Links

On the web the amount of information about mechanical puzzles is relatively scarce (if you use a search engine to search for puzzles you will get about 90% word and other puzzles). However, there are a few good sites about mechanical puzzles:

General Puzzle Sites

• The Jerry Slocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection at the Indiana University Lilly Library.
• John Rausch's Puzzle World The best site around for information about mechanical puzzles!
• Burr Puzzles Site Large collection of information about 6-piece burrs.
• Museum of Puzzles & Puzzling Objects James Dalgety's Virtual home of Real Puzzles. A great place for anybody interested in puzzles.
• Nick Baxter's Puzzle Links
• Age of Puzzles A Colorful Journey through Endless Patterns of Quick Wits.
• mathpuzzle the puzzling weblog of recreational mathematics by Ed Pegg Jr.
• Mechanical Puzzle Wikipedia article.
• Puzzles will be played... Many (mainly put-together and interlocking) puzzles are shown on this site by ISHINO Keiichiro.
• Puzzle Palace Catalog of Puzzles Handmade by George Miller.
• Puzzles.com Puzzle page sponsored by Thinkfun.
• International Puzzle Party Puzzle conference for puzzle collectors, designers and makers.

Commercial Puzzle Sites

• 3D Puzzles Philip Michael Exley's puzzles.
• Arabesk Jan Grashuis puzzleshop in Rotterdam.
• Bill Cutler Designer of burrs and other puzzles.
• Bits and Pieces The source for clever puzzles and original gifts.
• Cleverwood Puzzles large commercial site which sell from professionally handcrafted to mass produced imported wooden burrs and other interlocking puzzles.
• Cube Dissection Fascinating Objects in Fine Wood by Eric Fuller.
• Edi Nagata Edi Nagata's packing puzzles.
• Eureka Puzzles Eureka! A store overflowing with treasures ranging from artful jigsaws to diabolical mindbenders, clever games and books, to the ancient art of Japanese puzzle boxes, all chosen to entertain your mind.
• gamepuzzles for the joy of thinking, Kadon Enterprises, Inc.
• Hanayama (Japanese)
• Kagen Schaefer Building the box for others to think outside of.
• Livewire puzzles has a good list of of links to puzzle sites of all kinds.
• MGC's Custom Wooden Puzzles and Art Makers of hand crafted, personalized wooden jigsaw puzzles for adults and children using personal enlarged photographs, fine art prints and digital image files for puzzles with 4 to 2,300+ pieces.
• Mr. Puzzle Australia Buy from a comprehensive range of quality mechanical puzzles. We manufacture complex wooden burrs and other interlocking puzzles, rope puzzles, metal disentanglement using nails, sequential move puzzles and more...
• Pacific Puzzleworks" Lee Krasnow's website.
• Pavel's Puzzles" High-quality mechanical puzzles, direct from the designer!
• Peter Grabarchuck's Puzzles Find at this website puzzle projects by Peter Grabarchuk, including puzzle products, books and publications, web puzzles, and other puzzle activities.
• Potty Puzzles Frank Potts puzzle website.
• PuzzleBox World Japanese Secret Trick Puzzle Boxes And More From Around the World.
• Puzzle Master Puzzle Master has a large and unique collection of brain teasers & puzzles for sale. In addition they also carry chess, mechanical banks, puzzle books, magic trick books, boomerangs, etc.
• Puzzle Mist Wooden Brain Teaser Puzzles for Sale by William Waite.
• Tavern Puzzles Tavern Puzzles® are reproductions of a type of puzzle traditionally forged by blacksmiths to amuse their friends at country taverns and inns. Made by Tucker-Jones House, Inc.
• Thinkfun For people of all ages who want to challenge their mind and sharpen their skills, by Bill Ritchie.
• Vin&Co Puzzles Václav Obšivač puzzle designer and maker.

Pages of Puzzle Collectiors and Designers

• Markus Götz Lists Markus' designs.
• Leonid Mochalov
• Matti Linkola's collection
• Rob's Puzzle pages archive a large collection of links to sites dealing with puzzles.
• TabbyKat Judy Wyckoff's puzzle collection.
• Thorleif's SOMA page
• Ton Delsing collector, producer and designer of puzzles.
• Trevor Wood list of puzzles he designed and made..

Miscellaneous

• NOBNET Nob Yashigara, famous Japanese publisher of puzzle literature, has started his own web-site. There is not much information there other than the announcement of his new site.
• The rec.puzzles Archive reworked news-group into html pages.
• Superior Labels is a website where you can order custome labels. Its the one website I found where I can get small runs of custom clear labels for my puzzles.