Wooden Puzzles: 20 Handmade Puzzles and Brain Teasers [Paperback]

What could be better than a woodworking project that expands your woodworking skills, results in a gallery-worthy project that will bring hours of entertainment, and could even make a dent in your pile of scrap wood? 20 of those projects compiled into one great book. InWooden Puzzles, master puzzle makerBRIAN MENOLDtakes you step-by-step through the construction of 20 ingenious puzzle designs. With plenty of clear photographs and illustrations along the way, youll have no problem creating beautiful puzzles of your own no matter what your skill level. The final puzzles range from relatively simple to solve to devilishly difficult so the fun doesnt end when the projects are complete.

• Topic. Toys in general, and puzzles in particular, are always a popular item with woodworkers.
• Low investment. The wooden puzzles presented can be built from wood scraps with minimal tooling.
• Expert Author. Brian Menold is recognized as one of the preeminent wood puzzle makers in North America.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction

GETTING STARTED
1. Tools for Puzzle Making
2. Selecting Wood for Your Puzzles
3. Jigs for Puzzle Making

THE PUZZLES
Before You Begin
1. Five-Piece Solid Block
2. Little Kenny
3. Three-Piece Block
4. Convolution
5. The Elevator
6. Saturno #1
7. 8 Plaques=Cube
8. Knotty 3
9. Bedevil
10. Pentominoes into a Light Box
11. Caged Knot
12. Bundle of Sticks Jr.
13. Murbiter's Cube
14. Triumph
15. Vega
16. Distorted Cube
17. Octohedral Cluster
18. Peg Pile
19. Cruiser
20. Tabula Cube
Taking Your Puzzles to the Next Level

PUZZLE SOLUTIONS