Precision Puzzlemaking Primer -- Volume 1

Step 9 3x3x3 cube puzzles

There's something about having a bunch of cubes which makes you want to just pile them up into bigger cubes. Experience and observation has led me to believe that the 3x3x3 cube is one of the most naturally intuitive shapes for a puzzle to assemble into. Test this out for yourself by handing one of these three 3x3x3 cube puzzles to somebody in a disassembled state. Chances are high that they will automatically assume that they should build a cube, or otherwise will ask you if that's what they're supposed to do.

All three of these 3x3x3 cube puzzles have unique solutions. The second and third ones are interlocking. All three of them were designed by Stewart Coffin, who is a based out of the USA.

According to Stewart Coffin: "A puzzle is considered to be interlocking if the last step of assembly (or the first step of disassembly) necessarily involves the sliding of mating surfaces parallel to each other. Such puzzles tend not to come apart without deliberate effort, and must be cut and glued with the utmost of care in order to assure that sliding surfaces line up with each other properly."

A serially interlocking puzzle is one where the pieces must be assembled in a specific order because each subsequent piece added locks the previous ones in place.

Comments

[XxKMIxXD]

Yes, what is the solution for number 2? Could someone show the plans instead of a site because you have to download many things for that software

[lilsgro23]

what is the solution for number 2

[LoriLundrigan]

Where can I find the solution?

[lkrasnow]

check out burrtools.sourceforge.net for awesome FREE puzzle solving software. I use this program all the time in my work, and highly recommend it for anybody who wants solutions to these puzzles.

[lkrasnow]

what puzzle do you want the solution for?

[chickens28]

puzzle 2

[brie]

number two plaese?

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