This was another Goodwill find a few weeks ago. I really like this colorful image. It was the first 1500 piece puzzle we have put together, and we enjoyed building it. There were a number of times I was convinced that a piece was missing, but it always turned up. Early on I ran out of dark blue sky pieces and I still had two to put in right next to each other in the upper right. I went through every piece again looking for them and was finally convinced they were missing. Then I discovered that I had put them in the wrong place a row below and to the left of where they belonged. Those were the first of a number of false fits that slowed us up. We had another at the very end when we had about 8 pieces left; one of the holes required a piece with two outs next to each other and we didn't have one. So we looked more carefully and found our mistake. The quality of this puzzle was excellent. The pieces were thick and they hol...
This was another Goodwill find, only $3. It is named "Enchanted Frame" and is part of the Majestic Castles series from Buffalo Games and Puzzles. The wife did nearly all of this one; I did some of the Neuschwanstein in the center and a few other bits and pieces. This was fun, and turned out to be a little more difficult than we expected. We enjoyed it.
After putting together 45 puzzles in the past few months, and trying 8 different brands of puzzles, I thought it would be interesting to show the different cuts that I have encountered. I think these variations pretty much cover all the main possibilities, but I might be wrong. Ribbon Cut A puzzle with a ribbon cut has pieces arranged clearly in rows and columns. You can calculate the number of pieces in the puzzle by counting the pieces on the side and the bottom and multiplying them together. Sets of 4 adjacent pieces meet at a point, making a cross. Pieces also share borders with only 4 other pieces. The brand I have done the most of with this cut is Buffalo Games and Puzzles . Here is an example: You can see that 4 adjacent pieces meet at a point and make a cross in every case. I find this useful because it is helpful to prevent a false fit; often when you make a false fit the surrounding pieces will not meet at a clearly defined corner....
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