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by allardwza
Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:26 pm
Forum: Other Puzzles of Interest
Topic: Wil Strijbos!!!
Replies: 1727
Views: 1736334

Wil's Lotus....

..not sure you could "break" it that way ... you could lock something useful somewhere that you couldn't retrieve or use it... and you'd need an external tool to remedy that situation, but I wouldn't call it broken... You can avoid that by never closing it after you've found the reason beh...
by allardwza
Fri Jan 04, 2013 6:52 am
Forum: Other Puzzles of Interest
Topic: Wil Strijbos!!!
Replies: 1727
Views: 1736334

Re: Wil Strijbos!!!

Rdroege wrote:Also, has anyone removed the black pin? Does it require pliers? Is it worth doing the full disassemble?
Yes
Yes (unless you have claws for hands!)
..and probably - it will let you see the fiendishness and simplicity of the mechanism....

:)

allard
by allardwza
Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:52 am
Forum: Other Puzzles of Interest
Topic: Hanayama Cast Puzzles
Replies: 264
Views: 260300

Re: Hanayama Cast Puzzles

...I'd expect so - they're pretty good about designers' rights ... [if they didn't I don't think folks like Wil would do nearly as much business with them!]

Original page over here http://puzzle.palyn.ru/harmony.htm

allard
by allardwza
Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:43 am
Forum: General
Topic: Clear Sleeves
Replies: 180
Views: 155709

Re: Clear Sleeves

Those look great Neil! ... and they'd make the dexterity bit on the Red SO much easier! ;)

allard
by allardwza
Sun Dec 30, 2012 8:36 pm
Forum: Other Puzzles of Interest
Topic: Hanayama Cast Puzzles
Replies: 264
Views: 260300

Re: Hanayama Cast Puzzles

TheWaddler wrote:i didn't think you'd have gotten it wrong but i can't find one anywhere, so a linky would be helpful right about now ...... ;)
...the answer to your question lies before your eyes, if see you wil(l)...

allard
[From the Darker side of the tracks... :) ]
by allardwza
Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:47 pm
Forum: Other Puzzles of Interest
Topic: Hanayama Cast Puzzles
Replies: 264
Views: 260300

Re: Hanayama Cast Puzzles

TheWaddler wrote:
allardwza wrote:...picked up a copy of Cast Harmony from Wil yesterday - think it's really cute and quite "accessible"!

allard
do you mean the Cast Radix, cos i can't find a Cast Harmony anywhere? :?
No young padawan, I meant Cast Harmony ... sigh....

:)
by allardwza
Sun Dec 30, 2012 2:44 pm
Forum: Other Puzzles of Interest
Topic: Hanayama Cast Puzzles
Replies: 264
Views: 260300

Re: Hanayama Cast Puzzles

...picked up a copy of Cast Harmony form Wil yesterday - think it's really cute and quite "accessible"!

allard
by allardwza
Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:57 pm
Forum: Other Puzzles of Interest
Topic: Wil Strijbos!!!
Replies: 1727
Views: 1736334

Re: Wil Strijbos!!!

Chyron wrote:Don't close the thing when you open it without everything back in place!

Wise words... glad you got that sorted ... :)

allard
by allardwza
Thu Dec 27, 2012 2:30 pm
Forum: Other Puzzles of Interest
Topic: Wil Strijbos!!!
Replies: 1727
Views: 1736334

Wil's Lotus puzzle

...don't stop until you know where the puzzle gets it's name from... :)
by allardwza
Wed Dec 26, 2012 9:08 am
Forum: Other Puzzles of Interest
Topic: Wil Strijbos!!!
Replies: 1727
Views: 1736334

You need Wil's bolt number 3 for a spare bit... I did the same thing! ;)

Allard

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