Corner Cube
  • DESIGN INFO
  • Designer
    Lee Krasnow
  • Year
    2002
  • Description
    this interlocking solid cube puzzle comes apart into six similar pieces, but only if you have that special touch! Getting them back together isn't easy either.
  • Notes
    This puzzle design won first place in the IPPDC in 2002
  • PIECE INFO
  • Pieces (Total):
    6
  • Unique Shapes:
    2
  • Solutions:
    1
  • Apparent Solutions:
    1
  • Moves (First Piece):
    2
  • Moves (Total):
    5
  • Solution Notes:
    only 1/6 chance of getting the corner accent colors to match if not paying attention when assembling the pieces
  • DIFFICULTY
  • Combination:
    2
  • Sequence:
    2
  • Dexterity:
    2
  • Discovery:
    2
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Batch NameMakerStart YearEnd YearEdition SizeNotes
Printed Plastic Corner Cube EditionPacific Puzzleworks2018
Striped Corner Cube BatchLee Krasnow200520055these striped corner pieces were leftovers from production of Barcode Burr puzzles
Numbered Edition Corner CubesLee Krasnow2002200329the size varied slightly as the years went by; they started out a bit bigger and with chunkier chamfers, but as time went on they got smaller and the bevels were less pronounced.
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Printed Plastic Corner Cube Edition
  • BATCH INFO
  • Edition Size:
  • Size (cm):
    5
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Instance NameSerial #NotesConstruction
Printed Plastic Corner Cube (gray)3-color versionPLA plastic
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Printed Plastic Corner Cube (gray)
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    PPW logo
  • Notes:
    3-color version
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Striped Corner Cube Batch
  • PRODUCTION INFO
  • Made By:
    Lee Krasnow
  • Starting:
    2005
  • Ending:
    2005
  • BATCH INFO
  • Edition Size:
    5
  • Size (cm):
    5
  • Batch Notes:
    these striped corner pieces were leftovers from production of Barcode Burr puzzles
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Instance NameSerial #NotesConstruction
Striped Corner Cubesoft maple, jatoba, pao ferro and cocobolo
Corner Cube #3030I think that I had enough leftover maple blocks when doing the striped corner models such that I could get one more out of the batch, and so dug around in my boxes of leftover blocks of wood from previous jobs and found 3 matching sets of 8 needed for this one.soft maple, canarywood, pao ferro and Gaboon ebony
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Striped Corner Cube
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Corner Cube #30
  • INSTANCE INFO
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    30
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  • Notes:
    I think that I had enough leftover maple blocks when doing the striped corner models such that I could get one more out of the batch, and so dug around in my boxes of leftover blocks of wood from previous jobs and found 3 matching sets of 8 needed for this one.
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Numbered Edition Corner Cubes
  • PRODUCTION INFO
  • Made By:
    Lee Krasnow
  • Starting:
    2002
  • Ending:
    2003
  • BATCH INFO
  • Edition Size:
    29
  • Size (cm):
    5
  • Batch Notes:
    the size varied slightly as the years went by; they started out a bit bigger and with chunkier chamfers, but as time went on they got smaller and the bevels were less pronounced.
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Instance NameSerial #NotesConstruction
Corner Cube #11Macassar ebony, Gaboon ebony, cocobolo, Cambodian rosewood and pao ferro
Corner Cube #22jatoba, Mexican Kingwood, bocote and Gaboon ebony
Corner Cube #33this was an experiment in different color patterns which I did not end up liking enough to make any more ofjatoba, bocote, cocobolo, Gaboon ebony and Mexican Kingwood
Clutch Box #44pao ferro and Gaboon ebony
Clutch Box #55Cambodian rosewood and Macassar ebony
Corner Cube #66zebrawood and cocobolo
Corner Cubes #7-87I made two copies like this to enter in IPPDCMacassar ebony, bocote, Mexican Kingwood, cocobolo and pao ferro
Corner Cube #99pao ferro, bocote, bois de rose and zircote
Corner Cube #1010bois de rose, Honduran rosewood, bocote and zircote
Corner Cube #1111cocobolo, Macassar ebony, bocote and Brazilian kingwood
Corner Cube #1212an experiment with different color symmetry. I was having problems with the saw blade tearing out chunks of the ebony when truncating the pieces down to cubic form, and eventually cut these pieces deeper to clean up the surfaces but neglected to take new photos afterwardsMacassar ebony, zebrawood, cocobolo, bocote, zircote, Mexican Kingwood and Honduran rosewood
Corner Cube #1313Honduran rosewood, bois de rose, bocote and Macassar ebony
Corner Cube #1414Cambodian rosewood, bois de rose, bocote and Macassar ebony
Corner Cube #1515cocobolo, bois de rose, bocote and Macassar ebony
Corner Cube #1616pao ferro, cocobolo, canarywood and tulipwood
Corner Cube #1717tulipwood, Mexican Kingwood, narrah and Macassar ebony
Corner Cube #1818cocobolo, tamarindo, canarywood and Macassar ebony
Corner Cube #1919cocobolo, tulipwood, Macassar ebony and koa
Corner Cube #2020jatoba, cocobolo, Palisander rosewood and Macassar ebony
Corner Cube #2121canarywood, tulipwood, cocobolo and Macassar ebony
Corner Cube #2222Mexican Kingwood, bocote, cocobolo and Macassar ebony
Corner Cube #2323this was a fun experiment using different shades of rosewood for slightly more subtle color variance than most of my previous instances up until this point. I really liked the stripes of the zebrawood so much that moving forward I made effort to use striking high-contrast wood grains for the core pieceszebrawood and cocobolo
Corner Cube #2424goncalo alves, Palisander rosewood, cocobolo and Macassar ebony
Corner Cube #2525cocobolo, bois de rose, narrah and zircote
Corner Cube #2626Brazilian kingwood, Macassar ebony and Palisander rosewood
Corner Cube #2727cocobolo, bocote, Macassar ebony and canarywood
Corner Cube #2828bocote, Brazilian kingwood, cocobolo and tulipwood
Corner Cube #2929canarywood, pao ferro, cocobolo and jatoba
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Corner Cube #1
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Corner Cube #2
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Corner Cube #3
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    3
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    this was an experiment in different color patterns which I did not end up liking enough to make any more of
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Clutch Box #4
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    4
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Clutch Box #5
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    5
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Corner Cube #6
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    6
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Corner Cubes #7-8
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    7
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    I made two copies like this to enter in IPPDC
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Corner Cube #9
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    9
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Corner Cube #10
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    10
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Corner Cube #11
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    11
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Corner Cube #12
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    12
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    an experiment with different color symmetry. I was having problems with the saw blade tearing out chunks of the ebony when truncating the pieces down to cubic form, and eventually cut these pieces deeper to clean up the surfaces but neglected to take new photos afterwards
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Corner Cube #13
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    13
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Corner Cube #14
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    14
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Corner Cube #15
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    15
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Corner Cube #16
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    16
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Corner Cube #17
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    17
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Corner Cube #18
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    18
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Corner Cube #19
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    19
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Corner Cube #20
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    20
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Corner Cube #21
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    21
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Corner Cube #22
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    22
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Corner Cube #23
  • INSTANCE INFO
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    23
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  • Notes:
    this was a fun experiment using different shades of rosewood for slightly more subtle color variance than most of my previous instances up until this point. I really liked the stripes of the zebrawood so much that moving forward I made effort to use striking high-contrast wood grains for the core pieces
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Corner Cube #24
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    24
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Corner Cube #25
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    25
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Corner Cube #26
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    26
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Corner Cube #27
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    27
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Corner Cube #28
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    28
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Corner Cube #29
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    29
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