Juno - Quartet Box (2018)

⟬ Juno Fortnight ⟭——[ puzzles designed by Junichi Yananose ]——18. Quartet Box (2018)

from Juno's description:

Juno had a basic idea of the puzzle long ago. It was not practical to produce the puzzle because it was hard to guarantee the accuracy and proper tolerance for the puzzle at that time.

This is a weird puzzle and you won't expect the movement and the mechanism of the puzzle. It requires perfect harmonies of the quartet members to solve the puzzle. Bashing, tapping, and centrifugal force are unnecessary. It can be solved by gentle operation.

You will find the similarity of this puzzle to Ixia Box. Juno produced the gear part of the puzzle at the same time as Ixia Box and it became the six month project to complete the production of the puzzle. Many hours of CNC milling works were required for each individual puzzle. Once you see the construction of the puzzle, you would recognize how tough and time consuming it would be to produce such a puzzle.

made from Burmese teak, jarrah, koto, eight different species for the gears, and a generous dash of magnets.

sidenote: i can confirm that this is a weird puzzle. i'm not sure i've seen anything else that moves quite like this one does.

♫: 

—1. everything i have is in the photos.

—2. shipment is by USPS Priority Mail, insured for the full sale price and trackable.

—3. shipping will be calculated after all auctions in this phase are closed (because it makes invoicing so much easier).

—4. payment is via PayPal only.

—5. all puzzles in my collection have been kept out of sunlight, in a humidity-stable room or sealed plastic container, away from pets unless they can solve them, and in a non-smoking household.

thank you for looking, and good luck if you bid.

:cameron:

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