Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Puzzle ring solution

Here is the picture by picture solution for the puzzle ring. I don't know how other puzzle rings are constructed on the market, but this solution works for the rings I make and some other types of rings too.

First of all, you need to be patient, never force the rings into one an other, if you bend the rings, it will be impossible to solve. Always be gentle with your ring while trying to solve the puzzle. Also, try not to bend the ring while wearing-it by knocking on objects, if your ring happen so open, it will be really hard to re-assemble.

In case you forgot, this is how the rings looks like assembled:
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Now that your ring is apart it should look like this:
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You need to find the two interior rings, they will separate easily from the others, as they are not attached to each other.
Also the interior rings have a "W" like pattern to them. The ones with more of a "U" shape are the exterior rings.
Separating them should look like this:
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Now, this is the tricky part.... You need to place the two exterior rings inside the interior rings' top pattern. To do so, you take each interior ring by the bottom part, each in one hand and you place them against each other, placing the exterior rings inside the top rings`design. ( don't twist or deform the rings here, be careful! )
When you got the 2 exterior rings inside the interior rings, it should look like this:
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Now that the hardest part is done, all you need to do is to find out which rings goes in first. The ring that goes in LAST is the one with a mark on it, depending on which ring you bought, it might be a .925, 10kt, 14kt, 18kt, 2 flowers, 2 gemstones, that ring is the last ring that goes in:
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So you place the other ring first, then you place the one with the mark last.
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And you ring is re-assembled.

And finally...
If you don't want to solve this puzzle every time you drop your ring, I can place a permanent attachment that can be later removed by a jeweler like this one:
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The rings can come attached with a loop that you can remove yourself like this one too:
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Or I can soldered everything shut aswell....

I hope this helps, if you have any question or anything is un-clear, please feel free to ask me.

And... I hope you have hours of fun ( or teeth grinding ) with your puzzle rings.