzzle is to remove the ring.  A very difficult disentanglement puzzle. This puzzle is EXCLUSIVE to Mr Puzzle Australia and is covered by Australian Design Registration No. 142170

	Set of 4 Mr Puzzle rope puzzles	QTY:
	If you like rope disentanglement puzzles then this is the set for you.  4 different puzles. 4 different degrees of difficulty.  4 different types of solutions. KNOT TO BE KNOTTED  Difficulty Level 3/10  Remove the rope. SEND YOU LOOPY Difficulty Level 4/10  Get the two beads together. TRAFFIC LIGHTS Difficulty Level 5/10  Remove the rope and long bar. TRICKY DICK Difficulty Level 8/10 Remove the ring. Regular Retail price $54.80 SAVE $1.25 per puzzle.

	Don't Get Cross take apart puzzle	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 7 The object is to remove the ring.... without bending it out of shape.  Not many moving parts on this disentanglement puzzle.

	Twelve Points to Insanity	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 3 The puzzle is to build the 12 pointed star from the six identical pieces.

	Just Six wooden interlocking puzzle	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 7 This six block burr has a solid piece which locks it together.

	Instant Insanity pattern matching puzzle	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 8 The puzzle is to arrange the four blocks so that four different symbols are showing on each of the four long sides.... Don’t forget the bottom!

	Make Room wood packing puzzle - Standard	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 8 The puzzle is to re-pack all 9 pieces in the box so that all pieces are under the closed lid.  You will need to make room for the key (dowel) to fit. Mr Puzzle resdesigned Make Room so that this version  has a unique solution. The puzzle is made with the kind permission of Stewart Coffin.   At IPP21 in Tokyo in 2001 a larger version of the puzzle #127-A  was given by Jerry Slocum as his exchange gift. That version had 14 separate solutions to fit all nine pieces in the box.  Click here to view this original design by Stewart Coffin.  As well as our Standard Range this puzzle is also available Craftsman Range made using 9 different Australian hardwood timbers.

	The Cube wooden packing puzzle	QTY:
	Edward Hordern Puzzle Exchange  - Gold Coast, Australia, August 2007 Presented by Andreas Röver.  Made by Brian Young @ Mr Puzzle Australia.  Designed by Andreas Röver.  The object of the puzzle is to make a cube with the given pieces.  Not your usual 3x3 cube; a very entertaining puzzle. Puzzle made from cedar stained Radiata. Size: 90mm x 90mm x 45mm (pieces made from 20mm x 20mm stock)

	Boston Tea Chest wooden puzzle	QTY:
	Edward Hordern Puzzle Exchange  - Boston, USA, August 2006 Presented by Brian Young.  Made by Brian Young @ Mr Puzzle Australia.  Designed by Brian Young. The object of the puzzle is find the T inside the Boston Tea Chest. You will have to disassemble the burr to find it. Brian got the idea behind this puzzle from an old Phillipe Dubois puzzle. The T shaped pieces were originally two sets of mirror reversed triplets. He changed these pieces to ensure they were all different, giving it a unique solution, now separating on one axis only.  Brian also added a locking mechanism that will ensure the puzzle is more difficult to disassemble.

	Another Headache wooden peg puzzle	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 8 The object is to get the black pegs where the tan pegs are and the tan pegs where the black pegs are...

	Mega Six 6 piece multiple move wood burr Standard	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 9  The puzzle is to assemble the six piece burr.  This puzzle really does show a case of 'don't judge a book by it's cover'.  It may look like other six piece burrs on the outside but it is DEFINITELY not.  The puzzle is incredibly more complicated than the commonly known six piece puzzle. This photo shows the Mega Six when it's about half way together or apart).   Bill Cutler first used a computer program to analyse six piece burrs in 1974 but it took until 1990 to analyse all possible six piece burr combinations.  Mega Six is the result of that search for the maximum number of moves for a six piece burr with a unique solution.  This does not mean it has a unique assembly, due to the number of internal voids.  In theory the pieces should fit together in 20 different ways however, the reality is that you can physically only put the puzzle together in one of the 20 assemblies. Not only OUR hardest six piece burr but THE hardest six piece burr! Buy a set of 2 very hard burrs and get $10 discount. Click here.   Covered by Australian Design Registration No 151844 and is made under license to Bill Cutler.

	Decemburr 12 piece multiple move burr Standard	QTY:
	DIFFICULTY RATING 9 There is an interesting sequence of 13 forward and backward moves required to disassemble this puzzle... Yes, that’s 13 moves to get the first piece out and that’s not the trickiest part of the puzzle. Once completely apart, there are 5485 false solutions (in other words, false assemblies), meaning the puzzle looks like it should go together but you can’t get the last piece in.  Only the specific sequence of 13 moves will allow you to insert the last piece and solve this puzzle.    This puzzle is made under license to Goh Pit Khiam. Goh Pit Khiam invented this twelve piece puzzle in December 1999 without the use of a computer. We’ve given the puzzle a rating 9 out of 10 because it’s sold assembled.  To solve the puzzle from a disassembled state without clues it could definitely be worthy of a  rating 10! Buy a set of 2 very hard burrs and get $10 discount. Click here.   We have just a few of these puzzles available in our Craftsman Range.  Once sold they won't be made again. Click here.

	Set of 2 Mr Puzzle burr puzzles	QTY:
	If you like very difficult burr puzzles then this is the set for you.  Two burrs rated 9/10.  They don't make them much harder than this.  SAVE $10.00 by buying them as a set. MEGA SIX Difficulty Level 9/10  Enhanced Bill Cutler design. Packaged disassembled. DECEMBURR Difficulty Level 9/10  Level 13 multiple move burr. Goh Pit Khiam design. All puzzles handcrafted in Australia by Mr Puzzle.

	Pandora's Box - Standard range wooden puzzle	Out of Stock
	DIFFICULTY RATING 7 The puzzle is to remove the four pieces from inside the box.

	SOLD OUT Coming of Age MkII 18 piece multiple move burr Standard	Out of Stock
	DIFFICULTY RATING 10        19 directional moves to remove the first piece from an 18 piece burr! This puzzle was designed by Brian (alias Mr Puzzle) without the use of a computer. It was however analysed using a computer program by Andreas Roever (see the end of this detail page) and he found and even more difficult assembly of the puzzle, being a level 14.10.3.2.5.11.10. That makes 65 moves for complete disassembly.  Click here to see the Coming of Age MkII as it's coming apart (puzzle shown in photo is Craftsman Range puzzle not Standard Range puzzle). Click here to see a video clip of Brian putting the Coming of Age MkII together.  Puzzle shown is Craftsman Range. Check out these different solutions to the Coming of Age MkII on YouTube;  thanks to Barry.  Level 14.10.7.3.5.12.10 assembly.  Level 16.3.1.1.3.4.1.1.2 assembly. Buy our 3 hardest burrs and get $10 discount. Click here.   This puzzle also available in Mr Puzzle Craftsman Range.  Click here.

	SOLD OUT Patience is a Virtue 7 piece wooden dissection puzzle	N/A
	DIFFICULTY RATING 5 In addition to fitting the pieces back into the rectangular frame there are 100 other shapes on the accompanying sheet to make with them. Click here to view the sheet with 100 shapes you can make with these pieces.  It is supplied with the puzzle. Click here for more information about Richter Anchor Stone Building Sets.

	SOLD OUT Soma Cube wood puzzle	Out of Stock
	DIFFICULTY RATING 2 The puzzle is to assemble the cube.... There is a sheet supplied with this puzzles which has another 22 shapes for you to try to make using these same seven pieces. Click here to see the sheet with 22 other shapes to make with these peices. Click the names to see sample shapes you can make with the Soma Cube pieces.  Shape1   Shape2 Click here for more information about SOMA. Wikipedia link: Soma Cube

	SOLD OUT Saturn Ring wood brainteaser puzzle	N/A
	DIFFICULTY RATING 8 The puzzle is to assemble the 31 blocks into the planet Saturn with it’s ring. The puzzle is similar in concept to the Rubik’s Snake but it’s been connected into a complete ring.  The puzzle also has a combination of right angled pieces and some straight through pieces to make it more challenging.  What a great Christmas present to commemorate the release of the Huygens probe from Cassini on Christmas Day 2004.   Click here to go to the NASA Home page of the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn The blocks are strung on a closed ring of strong elastic cord so it’s difficult for you to find where the puzzle starts and ends. The puzzle was designed by and is exclusive to Mr Puzzle. Click here to see the Saturn Ring apart. We also have a couple of copies of this puzzle on our Collectibles page as part of "Juegos de Ingenio" magazine plus Mr Puzzle designed Saturn Ring set. Click here.

	SOLD OUT Major Migraine Maker wooden sliding block puzzle	N/A
	DIFFICULTY RATING 9 The object is to be able to slide the large black block to the opening.... BUT - nothing is to slide through the opening except the large black block. CLUES - place the black blocks on the marked positions; place all other blocks inside the frame with all other rectangular blocks vertical.

	SOLD OUT Groovy Cubes	N/A
	DIFFICULTY RATING 7 The puzzle is to build a solid cube from the eight pieces. Rick Eason invented this puzzle and presented it as his Exchange Puzzle at IPP24  in Tokyo in 2004 and it is with his kind permission that we make this puzzle. All eight pieces of the puzzle are different which increases the degree of difficulty of the puzzle. There are four possible solutions but three of them are false solutions.  A false solution is when all the pieces look like  they  will fit together, but there is no order of assembly that allows the puzzle to go together completely. To achieve the only possible correct solution you must find the unique combination of dovetails and grooves, and the correct order to assemble them, that allows the pieces to fit together to form the solid cube. Packaged Disassembled for extra puzzling enjoyment. Size:  Each cube 30mm x 30mm x 30mm.  Final puzzle 60mm x 60mm x 60mm.   This puzzle available in our Craftsman Range made from Burdekin Plum.  Click here for details.

	SOLD OUT Just Have Patience wood disection puzzle	N/A
	DIFFICULTY RATING 2 The puzzle is to assemble the four pieces into a square. Included is this sheet with 12 shapes to make with the Just Have Patience pieces.

	SOLD OUT Fisherman's Folly rope puzzle	N/A
	DIFFICULTY RATING 7 The puzzle is to remove the ring, without cutting the rope on the puzzle.  A well known disentanglement puzzle with an added twist.