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Puzzle Making
Puzzle Making
The further from centre, the more strongly this hobby leans that way. Your quiz answers are scored against exactly these fifteen.
Creating puzzles, cryptic clues, logic problems or physical mechanisms, then testing them on solvers.
This weekendTime to first win
A few hoursA session
Mostly indoorsWhere
Step 1: Get a scroll saw or a coping saw, and thin ply.
Is it you?
What you need2 things
The honest floor, taking the cheapest option in each$75
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The path12 quests
ASetting up2 things to sort, in any order$75
- Get a scroll saw or a coping saw, and thin ply
- Glue the image down and let it dry fully
BThen the quests
- Cut your first jigsaw and check it assembles
- Mount an image so no edge lifts
- Make a simple six-piece burr puzzle
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