Grandpa's Wonder Puzzle - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

William Young · 09-01-2008, 12:26 AM

This is an old style puzzle that has been around the sites for years.
I don't know the origin of its name and I only cut out one about 5 or 6 years ago.
A couple were visiting here a few days ago to pick up a few pens I had custom made for them and saw that puzzle sitting on a shelf and were curious about it. I took it apart and had to help them put it back together. lol
Then this morning I got a phone call and they wanted me to make three of them in three different woods so here they are both together and apart in pine, cedar and mahogany.

W.Y.

Jediscroller · 09-01-2008, 12:28 AM

That's a really neat project william. I could see those being good sellers.

minowevie · 09-01-2008, 12:33 AM

HAY< the man CAN scroll, HEHE< just kidding, Bill you can do everything wood. I love that puzzle too. I collect those kind of puzzles. mind twisters I think they are called. I could be roung. I would love to have the pattern. so will you look around to see where you got it from. NO I don't wont it for free. Just the sorce. how cool. I love it. your friend Evie

Jim8Mad · 09-01-2008, 02:08 AM

That would twist my mind all sorts of different ways! If you can share the source for that pattern I would love it. Thanks for showing.

William Young · 09-01-2008, 02:23 AM

As far as I know there are no copywrites on it because it has been shown on several sites over the years. I received it by email from a salesman member of this site about six or seven years ago .
To be on the safe side I will wait and see if there would be any reprocusions about sharing it .
W.Y.

Wood Dog · 09-01-2008, 02:24 AM

Jim I may be wrong, but if you study the design on this compound cut you could draw it up and make it. I know what my first project will be tomorrow in the shop. Boy did i set myself up for a sleepless night.

Plaquerd · 09-01-2008, 02:40 AM

Bill
Nice puzzles there! They are fun making and solving.

WD
You are right about drawing the pattern. But you don't have to draw it the same. Any interlocking pattern will work. Just two sides are cut and they should both interlock. I cut them free hand.....no pattern. Just use your imagination. They are the most broken items I sell at shows.....people try to force them back together.
I also make one that doesn't interlock, I call it a drop puzzle.......you drop it on the table and the fun begins, because it comes apart into nine pieces.

Bill
Sorry if I hijacked your thread. I just wanted to give out some info.
My apoligizes.

William Young · 09-01-2008, 04:36 AM

Quote:

Bill
Sorry if I hijacked your thread. I just wanted to give out some info.
My apoligizes.

No problem.
Could you please show some pictures of the ones you are referring to both together and apart ?
Would love to see them.

W.Y.

24 hours? NE! · 09-01-2008, 04:44 AM

I'd be very interested in that pattern if you are able to disseminate it. I'm not creative enough to come up with my own. Love how you made yours!

Tor · 09-01-2008, 11:19 PM

Very nice. Maybe if I ever set my saw for thick cutting I'll remember to try some of these at 3"-4" square. A fun looking thing indeed.

Tor

09-01-2008, 12:26 AM	#1
William Young Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wynndel, BC, Canada Posts: 869	Grandpa's Wonder Puzzle This is an old style puzzle that has been around the sites for years. I don't know the origin of its name and I only cut out one about 5 or 6 years ago. A couple were visiting here a few days ago to pick up a few pens I had custom made for them and saw that puzzle sitting on a shelf and were curious about it. I took it apart and had to help them put it back together. lol Then this morning I got a phone call and they wanted me to make three of them in three different woods so here they are both together and apart in pine, cedar and mahogany. W.Y.

09-01-2008, 12:28 AM	#2
Jediscroller American Crafstman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away Posts: 3,155 Blog Entries: 6	That's a really neat project william. I could see those being good sellers. __________________ Kevin Scrollsaw Patterns Online Making holes in wood with an EX-30, Craftsman 16" VS, Dremel 1680 and 1671

09-01-2008, 02:08 AM	#4
Jim8Mad Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hemet, CA Posts: 333	That would twist my mind all sorts of different ways! If you can share the source for that pattern I would love it. Thanks for showing. __________________ Jim DeWalt DW788 & Dremel 1680

09-01-2008, 02:24 AM	#6
Wood Dog Senior member--Absolutely Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MA USA Posts: 3,908	Jim I may be wrong, but if you study the design on this compound cut you could draw it up and make it. I know what my first project will be tomorrow in the shop. Boy did i set myself up for a sleepless night. __________________ WD Last edited by Wood Dog; 09-01-2008 at 02:27 AM.

09-01-2008, 02:40 AM	#7
Plaquerd Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northwest New Jersey Posts: 1,333	Bill Nice puzzles there! They are fun making and solving. WD You are right about drawing the pattern. But you don't have to draw it the same. Any interlocking pattern will work. Just two sides are cut and they should both interlock. I cut them free hand.....no pattern. Just use your imagination. They are the most broken items I sell at shows.....people try to force them back together. I also make one that doesn't interlock, I call it a drop puzzle.......you drop it on the table and the fun begins, because it comes apart into nine pieces. Bill Sorry if I hijacked your thread. I just wanted to give out some info. My apoligizes. __________________ Dave "Tight's tight, too tight's broken" www.lakeviewscrollsawing.com

09-01-2008, 12:33 AM	#3
minowevie Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: california Posts: 6,297	HAY< the man CAN scroll, HEHE< just kidding, Bill you can do everything wood. I love that puzzle too. I collect those kind of puzzles. mind twisters I think they are called. I could be roung. I would love to have the pattern. so will you look around to see where you got it from. NO I don't wont it for free. Just the sorce. how cool. I love it. your friend Evie

09-01-2008, 02:23 AM	#5
William Young Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wynndel, BC, Canada Posts: 869	As far as I know there are no copywrites on it because it has been shown on several sites over the years. I received it by email from a salesman member of this site about six or seven years ago . To be on the safe side I will wait and see if there would be any reprocusions about sharing it . W.Y.

09-01-2008, 04:44 AM	#9
24 hours? NE! Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 103	I'd be very interested in that pattern if you are able to disseminate it. I'm not creative enough to come up with my own. Love how you made yours!

09-01-2008, 11:19 PM	#10
Tor Mad Marqueteur Join Date: May 2007 Location: The "Green Side" in Hawaii Posts: 1,416	Very nice. Maybe if I ever set my saw for thick cutting I'll remember to try some of these at 3"-4" square. A fun looking thing indeed. Tor __________________ I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. - Thomas Jefferson Garden Island Marqueteur http://www.fineartmarquetry.com

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