95% of the toys we show here are from Tim's collection, and are not for sale. In nearly all cases, we are happy to share any secrets or tricks involved. A few of the items we show here are items we sell in the Grand Illusions Toy Shop. I guess we could make the videos where we cannot show a solution as unlisted, which means they would not show up here, but we could still embed them in the main Grand Illusions web site. We do not want people to feel we are wasting their time obviously...
One of them slides diagonally to open (rather than trying to slide where the "swallow tails" are, you slide it from one of the corners of the cube and diagonally across). As for the other one, maybe you can twist it to make it open. The clever thing about the design is that the structure behind the surface design is hidden, so both of these alternative opening mechanisms would be possible.
I am not able to give the solution here, as I have said earlier. But there are three different versions of the Dovetail cube, and each one has a different approach to what seems to be impossible - how to unlock the two halves. Also, when you give someone one of these cubes, they do not initially come apart, however you twist, turn or slide them. However I would expect a useful comment from an engineer, and you have not let me down ;-)
xenontesla122 I *assume* these cubes (#1,2,3) are classic dovetail puzzles with a twist. They probably combine classic method plus one of the tricks seen in "Trick Opening Boxes - Part 1" and "Part 2". Search TH-cam for those to get the basic idea of how one of these cubes might work). Or maybe you have to twist it, and slide it, who knows :)
Aww, I wanted to see how they come apart, but I realize that would ruin the surprise for those interested in buying them. I love little puzzles like this, I just might have to get them someday.
Exactly what I thought of. He said there are two and they open in different ways, I'm thinking you could make one that twists and then pulls up and one that slides at 45 degrees. Very cool.
That would be the simplest one to make, the next that I could think off would be mating cone shaped cuts in the pieces, where rotating the pieces 45 degrees in relation to each other would unlock the matching faces
That is very sad for these intelligent inventors. I believe they should be given the biggest credit and greatest respect. They change the world as we see. Sometimes it is sad that many useful ideas just die only because of lack of finance or the high cost of the product resulting from the idea.
Solution for 1st cube: Just hold the bottom part while turning the top part. Solution for 2nd cube: Just hold the bottom part while dragging the top part diagonally.
We do sell these, but it would be unfair to the man who makes them (one of our men in sheds) to reveal the secret here. These inventors never make much money anyway, and if their secrets are immediately shown on the web, they would make even less. We don't mean to tease you, or cause you sleepless nights. Hope you understand.
Probably, but you can't know that for sure without trying it. We know there are at least two ways that it could be solved, since they've shown two allegedly different puzzles that look the same.
Hmm... well you slide the cubes diagonally because the tails dont connect across each other but to the one adjacent so naturally the cube would easily be separated if slided diagonally.(note: i'm just guessing here)
I got Engineers at work too! They are mostly useless, completely unable to solve problems on their own once they found a wrong "solution" but are to stubborn to let it go and make my life harder in general for no reason.
I'm sorry to say that I figured out how one of them is solved (but I will give a spoiler warning) it slides diagonally. Anyway, I still don't know how the other two work.
Some call that "concept integrity". It can also be called "specialization". Your Engineer might not specialize in the techniques required for the most efficient solution for that project.
Showing challange puzzles like this, and not showing anything more then the outside is really quite a waste of your viewers time. I understand that they are for sale, but im quite sure that many of us are not going to buy half the stuff we see on here. We are subscribed to this channel to view neat and interesting toys, and trinkets that we have never came across before. Imagine showing us a Rubik's cube sitting on a table, then telling us it moves in a very intreseting way without moving it.
An Engineer? What type of Engineer? Watch Mythbusters until you can tell exactly where they go wrong. Watch "How its made" or "How they made it" until you understand how mass production, machines, and processes work. Learn f = ma and j = 1/2 mv². Find out what Joules, Watts, lb-ft force are and how they relate. Learn what a Catenary curve is. Play Cargo Bridge 2. Finally, understand the load bearing properties of various materials, as well as the angles of force in a complex structure.
+Austin Chavers Yup. The illusion is that the corners of the dovetail aren't solid. There's enough clearance on the inside for it to rotate past. There's also a version where you can open it by sliding diagonally.
95% of the toys we show here are from Tim's collection, and are not for sale. In nearly all cases, we are happy to share any secrets or tricks involved. A few of the items we show here are items we sell in the Grand Illusions Toy Shop. I guess we could make the videos where we cannot show a solution as unlisted, which means they would not show up here, but we could still embed them in the main Grand Illusions web site. We do not want people to feel we are wasting their time obviously...
One of them slides diagonally to open (rather than trying to slide where the "swallow tails" are, you slide it from one of the corners of the cube and diagonally across). As for the other one, maybe you can twist it to make it open. The clever thing about the design is that the structure behind the surface design is hidden, so both of these alternative opening mechanisms would be possible.
I am not able to give the solution here, as I have said earlier. But there are three different versions of the Dovetail cube, and each one has a different approach to what seems to be impossible - how to unlock the two halves. Also, when you give someone one of these cubes, they do not initially come apart, however you twist, turn or slide them. However I would expect a useful comment from an engineer, and you have not let me down ;-)
...And you're not going to tell us how they work?
Me sad now . =(
You slide them at an angle to the faces
You wouldn't buy them from his shop if he just told you.
Search TH-cam for:
_Impossible Dovetail "the right way"_
Guy shows how to make this cool puzzle and how it works.
funky3ddy But the guy in the video said that the two cubes open differently.
xenontesla122
I *assume* these cubes (#1,2,3) are classic dovetail puzzles with a twist.
They probably combine classic method plus one of the tricks seen in "Trick Opening Boxes - Part 1" and "Part 2". Search TH-cam for those to get the basic idea of how one of these cubes might work). Or maybe you have to twist it, and slide it, who knows :)
You can obviously see #3 slides diagonally based on the shadows on the borders and the small bevel on 2 of the sides.
But where is puzzle #1?
Aww, I wanted to see how they come apart, but I realize that would ruin the surprise for those interested in buying them. I love little puzzles like this, I just might have to get them someday.
Exactly what I thought of. He said there are two and they open in different ways, I'm thinking you could make one that twists and then pulls up and one that slides at 45 degrees. Very cool.
Diagonal grooves inside the case allow for the puzzle to be opened. A good mind bender.
Nice modern interpretation of a classic woodworking puzzle.
That would be the simplest one to make, the next that I could think off would be mating cone shaped cuts in the pieces, where rotating the pieces 45 degrees in relation to each other would unlock the matching faces
That is very sad for these intelligent inventors. I believe they should be given the biggest credit and greatest respect. They change the world as we see. Sometimes it is sad that many useful ideas just die only because of lack of finance or the high cost of the product resulting from the idea.
Solution for 1st cube: Just hold the bottom part while turning the top part.
Solution for 2nd cube: Just hold the bottom part while dragging the top part diagonally.
We do sell these, but it would be unfair to the man who makes them (one of our men in sheds) to reveal the secret here. These inventors never make much money anyway, and if their secrets are immediately shown on the web, they would make even less. We don't mean to tease you, or cause you sleepless nights. Hope you understand.
Dovetail refers to a huge classification of joints. This is well within "dovetail" limitations.
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You heat up the aluminum on one side, it expends greatly and therefore you can seperate them would be my guess
its probably made to just slide diagonally, separating the two halves. but from the outside it looks like actual dovetails
These look even more perplexing if done with 4 dovetails instead of 2.
We assume that the dovetails are going directly back into the cube, but on one, slide at a 45 and on the other, twist and lift
I'm pretty sure you can just slide them at a 45 degree angle along one of the 2 diagonals and it should slide right off.
Probably, but you can't know that for sure without trying it. We know there are at least two ways that it could be solved, since they've shown two allegedly different puzzles that look the same.
I got the idea that you didn't want to spoil the trick.How about opening them behind a screen.,It would be nice to see them open :)
Do they have magnets in them?
And when you put them together they come apart?...
heat the bottom and place ice ontop.. or the other way?
I think the color might have something to do with it. heat one side to expand the metal and cool the other to contract it
warm it up or cool it down until one of the side became larger and spacious enough to let loose the grip
is it solved by sliding it diagonally?
my guess is you have to twist it. am i right or way off?
One of them is proberly circular inside, so you can slide it out of position
Since the cube is symmetrical at the corner the pieces slide apart on the diagonal.
Hmm... well you slide the cubes diagonally because the tails dont connect across each other but to the one adjacent so naturally the cube would easily be separated if slided diagonally.(note: i'm just guessing here)
...and then you dont show them being opened??? GAH! I may just have to buy a couple just to know the secret! Great videos, by the by.
hold it as a diamond and push up, down, left or right
You turn them?
Googled, and yes, that site is ALL about that one cube and it's variants.
Slide the two cubes diagonally against each other.
Slide diagonally!
I got Engineers at work too! They are mostly useless, completely unable to solve problems on their own once they found a wrong "solution" but are to stubborn to let it go and make my life harder in general for no reason.
I am so curious right now! How do you solve this?
one of them you slide diagonally, the other you rotate around one of the corners
I don't need you damn degree in engineering Mr. Minecraft to understand that.
Does it work to twist try
You can google the answer in a couple of clicks.Once you know it really does spoil the trick.
Hold it side ways, then press: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a
Where can i get one?
NEED A DISPENSER OVER HERE!
Very clever little devices
What a bunch of ungrateful whiners and trolls. Thanks for all the great videos Tim, don't let the dross get you down!
You dont push the pieces but turn them like a cap from a bottle... i think
waw your comment allmost gave me cancer
traxxas
You're a tool.
Keppit k
I'm sorry to say that I figured out how one of them is solved (but I will give a spoiler warning) it slides diagonally. Anyway, I still don't know how the other two work.
i had one of these.... you just slide the 2 halves diagonally
NEVER reveal a thing like this to ANYONE! If you do, you will SPOIL the fun!
when in doubt, c4.
Look closely and you'll be able to see that you can twist it to a point where it becomes easier to seperate
I suspect that one is supposed to be slided diagonally, and the other by twisting it 45 degrees.
...just my suspicions though.
how!?
Slide them diagonally...
Some call that "concept integrity". It can also be called "specialization". Your Engineer might not specialize in the techniques required for the most efficient solution for that project.
Showing challange puzzles like this, and not showing anything more then the outside is really quite a waste of your viewers time. I understand that they are for sale, but im quite sure that many of us are not going to buy half the stuff we see on here.
We are subscribed to this channel to view neat and interesting toys, and trinkets that we have never came across before. Imagine showing us a Rubik's cube sitting on a table, then telling us it moves in a very intreseting way without moving it.
Well, where is #1, eh?
W-w-w-wait, so you said number 2 and 3? Where is number 1?
Maybe you just push both forward and sideways.
Sledgehammer. Works every time.
What a tease!
Unfortunately, I am not an actual engineer. Just another fan of the spacial-sciences.
Henders isn't Tim, the man in the video.
I want to see number 1. :(
SHOW ME HOW IT WORKS!!! Please? :)
Just use a plasma torch. That should open it.
Ima guess maybe twist them? DARN IT HENDERS SOLVE IT!
An Engineer? What type of Engineer? Watch Mythbusters until you can tell exactly where they go wrong. Watch "How its made" or "How they made it" until you understand how mass production, machines, and processes work. Learn f = ma and j = 1/2 mv². Find out what Joules, Watts, lb-ft force are and how they relate. Learn what a Catenary curve is. Play Cargo Bridge 2. Finally, understand the load bearing properties of various materials, as well as the angles of force in a complex structure.
Then would showing us an open one reveal the secret? Quite crafty then.
Rotating it might work...
Whoa. don't be a tease. How do you do it?!
You're supposed to slide diagonally to solve it
I don't think that would work.
Nmotsch idontwannagivemyrealname that's how you solve it tho lol
It's not really a puzzle when you all you need to do is one thing. Anyone could work this out.
Y U NO SHOW US HOW THEY WORK >.
should've opened one without showing us how so we can see what's inside
$85 for one of those?!
Oh my god. I can hear your voice even in your comments.
Slide at 45º
what? you mean all you want to do is look at cubes and be told they are puzzles?
Woah...nearly $75.00 for one of these? I don't mean to be rude, but that seems excessive to me.
SOLUTION: Slide it out 45 degrees horizontally
you just slide it off diagonally
you just twist one half 45% then lift off.
As I thought
+Austin Chavers Yup. The illusion is that the corners of the dovetail aren't solid. There's enough clearance on the inside for it to rotate past.
There's also a version where you can open it by sliding diagonally.
How could you just show them and not solve them! This is going to bother me forever.
That seems fine to me. What's the point of just having things handed to you? Is that how you walk through life? Then you won't learn anything.
Solve them!
i bet you twist it
Diagonal. Trust me, I'm an Engineer.
nothing tricky about it, i am machinist.....made one in school years ago. simply diagonal cut with even sides.
0:13 sec - and slide forword :)
These are some mean comments wow.
Yes, I regret my outburst.
Cut it with a saw.
Arn't you gonna solve them? WILL WE NEVER KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THEM?
Oh shit!
No sleep tonight :/
WERES NUMBER ONE!!
Except you probably are since you're watching toy reviews. :P
But you probably want to waste some time if you are watching some.