How to make a puzzle?

[Canuck]

Okay all you puzzle nuts, how about we show, explain, how we go about making our puzzles, our pen friends would really like to see how we go about it, what do you say?....I'd like to see jig pics starting with the most common cut-off jig to the more elaborate Coffin jigs

Scott, pics of your aluminum sled please!

Here's a link to get an idea of the most basic sled designs, and what puzzles can be made with them....;

http://www.puzzleworld.org/PuzzlingWorld/default.htm   lots of material to look at to get started with, any questions come back here and post away!  Mark has pretty much made every 'Stewart Coffin' puzzle design so with a little prodding he'll help however he can

Here's a link to a really nice write up by one of the world's best puzzlemaker Lee Krasnow, very good starting point for anyone who'd like to give puzzlemaking a go ;

http://www.instructables.com/id/Precision-Puzzlemaking-Primer----Volume-1/  Lee is one COOL puzzle dude!

[Johan Heyns]

Hope you like it short and sweet.

4 steps

Blocks
Halfway
Assembled
Finished

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[Johan Heyns]

Forgot to put the important part in:

The puzzle was designed by Jerry MacFarland : Quadlock 1 

It works like a combination lock where certain parts must be set into a specific combination before another assembly can move and the disassembly can take place!

[Canuck]

Oh nicely done Ou Toppie...but please tell them what wood you used

[Johan Heyns]

OK Gents,

I stand corrected:  Purple Heart and Beech