Mechanical Puzzles: Metal
Cast puzzles, wire disentanglement, trick bolts, and the machined objects that fight back.
A Starter Shelf of Wire Disentanglement Puzzles
Six wire puzzles from pocket-money simple to genuinely nasty, chosen to build skills in the right order.…
Hanayama Cast Puzzles: A Buyer's Guide by Difficulty
Six Hanayama cast puzzles worth owning, ordered from friendly to fiendish, plus the set to buy when you cannot pick just one.…
Building a Beginner-to-Expert Metal Puzzle Progression
Metal puzzling is four separable skills, not one. Here is the order to build them in, why jumping difficulty levels stalls progress, and a l…
Cast Puzzles Explained: How the Difficulty Ratings Work
Printed difficulty ratings on cast metal puzzles compress several incompatible measures into one number. Here is what they encode, what they…
Caring for Metal Puzzles: Tarnish, Plating, and Storage
Polishing does more damage to metal puzzles than solving ever will. Here is what conservation guidance says about tarnish, plating, humidity…