Lodestone25 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Hey guys, I came across this article the other day and ended up making both of the blacksmith puzzle designs in it. They turned out great and have been a lot of fun for the family and our guests. Does anyone have any other blacksmith puzzle designs they'd like to share? I find these things very interesting and would like to be able to make a bunch more. Thanks! (link in case the above doesn't work)http://habairon.org/...h%20Puzzles.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Search Google images for "Tavern Puzzles" and you'll get a bunch to drool over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elemental Metal Creations Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I first saw these puzzles at Silver Dollar City (a pioneer town based amusement park here in Missouri) many years ago. They had about 20 of them and I stood there and solved all of them in a couple of hours. i love these puzzles and will have to make some. Thank you for posting this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbob Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 these have been around for a long time ...the Heart one needs the U shape to be larger and there needs to two of them thats how the oldsones were made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Love these! I have a friend who collects them, I might have to make one for him. He also has some modern ones such as unscrewing an apparatus inside a Coke bottle. The plug is fastened with a nut and bolt, and there is a bearing or marble to provide mechanical action...with significant dexterity needed. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I've got an old, original A.C. Gilbert box full of these metal puzzles, 21 of them. They are fairly small but could be forged larger.. They come with the original instruction book on how to solve and re-assemble. Circa 1950's. For sale @ $100 plus shipping and handling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 here is a good list of themhttp://tavernpuzzles.stores.yahoo.net/puzzle.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBower Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I have ordered puzzles from these guys, who sell tavern puzzles among many other kinds. http://puzzlemaster.ca/ I've often thought that these would be fun smithing projects, but the tolerances have to be pretty tight on some of them, and without instructions I can imagine spending a lot of time trying to get everything just right. It could be especially problematic if you didn't already know how to solve the puzzle before you set out to make it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingXS Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I'd love to make a few if there were some plans about. I imagine if you got it a bit off it wouldn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 The following reference is to one of the blacksmith puzzles, "the captive heart". Check out http://www.blacksmithing.org/CB-Archive/1992/1992-02-cb.pdf There was a series of advertisements in the Florida Artist Blacksmith Association journal, the Clinker Breaker, which ran for about 4 years in the early 1990's. It was for instructions for making several puzzles complete with dimensions. (then again it may have run in the Southern Ohio Blacksmith journal.) I would love to get a hold of a copy of that product. Hopefully, someone, here, has the reference. SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Quade Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 8 hours ago, SLAG said: The following reference is to one of the blacksmith puzzles, "the captive heart". Check out http://www.blacksmithing.org/CB-Archive/1992/1992-02-cb.pdf There was a series of advertisements in the Florida Artist Blacksmith Association journal, the Clinker Breaker, which ran for about 4 years in the early 1990's. It was for instructions for making several puzzles complete with dimensions. (then again it may have run in the Southern Ohio Blacksmith journal.) I would love to get a hold of a copy of that product. Hopefully, someone, here, has the reference. SLAG. Thanks for posting that, it has alot more neat projects than just the puzzle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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