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Frustrating Puzzle Box
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This is a puzzle box I built to infuriate my friends. There is a secret to opening the box that is very hard to guess, and people will spend hours trying to open it. It is a perfect 1.25-inch cube with only a single seam around the middle.
There are two elements. The first is the actual locking mechanism, and the second is a pure distraction to keep them from finding the first mechanism.
The box is locked by a ball bearing held in place by a magnet preventing the lid from rotating. You can't discover or manipulate this magnet unless you apply an acceleration (a smack) to the correct face. If you hit it on the table, you break the magnet's hold on the bearing, and the bearing moves to a space allowing the box to rotate open.
There is also a set of three smaller bearings that roll around in three tracks. They do nothing, but you can hear them and move them around. This is a red herring. People will fixate on manipulating the bearings inside the cavities, so they will never try s
There are two elements. The first is the actual locking mechanism, and the second is a pure distraction to keep them from finding the first mechanism.
The box is locked by a ball bearing held in place by a magnet preventing the lid from rotating. You can't discover or manipulate this magnet unless you apply an acceleration (a smack) to the correct face. If you hit it on the table, you break the magnet's hold on the bearing, and the bearing moves to a space allowing the box to rotate open.
There is also a set of three smaller bearings that roll around in three tracks. They do nothing, but you can hear them and move them around. This is a red herring. People will fixate on manipulating the bearings inside the cavities, so they will never try s
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