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Unhappy Childhood - Stewart Coffin Design #41 by John Devost
Unhappy Childhood - Stewart Coffin Design #41 by John Devost

Unhappy Childhood - Stewart Coffin Design #41 by John Devost

Canuck 409
Item Location: Canada

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M****l 344 $110.00 24.12.2021 02:46:16
R****5 149 $100.00 24.12.2021 02:46:06
M****l 344 $99.00 24.12.2021 02:46:06
R****5 149 $91.00 24.12.2021 02:45:16
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M****l 344 $73.00 24.12.2021 02:45:02
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M****l 344 $60.00 18.12.2021 13:19:18
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This puzzle is one that I only ever made two copies of back in early 2000.  At the request of a puzzle collector they were made to resemble Stewart’s original.

I was able to acquire some 1/2” cubes from BAZ so decided to make a small run.

Here’s what Stewart wrote:

“It consisted of 10 checkered pieces made of five cubic blocks joined different ways, that packed checkered into a 5x5x2 box one way only.  Credit for the computer analysis that led to this surprising unique design goes to Mike Beeler.  Without the checkering there are 2408 solutions.  The name by the way came from a sarcastic comment I once received at a craft show”

Puzzle was lacquered and buffed to a nice sheen.


Woods used are: Oak & Makore pieces and Tray is Mahogany with Wenge Slipfeathers.


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My One and Only - Stewart Coffin by John Devost
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My One and Only - Stewart Coffin by John Devost
This awesome design by Stewart is one of my favourite, it appears so simple but is fiendishly difficult to solve.Here’s an excerpt from Stewart:“The problem here was to find a combination using the five non-symmetrical pentominoes (made of five joined squares) plus one other pentomino that fit into a rectangular tray one way only. After a long search, this goal was finally achieved.”Comes with a signed and dated sheet.Shipping cost to be determined at close of auction.
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Gouge Packing Puzzle - Gaétan Gouge by John Devost
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Gouge Packing Puzzle - Gaétan Gouge by John Devost
I previously made a few of this surprisingly difficult packing puzzle by Gaétan and at the time I didn’t have any contact info for him but then a few years ago I was surprised by one of his puzzle purchases in ‘Paradise’.My plan was to make another run but life kinda’ took a turn so now I’ve managed to sort myself out and began making another run.Allard kindly blogged about the copies I made in 2014, here’s an excerpt:https://allardspuzzlingtimes.blogspot.com/2014/04/gouge-packing-p...
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I recently discovered this copy of the well-known TII.  This copy was made in 2025, the tray features a non-floating bottom with splines unlike all other copies!Shipping cost to be determined at close of auction.
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Convolution - Stewart Coffin by John Devost
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Convolution - Stewart Coffin by John Devost
This is my favourite cube design by Stewart and I’ve crafted countless copies over the years, however this particular copy was made entirely from Maple.  I made this one in January and I was quite fond of the puzzling nature of it being made from one type of wood as it definitely makes it much more difficult to disassemble and of course incredibly difficult to reassemble!I also made a two-piece stand using the same Maple harvested from an antique upright piano.Comes with printed solution she...
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