cre.ations.net http://cre.ations.net/ A haven for creators and makers, cre.ations.net is the place to quickly publish anything you've created. Free and easy! en-us Copyright 2006, cre.ations.net Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:12:06 -0500 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:12:06 -0500 custom http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Wooden Burr Puzzles]]> Created by francisshanahan 8 weeks ago: "For a full write up go here: http://francisshanahan.com/detail.aspx?cid=697 I came across IBM's website on burr puzzles [http://www.research.ibm.com/BurrPuzzles/] and decided to make one. "Burr puzzles are interlocking puzzles known in Europe and Asia since at least the 18th century." I first picked "David Winkler's favorite level 5 burr". This is a "notchable" burr meaning you can construct it entirely by notching the pieces. I used a bit of red-oak I had laying around. This burr is 6 units long, 2 wide. The unit size in my case is 3/8" which I found a good size. The design in this case is a "5.4" meaning there are 5 moves required to remove the first piece, then 4 to remove the..."

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]]> Created by francisshanahan 8 weeks ago: "For a full write up go here: http://francisshanahan.com/detail.aspx?cid=697 I came across IBM's website on burr puzzles [http://www.research.ibm.com/BurrPuzzles/] and decided to make one. "Burr puzzles are interlocking puzzles known in Europe and Asia since at least the 18th century." I first picked "David Winkler's favorite level 5 burr". This is a "notchable" burr meaning you can construct it entirely by notching the pieces. I used a bit of red-oak I had laying around. This burr is 6 units long, 2 wide. The unit size in my case is 3/8" which I found a good size. The design in this case is a "5.4" meaning there are 5 moves required to remove the first piece, then 4 to remove the..."

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]]> http://cre.ations.net/creation/wooden-burr-puzzles http://cre.ations.net/creation/wooden-burr-puzzles Toys Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:31:41 -0500 <![CDATA[Playgos - Wooden Jungle Gym for Kids]]> Created by belief 42 weeks ago: "My son is now 16 months old and I wanted to build him something to play on. He always gets bored, so I wanted to build him something that could change over and over again. I came up with this modular playground equipment that is really easy to build and change. He absolutely loves it and so do all the other parents who bring their kids over to play on it! This videos explains it all in great detail. I even had Santa show us how to make it. ..."

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]]> Created by belief 42 weeks ago: "My son is now 16 months old and I wanted to build him something to play on. He always gets bored, so I wanted to build him something that could change over and over again. I came up with this modular playground equipment that is really easy to build and change. He absolutely loves it and so do all the other parents who bring their kids over to play on it! This videos explains it all in great detail. I even had Santa show us how to make it. ..."

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]]> http://cre.ations.net/creation/playgos---wooden-jungle-gym-for-kids http://cre.ations.net/creation/playgos---wooden-jungle-gym-for-kids Toys Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:46:08 -0600 <![CDATA[Wooden "Burr" Puzzle]]> Created by tsmaster 47 weeks ago: "A friend of mine had a birthday party recently with a "childhood" theme, including giving away gift bags to the guests, filled with candy and cheap toys. One of the toys in my bag was a plastic burr puzzle - the sort of puzzle where you pull out one piece, and all the other pieces fall apart in your hand, never to be reassembled, and one piece ends up in the couch, dooming your best intentions to figure it out anyway. As this puzzle was designed for small people, I figured I'd be able to solve it quickly, and after a day or two of fiddling with it while watching television, I got frustrated and resorted to writing a Python program to analyze the puzzle and report solutions. As it turns out, there are two independent solutions, after you remove rotations and reflections. The plastic pieces are definitely made to have an 'inside' face to them, and I was wondering if my program might find a solution where the inside faces were exposed, but it turns out that both solutions have all..."

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]]> Created by tsmaster 47 weeks ago: "A friend of mine had a birthday party recently with a "childhood" theme, including giving away gift bags to the guests, filled with candy and cheap toys. One of the toys in my bag was a plastic burr puzzle - the sort of puzzle where you pull out one piece, and all the other pieces fall apart in your hand, never to be reassembled, and one piece ends up in the couch, dooming your best intentions to figure it out anyway. As this puzzle was designed for small people, I figured I'd be able to solve it quickly, and after a day or two of fiddling with it while watching television, I got frustrated and resorted to writing a Python program to analyze the puzzle and report solutions. As it turns out, there are two independent solutions, after you remove rotations and reflections. The plastic pieces are definitely made to have an 'inside' face to them, and I was wondering if my program might find a solution where the inside faces were exposed, but it turns out that both solutions have all..."

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]]> http://cre.ations.net/creation/wooden-burr-puzzle http://cre.ations.net/creation/wooden-burr-puzzle Toys Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:04:59 -0600 <![CDATA[Bong O Lantern]]> Created by belief 47 weeks ago: "Its a Bong and its a working Jack-O-Lantern. Made this for halloween this year thought you might like it. The how to build it video is on..."

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]]> Created by belief 47 weeks ago: "Its a Bong and its a working Jack-O-Lantern. Made this for halloween this year thought you might like it. The how to build it video is on..."

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]]> http://cre.ations.net/creation/bong-o-lantern http://cre.ations.net/creation/bong-o-lantern Toys Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:14:42 -0600