The natural thing to do, is what you did. But as you have observed, when trying to close the loop each part stops the other from closing. But that is what happens when you rotate the loop in the natural way. Suppose instead you rotate the loop in the opposite direction => then it would close. But for that to be so, since you rotating the opposite direction, each loop piece must start further in the screw and some quick experimentation reveals that is possible
It's not as easy as it looks first time around. Once you know the position it's easy. It's a good first puzzle if you've not solved any Hanayama puzzles before.
Enjoying these Ross! Where do you get these from? Is there one main manufacturer or a few doing them?
Thanks Dale, that means a lot! They're built by a toy company in Japan, I get them on Amazon. There's quite a lot of them...
The natural thing to do, is what you did. But as you have observed, when trying to close the loop each part stops the other from closing.
But that is what happens when you rotate the loop in the natural way.
Suppose instead you rotate the loop in the opposite direction => then it would close.
But for that to be so, since you rotating the opposite direction, each loop piece must start further in the screw and some quick experimentation reveals that is possible
Keep up the good work
Thanks!
Mine came open too
Yeah, it's definitely meant to
I was about to watch the video to figure out how to do it then I found out lmao
Nice work, well done!
Look easy but is it hard?
It's not as easy as it looks first time around. Once you know the position it's easy.
It's a good first puzzle if you've not solved any Hanayama puzzles before.