Puzzle Box

Great story, Scott. And an unusual project. Trust you wife is on the mend or we’ll have to change your name to “Sheila”. LOL

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hillsbiblechurch.org/

Thanks Don, this was really challenging to conceptualize. I’m trying to figure out a way to make the next one smaller.

My wife is doing well thanks, but I’ll be playing both parenting roles for a while still.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Van Gogh -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

That is an amazing idea, great post Scott, keepo them comming, I look forward to seeing more similar projects

-- Cheers

haha excellent!!!
is the box sitting in the living room waiting for unsuspecting guests???

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I love it. What an invention! I’m not good with puzzles (lack of intelligence), and this is so complicated I couldn’t figure it out, with a prototype, or not. I hope you will enter this one in the creativity contest.

Hoping for your wife’s 100% recovery.

If there is a way you could show the plans for how to build this, I would buy a set of plans from you.

Isn’t it nice that “Don” started using his handsome brother’s photo now?

hang in there, we are pulling for you.

-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com

what fun!

Thanks for the positive comments, and well wishes.

This was a fun and challenging one to conceptualize, I have a couple that I’m trying to fine tune on the back burner, so yes, I hope to have more to share.

That really is a high compliment Mark. Thank you. I’ll see that I can’t at least get this one down on paper or perhaps fill the void out there with this plan and many others.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Van Gogh -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

my question is—- your wife had to hold her gift for a week, while she figured out the clue?? cruel… cruel… cruel .
I love it.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I think these are the kind of things that keep a marriage alive. Whether it is the “fun” in the relationship or keeping you out of the house while making it – I am not sure, but anyway…..

Great Job and love the idea. Keep up the creativity!

Karrie

-- Karrie

I’m glad that she didn’t solve it immediately, but I did feel bad that she was frustrated for so many days before getting on the right track. One of the hard parts of this project was doing the research into the clue, and covering my tracks. Must have worked because once early on she was close but didn’t know it and went on down another route.

I already have the riddle for the next box, but the mechanics of using letters to spell out the anwer rather than numbers is going to be very different indeed.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Van Gogh -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Still no takers on trying to solve this riddle, huh?

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Van Gogh -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

oh Scott you devil….. bring us back into your little tormenting riddle… ok ok… I’ll see what I come up with…..

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

ok. 5 minutes into it (made you look) and at 5:30 in the morning my brain says “enough already… too early… too taunting…..”

I’ll pass the torch (probably someone has already solved this but hasn’t wanted to ruin it for the rest of us.)
Daedalus and Knossus both are about a labryinth and there are 5280 yards in a league. Take it from there someone.. take it from there

and my brain breathes a sigh of relief (“go back to bed” it is now saying… “it’s Sunday morning for Heaven’s Sake”)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I’ll let you know when/if someone gets it… The answer is a 3 digit number (combination to the lock)

Post your guess here, or send me a PM.

Keep at it. ;)...

the record to beat is one week of on/off trying!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Van Gogh -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

With all the jocks who’ve joined up in the past few months, surely somebody has solved this riddle by now?
Debbie, 5 minutes wasn’t enough,... but the buzzer still hasn’t sounded.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Van Gogh -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/