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thecubesmall.jpg3D Put Together puzzles can be described as those puzzles which need to be assembled to make a 3D shape but they are not interlocking puzzles.  In other words 3d wooden puzzles do not lock together so that they cannot be picked up as a single shape when completed.  Box packing puzzles, cube puzzles and other assembly puzzles and also some pattern matching puzzles generally come into this category.  In this category you will find Robin Turner's wooden puzzle sculptures.  Truly Puzzle Art; they are individually crafted wooden puzzles depicting Australian icons such as Ayer's Rock and the Devil's Marbles.

 




Soma Cube wood puzzle in a box with lid Soma Cube wood puzzle in a box with lid


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The puzzle is to repack the 7 pieces into the box so that you can put the lid on.

There is a sheet supplied with this puzzles which has another 22 shapes for you to try to make using these same seven pieces.

Can you find which ONE of the 22 shapes CANNOT be made using the same 7 pieces ?
Danish poet and writer Piet Hein invented this puzzle in 1936 while attending a lecture on quantum physics. R. Guy at the University of Malaya in Singapore tabulated 240 different solutions for the puzzle.... but this is by no means the final count.

Problem sheet and solutions are especially created by us and are included if you buy the puzzle from this website.

 
Pyramid wood puzzle Pyramid wood puzzle


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DIFFICULTY RATING 1

The object is to make the tetrahedron from just two pieces.

 
Planet wooden put together puzzle Planet wooden put together puzzle


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The aim is to take the wooden molecule puzzle apart and then rebuild it without looking at the solution.
Puzzle consists of 12 wooden balls connected by 30 short rods to look like a planet or a molecule.  Pieces have been lacquered.  Sold in clear plastic gift box. 

Solution not included.

 
Snake cube small wooden cube on elastic rope Snake cube small wooden cube on elastic rope


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The puzzle is to build a larger cube from the length of 27 smaller cubes arranged on an elastic rope to look like a snake; hence the name Snake Cube but it's sometimes also known as the Chain Cube or the Elastic Cube.

 
10 piece wooden Honeycomb puzzle 10 piece wooden Honeycomb puzzle


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The puzzle is to build the symmetrical honeycomb shape from the 10 pieces each made from hexagonal cylinder pieces of different lengths joined together.
Note: This puzzle doesn't normally come with a solution but from feedback we know it's a very hard puzzle so we've created a detailed solution that we now supply with the puzzle. 

 
IQ Puzzler 2D and 3D logic puzzles IQ Puzzler 2D and 3D logic puzzles


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Ages 6+
Multi-level Logic Game. Construct 2-D puzzles and 3-D pyramids with this brain twisting solitaire game. 72 2D challenges. 29 3D challenges.  Starter through Wizard levels.
There are hundreds of possible combinations, but only one will complete the puzzle. A colourful puzzle game for building logic & visual acuity. Solve sequentially ordered 2-D & 3-D puzzles using vivid ball configurations. Train memory and increase power of concentration. Stimulates spacial perception.

 
Wooden golf ball & putting green puzzle Wooden golf ball & putting green puzzle


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The puzzle is really two puzzles in one.  One puzzle is to disassemble and reassemble the interlocking pieces of the golf ball.   The other is to assemble the pieces of the putting green into the base.   When assembled the golf ball will stay together sitting on a golf tee shaped piece that fits into the base.
Is the golfer in your life puzzled enough yet?   A great idea for a fun trophy for your next friendly golf game too.  Suitable for kids or adults.
Attractively boxed for gift giving. 

 
Wooden tennis ball on tennis racquet stand Wooden tennis ball on tennis racquet stand


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Two different types of puzzles in one set; one 2D assembly puzzle; one 3D interlocking puzzle. Both the tennis ball is an interlocking wooden puzzle. The pieces of the tennis racquet must be reassembled into the tennis racquet frame. This part of the puzzle could be even harder than assembling the tennis ball.
The puzzle will make a great trophy for the local tennis club with plenty of space for engraving or a plaque. Suitable for kids or adults.

 
Wooden cricket ball puzzle with cricket bat on oval stand Wooden cricket ball puzzle with cricket bat on oval stand


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The puzzle is to disassemble and reassmble the interlocking cricket ball and cricket bat. Two puzzles in one. Both the bat and the ball are puzzles. Once assembled the ball and the bat can be displayed on an attractive oval stand.Is this the ball that will stump your cricket fan?
The puzzle will make a great trophy for the local cricket team with plenty of space for engraving or a plaque.
 Suitable for kids or adults.
Attractively boxed for gift giving. 

 
3d wooden interlocking Soccer ball puzzle 3d wooden interlocking Soccer ball puzzle


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The puzzle is to disassemble and reassemble the 14 interlocking pieces into the 3D soccer ball mounted on a stand.   This football makes a great present for any soccer fan.  Could even make a good trophy for a sports club with a small space on the base for engraving.   The stand is included and forms part of the puzzle.  The puzzle will sit on the stand locked together without falling apart.

 
Interlocking Bowling Ball 3d puzzle on stand Interlocking Bowling Ball 3d puzzle on stand


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The puzzle is to disassemble and reassemble the 17 interlocking pieces into the bowling pin and bowling ball on a stand.   
Why not puzzle the ten pin bowler in your life?  Or use as a fun trophy for the next Ten Pin Bowling night you organise.
The stand is included and forms part of the puzzle.  The puzzle will sit on the stand locked together without falling apart.

 
Interlocking Baseball and Glove wooden puzzle on stand Interlocking Baseball and Glove wooden puzzle on stand


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The puzzle is to disassemble and reassemble the 22 interlocking pieces into the baseball caught in the baseball mit on the stand. 
The perfect present for the baseball or softball player in your household.  A must have for baseball collectors.  A great trophy with plenty of space on the stand to mount a plaque or name plate.

 
Interlocking Football wood puzzle on stand Interlocking Football wood puzzle on stand


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The puzzle is to disassemble and reassemble the 14 interlocking pieces into the football on the stand.    This football shape covers all the codes - Rugby League, Rugby Union and even Australian (Aussie) Rules.  A great gift for fans of all Australian football codes.  Makes a great kids footy team trophy with plenty of space on the base for a name plate or just a nice decorative piece for any sports fan.  The stand is included and forms part of the puzzle.  The puzzle will sit on the stand locked together without falling apart.

 
P & L packing puzzle P & L packing puzzle


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Edward Hordern IPP Puzzle Exchange - Berlin, Germany August, 2011
Presented by Grant Smith. Made by Brian Young @ Mr Puzzle Australia. Designed by Junichi Yananose.

Pack the P's and L's in the frame so that only "IPP31" is visible when completed. The puzzle comes unsolved to give you the full packing challenge.

 
One Four All & All Four One design competition entry packing puzzle One Four All & All Four One design competition entry packing puzzle


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The puzzle is to stack the three Musketeers, Athos, Porthos & Aramis, joined by d'Artagnan so they are self supporting in the frame; ie: no loose parts.  You must be able to pickup the frame without touching the Musketeers, so that the Musketeers do not fall out.
Judged in the TOP 10 at THE 2010 Nob Yoshigahara International Puzzle Design Competition.   This puzzle is not one of Mr Puzzle's Limited Edition however at this stage we only have permission to make 30 puzzles.

 

 
TV wooden packing puzzle TV wooden packing puzzle


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The puzzle is to pack the seven pieces into the retro television set frame.  An interesting 3D packing puzzle with one fixed cube to limit the possible solutions.  This puzzle is not only a 3D packing puzzle but has an interesting step to disasssemble.

The puzzle was designed by Viteslav Krejci in 2008 and made in the workshops of Pelikan using a selection of both European woods including  maple, walnut, birch, ash, apple, pear, cherry, oak, beech, plum, and acacia as well as some more exotic woods like mahogany, ebony, begging, wenge, walnut, American, padank, rosewood, amaranth, Bubinga, owango, jarah, meranti, and iroko. 

 
Rod by Rod wooden packing puzzle Rod by Rod wooden packing puzzle


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Difficulty 3
The object of the puzzle is to pack all the pieces inside the diced box and be able to close the lid.  Each piece is a 45mm long rod with a series of either 1, 2 or 3 notches.

 
Holes and Balls wooden packing puzzle Holes and Balls wooden packing puzzle


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Difficulty 2
The object of the puzzle is to pack all the pieces inside the diced box and be able to close the lid.  Pieces have a combination of flat planes, drilled holes or protruding half balls.

 
Stacked Sticks wooden packing puzzle Stacked Sticks wooden packing puzzle


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Difficulty 3
The object of the puzzle is to pack the 4 pieces inside the diced box and be able to close the lid.  Pieces are made from a combination of three square shaped rods put together in complex shapes plus a single rod.

 
Halfcubes wooden packing puzzle Halfcubes wooden packing puzzle


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Difficulty 4
The object of the puzzle is to pack all the pieces inside the diced box and be able to close the lid.  Pieces are made from a combination of triangular shapes.

 
Cubiforms Stacked Cubes wooden puzzle WAS 17.50 Sale Price NOW 13.99 Cubiforms Stacked Cubes wooden puzzle WAS 17.50 Sale Price NOW 13.99


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Difficulty 3
Discover Cubiforms.  The puzzle is to assemble the pieces into the complex shape of 8 cubes around a central core cube.

 
All Five - Wayne Daniel designed 5 platonic solids All Five - Wayne Daniel designed 5 platonic solids


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Designed by Wayne Daniel in 2005 this puzzle includes all five of the Patonic Solids.  When disassembled all pieces are either a Platonic Solid or can be combined with other pieces for form a Platonic Solid.  When assembled only the Icosahedron on the outside is visible. 
Pieces:  A tiny Octahedron; a Tetrahedron;  a Hexahedron;  a Dodecahedron and finally the Icosahedron on the outside.  In all 5 puzzles in 1. A total of 37 pieces. 

 
Make Room - Craftsman packing puzzle Make Room - Craftsman packing puzzle


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DIFFICULTY RATING 8

Just back in stock.  Only 15 to sell and once sold we won't be making these again.

This puzzle presents four different challenges:
Challenge 1 - Pack all 8 blocks under the closed lid. 30 possible solutions.
Challenge 2 - Make room for all 8 blocks and the gold rod under the closed lid (not in it’s packing position). 4 solutions.
Challenge 3 - Make Room for all 8 blocks and the key (dowel) under the closed lid. Unique solution.
Challenge 4 - Can you remember how the puzzle came packaged with the key in the lid? 3 solutions.

In 1997 Stewart Coffin originally designed  Make Room and allocated it #127 in his numbering system although only one of  these puzzles was made.  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 just nine pieces in the box.

Brian had never made a packing puzzle before....   That all changed after IPP21 when he found himself playing with Jerry's exchange puzzle for many, many hours.  He then got interested in redesigning the puzzle to include a challenge with a unique solution.The puzzle is made with the kind permission of Stewart Coffin.

As well as our Craftsman Range this puzzle is also available in our Standard Range (Click here).

Click here to see the legend of the different timbers used in this puzzle.
Click here to see a photo of the pieces inside the box.
Click here to view this original design by Stewart Coffin. 

 
Diagra wood cube puzzle Diagra wood cube puzzle N/A





Edward Hordern IPP Puzzle Exchange  - Prague, Czech Republic, August 2008
Presented by Mike Hawthorne.  Made by Václav Obšívac at Vin & Co.  Designed by Václav Obšívac.

Difficulty 5/5
The goal is to make a cube, and the other nine shapes, from the 8 pieces of the puzzle.  The shapes are amazingly complex - even for Vinco!

 
Ball Room wood 3D puzzle Ball Room wood 3D puzzle


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Colour Wood of Balls



Difficulty 4/5
There are three challenges to this puzzle. 
1. Pack all four pieces into the base as a cube shape.  There are three solutions to this challenge.
2. Pack three of the four pieces into the base as a tetrahedron (triangular based pyramid).  But which three? That's just part of the challenge. There is only ONE solution to this challenge.
3. Fit all four pieces together to make a 4 x 4 unit square based pyramid pile of ball.  This challenge is done outside the base.  There is only ONE solution to this challenge.
 
Tresorpack 6 - Balls puzzle Tresorpack 6 - Balls puzzle


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Difficulty 5/5

There are just three different pieces loose inside the wooden cage. They do not come out of the cage but the cage does have openings down each of the four vertical sides.    The puzzle is to assemble them into a tetrahedron inside the cage.

 
Tresorpack 6 - Blocks puzzle Tresorpack 6 - Blocks puzzle


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Difficulty 5/5

There are six different pieces loose inside the wooden cage. They do not come out of the cage but the cage does have openings down each of the four vertical sides.    The puzzle is to assemble them into a square block inside the cage.

 
Cube AC wood cube puzzle Cube AC wood cube puzzle


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Difficulty 5+/5

Yes, Vinco believes this is even outside his rating system.  Harder than his 5 out of 5 puzzles.

There are twelve very odd shaped pieces which make a cube.  Once complete this cube sits on a 45o angle inside the open stand.  An incredibly difficult puzzle to get together.

 
Sputnik wooden brainteaser puzzle Sputnik wooden brainteaser puzzle


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Difficulty 3/5

The puzzle consists of six identical pieces.
Once disassembled you will need to put the pieces back together to make the 
sputnik shape.

 
NZanity brainteaser NZanity brainteaser


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Edward Hordern Puzzle Exchange  - Boston, USA, 2006
Presented by Louis Toorenburg.  Made by Louis Toorenburg.  Designed by Louis Toorenburg.

The object of the puzzle is to match colours keeping the NZ in the right perspective on all exterior sides of the cube.

 
Betty's Baffling Bracelet jarrah wood puzzle Betty's Baffling Bracelet jarrah wood puzzle


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Edward Hordern Puzzle Exchange  - Gold Coast, Australia, August 2007
Presented by Marti Reis.  Made by Brian Young @ Mr Puzzle Australia.  Designed by Stuart Gee.

The puzzle is to assemble the bracelet into a self supporting and stable rhombic dodecahedron.

 
The Cube wooden packing puzzle The Cube wooden packing puzzle


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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)

 
Eureka Puzzle 8 piece checkerboard puzzle Eureka Puzzle 8 piece checkerboard puzzle


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Designed by John Kirkman.   Made by Brian Young.  Put the 8 pieces in an 8x8 array in checkerboard pattern.  All pieces may be turned over but some are different on the reverse side. 

 
Witchetty Grub - Red Gum wood Witchetty Grub - Red Gum wood


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The object of the puzzle is to put the Witchetty Grub back together.

The 5 beautifully hand sanded pieces of Red Gum interlock to make the shape of a witchetty grub, a creature known to aboriginal people as ngarlkirdi.   The live grub is white and its head is black and yellow. It is up to 120mm long and 30mm thick. It lives in the roots of the Witchetty Bush which is part of the acacia family and found in the central deserts of Australia. 

Size: Footprint approximately 270mm x 80mm Height 90mm

 
Witchetty Grub - White Cedar timber Witchetty Grub - White Cedar timber


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The object of the puzzle is to put the Witchetty Grub back together.

The 6 beautifully hand sanded pieces of White Cedar wood interlock to make the shape of a witchetty grub, a creature known to aboriginal people as ngarlkirdi.   The live grub is white and its head is black and yellow. It is up to 120mm long and 30mm thick. It lives in the roots of the Witchetty Bush which is part of the acacia family and found in the central deserts of Australia.

Size: Footprint approximately 290mm x 60mm Height 75mm

 
Devil's Marble - Red Gum wood Devil's Marble - Red Gum wood


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Robin Turner presents PuzzleArt from his Remarkable Rocks collection.  The object of the puzzle is to put a Devil's Marble back together.

The 7 beautifully hand sanded pieces of South Australian Red Gum interlock to make the shape of one of the many rounded granite boulders which were formed from erosion of the original rectangular granite masses.
The puzzle is presented on a small black tripod stand.   Size: 110mm x 110mm x 110mm

 
Pinnacle - Red Gum wood Pinnacle - Red Gum wood


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Robin Turner presents PuzzleArt from his Remarkable Rocks collection.  The object of the puzzle is to put the Pinnacle back together.

The 7 beautifully hand sanded pieces of South Australian Red Gum interlock to make the shape of one of the Pinnacles.
Size: Approximate Footprint 125mm x 100mm Height 245mm

 
Ayers Rock Large - Red Gum timber Ayers Rock Large - Red Gum timber


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Robin Turner presents PuzzleArt from his Remarkable Rocks collection.   The object of the puzzle is to put Ayer's Rock back together.

The 9 beautifully hand sanded pieces of South Australian Red Gum interlock to make the shape of one of the most recognisable Australian icons.

Size: Approximate Footprint 230mm x 130mm Height 160mm   Note: This is a very large puzzles and weighs almost 3kg.

 
Integra 8 3d pattern matching puzzle Integra 8 3d pattern matching puzzle


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From the Mind Challenge Classics Series this puzzle has just eight pieces… but it's devious and addictive!
Simply integrate all 8 cubes into a single cube such that no bars or semi circles are visible on any of the faces of the single cube.
The Dr Wood Mind Challenge: Can you solve it in 15 minutes?!

 

 


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