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-puzzle.html?m=1

“Inspired by the famous Hoffmann Packing Puzzle, Gaétan wrote about this puzzle in Cubism For Fun [Issue 33] back in 1994, explaining that he’d sought to use voids in the puzzle as an intrinsic part of the puzzle itself. The challenge is to pack a total of 26 cubes into the box so that nothing projects above the lip of the box. There are 21 cubes of unit size 5 and the rest are 8 units cubed. All of these cubes need to be packed into the box which is 18 units cubed internally.”

The woods used were salvaged from an old upright piano (see last photo of my keyboard wall hanging from that Piano that was produced in the ‘roaring ‘20’s!)

Slipfeathers in the tray are Purpleheart.

As always everything is given my ‘Triple Buffing’ process making for smooth buttery finish.

Shipping cost to be determined at close of auction.