Wil Strijbos!!!

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RichAE91
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Re: Wil Strijbos!!!

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AFKAN wrote:Nice 8-) where's the other burr???? ;)
My sister's boyfriend pulled it apart 2 days ago and has stolen it until he can put it back together so sadly that one hasnt been polished up nice n shiny :( but when i get it back i will have to polish it otherwise it will feel left out!!
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Ex: Br V2 - O
LE: Ti (SE) 08-50 - O

Ex #88:
CE Assembled: Bu - O, Gr - O, Br - O, Ag - O, Au - C, Ti - O
LE: Or - O, LM - O,

Obs: Bl V1 - O, Bl V2 - O, Bu Pro - O

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Re: Wil Strijbos!!!

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I think I need to give mine a good polish. My cylinder has a few nicks on the side of it that I questioned but Wil didnt seem to believe me. Hopefully I can get them out or just leave them!
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Re: Wil Strijbos!!!

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03SVTCobra wrote:I think I need to give mine a good polish. My cylinder has a few nicks on the side of it that I questioned but Wil didnt seem to believe me. Hopefully I can get them out or just leave them!
thats why i decided to polish mine, cause they arrived with quite a few scratches and dents and i just really wasnt happy with the finish on them so thought id give them a nice finish!
R1
Ex: Br V2 - O
LE: Ti (SE) 08-50 - O

Ex #88:
CE Assembled: Bu - O, Gr - O, Br - O, Ag - O, Au - C, Ti - O
LE: Or - O, LM - O,

Obs: Bl V1 - O, Bl V2 - O, Bu Pro - O

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Re: Wil Strijbos!!!

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RichAE91 wrote:
03SVTCobra wrote:I think I need to give mine a good polish. My cylinder has a few nicks on the side of it that I questioned but Wil didnt seem to believe me. Hopefully I can get them out or just leave them!
thats why i decided to polish mine, cause they arrived with quite a few scratches and dents and i just really wasnt happy with the finish on them so thought id give them a nice finish!
Ill wait until my washer cylinder arrives and then give them a polish I guess.
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Re: Wil Strijbos!!!

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RichAE91 wrote:
03SVTCobra wrote:I think I need to give mine a good polish. My cylinder has a few nicks on the side of it that I questioned but Wil didnt seem to believe me. Hopefully I can get them out or just leave them!
thats why i decided to polish mine, cause they arrived with quite a few scratches and dents and i just really wasnt happy with the finish on them so thought id give them a nice finish!
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Re: Wil Strijbos!!!

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Finally got my washer cylinder working correctly after having a little talk with paradox and tbh i am not impressed, after about an hours play with my washer cylinder the mechanism seized up resulting in me being able to open it prematurely, but as i didnt know this had happend i wasted 2 whole days trying to figure out how things worked with no success before i contacted paradox and his reply got me thinking things had seized so after about 40 mins of hard work i managed to dissassemble it completely finding that components inside had damaged each other and to get it bakc into working condition i had to file down certain parts and then polish them.

So all in all i am quite disappointed with this puzzle compared to the other aluminium puzzles i bought of him this one was a huge let down :(
R1
Ex: Br V2 - O
LE: Ti (SE) 08-50 - O

Ex #88:
CE Assembled: Bu - O, Gr - O, Br - O, Ag - O, Au - C, Ti - O
LE: Or - O, LM - O,

Obs: Bl V1 - O, Bl V2 - O, Bu Pro - O

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Re: Wil Strijbos!!!

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Well I'm on my second one after I totally killed my first :(

I still utterly love it though, it's a really reliable mechanism once you tidy it up.

Made damn sure with my new one that there wasn't a chance of a repeat of my first jamming solid ;)
Graham:-)
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Re: Wil Strijbos!!!

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AFKAN wrote:... it's a really reliable mechanism once you tidy it up....
Yeah yeah i decreased the tolerances to about 0.5mm and it works like an absolute dream now! i really dont see why he went to such accuracy cause with the mechanism there is obviously going to be wear and as a result fine bits appearing which are likely to seize the mechanism with tolerances so high!
R1
Ex: Br V2 - O
LE: Ti (SE) 08-50 - O

Ex #88:
CE Assembled: Bu - O, Gr - O, Br - O, Ag - O, Au - C, Ti - O
LE: Or - O, LM - O,

Obs: Bl V1 - O, Bl V2 - O, Bu Pro - O

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Want your puzzle solved .. give it to Australian customs.

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Thought I might share this with you guys.

My aluminium washer puzzle package came from Wil Strijbos.
It came with a note inside from the customs people saying this
"Opened by Australian Customs".

The package may have been but I don't think the puzzle was ! LOL
More torture for me :-)

The Revomaze package didn't get opened but Wil's did ... I wonder if it's because it comes from a land of rather liberal drug laws ....

Apparently .. things that look like hand grenades are fine .... Little aluminium cylinders ... well ... that might have anything in it.. :twisted:
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Re: Want your puzzle solved .. give it to Australian customs

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Pretty much all of the metal puzzles that I've ordered from Wil have been 'inspected' by customs on the way in. By 'inspected' I mean that they openend the box, twiddled with the contents, taped it back up with their special tape and sent it on to me. :roll:
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