#Hanayama quartet reassembly pdf tv#
#Hanayama quartet reassembly pdf download#

Finally, I bit the bullet and, like Brian, just went for it, deciding to worry about the reassembly later.

I was quite determined to remember the moves and so really struggled to get any further. The pieces did seem to be more freely movable but not in any particularly useful way. This time I started again and managed (with some difficulty) to achieve this new position and now started to look for more moves. It took me quite some time to fathom exactly what had happened and to get it back to the beginning.

before doing so, I left it in my pocket for a day and when I took it out there was a completely new configuration I had not seen before. I believed that my systematic attempt had exhausted all the simple rotations and orientation changes so I tried other moves but could get nothing to work at all and I started to think about looking at the solution.

#Hanayama quartet reassembly pdf tv#

I put it down for a while to try and preserve my marriage and played with some of my other toys - the quieter ones!! Every so often the Siren's song would call me and I would idly jingle about but always with no real progress and a mean look from 'She who must be obeyed'! Recently 'SWMBO' went on a trip to visit her parents for a few days, leaving me alone and free to play to my heart's content!! Unfortunately, I still had quite a lot of work on but could play with it in front of the TV at night without getting the laser stare. I decided to try each of these movements with the other pieces starting in different positions but now moving in different directions! Many things are possible and they all seem to end up more or less with the same impasse! At some point during this laborious trawl through multiple orientations and directions I managed to get 2 pieces rotated - AHA! progress at last! Again I could go no further and this time I struggled to put it back the way it came! So far I had been at it for about a week (not continuously, you dope! I do eat and drink and unfortunately have to work! about 3 or 4 hours in total). Initial attempts rapidly lead to the conclusion that this is not going to be a quickie! One movement is possible on either of the pairs (one easily and one with more difficulty) and after this you meet a dead end! At this point it dawned on me that being systematic may be important - I decided to try each of these movements with the other pieces starting in different positions. When you first pick this one up it appears that all the pieces are identical but in reality they are not - they are actually 2 pairs of identically shaped pieces and within each pair 1 piece has the maker's name stamped and the other has Quartet stamped on it.

#Hanayama quartet reassembly pdf download#

There is no solution provided with the puzzle but if you wish (YES you will need it!!!) then download it from here. My long suffering wife says that whilst it looks lovely, the sound of it has driven her to distraction (she absolutely hates me jingling constantly!) Dimensions are 5cm long and 3.2cm wide and deep, it is also a good weight in your hands. This one came in the usual immaculate Hanayama packaging and was assembled into the initial state (this puzzle can be disassembled into 4 individual pieces and an alternative assembly is also possible to try!) The difficulty level is 6 out of 6 on the Hanayama scale and 10 out of 10 on the Puzzle Master scale - this means it is about as difficult as it gets - Gulp!!! The puzzle is manufactured from the same black chromed metal as the Cast Equa I reviewed earlier and it looks absolutely lovely. Not, I tell you, to compare myself to these seasoned puzzlers (I am still very much an amateur!) but more because I had really enjoyed my other high level Hanayama's and also because I am an eternal magpie and am terribly attracted to shiny things! I had been putting off attempting this one because of a number of blog posts stating how very difficult it was - Gabriel failed to open it despite his enormous puzzling experience! Brian, with his almost superhuman puzzling skills managed to open his but even he had to give up and get the solution to reassemble it! So with these ominous words ringing in my ears I decided I should have a go too. The Hanayama Cast Quartet came from Puzzle Master.