LOST DAY Occassional
Table
Original selling
price started at AUD270.00.
This very special
piece of puzzle furniture consists of eight different notchable
six piece burrs.
David Bruce designed this puzzle in 1985 and although he designed
it by hand he did later have a computer check it’s assembly
to ensure it was unique.
He called the puzzle “Lost Day” because he thought
if it takes an hour to put each piece in it’s correct place
it would take 24 hours to assemble all the pieces.... we think
this is being VERY optomistic!
The goal of the design was to make sure each of the eight corners
was a different burr and that all were notchable burrs with no
key piece.
The puzzle is presented as an occasional table but may be purchased
with or without the 500mm round glass top (with polished edge).
Glass is difficult to ship and you may be able to purchase the
glass locally for less than we can supply and ship to you. Already
included in the shopping cart price is an additional cost of
glass Aust$30.00. There will also be and additional freight charge
when purchasing with glass top.
The puzzle occassional table is available crafted from Western
Australian Jarrah and is shipped completed WITH 500mm round glass
top.
Click here
to share Martin Watson's experience as he put's his LOST
DAY together....
and loses several days, not just one!
This puzzle
is no longer available from us but sometimes Interlocking Puzzles
have a small version of this puzzle for sale at http://interlockingpuzzles.com/Burr.html
TLN
Original selling
price AUD150.00
The puzzle
is to assemble to 12 piece burr representing the letters T L
& N on three sides.
Junichi Yananose created this puzzle in 1991 but to date it has
not been commercially manufactured.
Although it is a 4x4x4 burr the 4 pieces on each side are not
symetrical, rather making four different shapes in the form of
the letters T L and N.
As well as being very difficult to assemble this puzzle can also
be relatively difficult to disassemble if you are not holding
the puzzle just right.
This puzzle is crafted from the very dense and heavy timber called
Cooktown Ironwood which is grown only across the very north of
Australia in a thin band from Cooktown to Darwin. Size: 150mm
x 150mm x 150mm.
This is a link
to Junichi Yananose's web site where he shows his TLN design
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/j/yananose/puzzle/ztln01.html
NOTE: Original
selling price in USD was 78.30. In April 2008 one of these puzzles
sold at Baxterweb Puzzle Auctions, Featuring the John Ergatoudis
Collection Phase 12 for USD 160.00.
RUSSIAN 11
Original selling
price AUD95.00
The puzzle
is to assemble the 11 piece burr.
Leonid Mochalov, a Russian mathematics teacher, (website: www.puzzlemochalov.narod.ru) first published a
book of puzzles in 1980 and updated it in 2000 releasing “400
Puzzles & Tricks” (very loosely translated by a friend
who is not actually Russian).
This puzzle is taken from that book and we think Leonid's name
for the puzzle translates as "Knot Out Of Flat Element".
It is an eleven piece burr utilising flat rectangular pieces.
Because it has a solid locking piece it is not a very difficult
puzzle, however it is quite an unusual burr design.
This puzzle is crafted from Satin Sycamore grown in North Queensland.
Size: 120mm x 120mm x 120mm |
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