Today we present to you an interesting type of game: a patience game.
The „Impossible“ Japanese dovetail joint combined with magnets.
„Mission Impossible“ Patience game
This project combines the Japanese puzzle of the „impossible joint“ with a hidden magnetic closure.
The task is to separate the two pieces that aren’t glued together.
For many people, understanding the logic of the Japanese joint is a major challenge. The solution is to move the pieces diagonally, not at right angles to each other. The dovetail prisms of the two pieces run diagonally – plane-parallel.
This model has been enhanced with a hidden magnetic closure. Two small magnets are inserted into two central longitudinal holes. These repel each other due to their corresponding polarity. They thus rest against one end of the hole, thus achieving the maximum distance from each other.
One magnet thus blocks the gap between the two pieces of the game– they cannot be moved diagonally, either.
Only when you discover that the silver circle in the upper part of the game, is a magnet, that can be removed and used to influence the small magnets inside, do you come a big step closer to the solution.
With the correct polarity and position of the large magnet on the outside of the games gap, you can push the magnetic latch toward the second magnet, thereby removing the locking effect.
