Great Ways to Waste Time at Maker Faire Bay Area
Puzzles and games that can’t be found in any store are coming to Maker Faire Bay Area in 2025.
Puzzles
Build This Brain-Teasing Golf Ball in a Block of Wood
When we published the Tooth and Nail brain teaser here on Make: back in February, it got a large and enthusiastic response. Apparently, others love this kind of wooden head-scratcher as much as I do. So, here’s another easy-to-make brain teaser, the Golf Ball in a Block of Wood. It uses the same hot water […]
Locked In: Behind the Scenes of the Escape Room Craze
Escape room games, or mystery rooms, or puzzle rooms, are trending, and many rely on Makers and Maker tech to make them work
Bet You Canโt Find a Use for This 11-Million-to-1 Gearbox
Puzzle inventor Oskar van Deventer has come up with a solution that doesn’t yet have a problem. The solution is a 11,373,076:1 gearbox.
Explore This Elegant Wooden Arduino Puzzle Box
If you’re like me, you find yourself fighting the urge to push every button, flip every switch, and turn every knob you see.ย This arcade-style puzzle box was designed to satiate those deep-seated desires.ย Powered by an Arduino, with completely custom wooden enclosure and components, this is a wood shop geek’s first foray into the world of […]
Like Brain Teasers? This DIY Puzzle “Nails” It
It’s called the “Tooth and Nail” puzzle, and it appears to be an optical illusion. It is not.
DiResta: Puzzle Box
In this episode of DiResta, Jimmy builds a puzzle box from wood, trying first with oak but settling on bamboo.
