There are 4 cherry pieces and the one small rectangular maple piece. The puzzle comes unsolved with your goal to fit all pieces including the maple piece into the large opening of the frame. It is quite challenging with only 1 possible known solution. I think under 2 hours would be quite a good solution time.

Even just getting the 4 larger pieces into the frame without having seen that solution is not at all easy. It would be a good "warm up" from your brain. Analysis by Bill Cutler has shown that there are at least 5 possibles ways to get the 4 large pieces into the frame. Any one of them is difficult so these are wonderful added bonus challenges with this puzzle! Of course the ultimate challenge is getting all 5 pieces in place.

Measures about 5.5" x 3.5" in the base and cover. The cover will keep all pieces in place and is great for travel and storage. Wood is 1/4" thick with nice lacquer finish. Pieces and the inner frame area are laser cut for precise fits.

This is a Stewart Coffin design, #222, made with his permission. It was originally presented at IPP27. Thanks to Stewart and to Bill Cutler for their help in making this puzzle

Level of Difficulty: Level 5

Handmade by Creative Crafthouse in Hudson, Florida.

At Creative Crafthouse, we pride ourselves on offering high-quality, handcrafted wood mind-bender and brainteaser puzzles and games. We know that logic, reasoning, and analytical skills are all vital to cognitive development. The earlier your child or student can hone these skills, the better off he or she will be in life. No matter what your age developing problem solving skills,  patience, and determination are important qualities to cultivate.

We know that nearly all people enjoy an interesting challenge and will work at something for hours on end to find the answer. So we do our best to offer interesting, fun, sometimes magical and challenging puzzles with various degrees of difficulty and various types of challenges.  Many are our own design and some are historical designs that are unique to us.  Most are manufactured right here in our Hudson, Florida shop.  We have extensive laser skills along with CNC and traditional woodworking.  We are a small family business with 10 employees all striving for top quality and customer service.

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