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Design by Ronald Kint-Bruynseels

A glass cube surrounded by six wooden rods, that is the 'Die in Prison' puzzle. The aim of this puzzle may be clear: you have to set the glass cube free, but that this is not an easy task, you can see in the puzzle's name...

To set the cube free you must first slide several pieces, than the first piece can be removed and ultimately the cube. To assemble the puzzle you must do the opposite, and that is not easy either. 

However, making this puzzle is not difficult, The six pieces can be sawn out of a wooden stick with a diameter of 2x3 un units. Every piece is 8 units long. In the diagram below the two different pieces are drawn. The cube can be made out of glass and is exactly 4x4x4 units tall. In stead of glass you can take metal or of course simply wood.

 

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