H Puzzle

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This puzzle will test your spatial ability and might challenge the way you think. You are given six pieces and asked to spell the letter "H". This task is pretty easy and should take less than 1 minute to figure out. Next, you hand your test subjects an additional piece with the same goal of spelling "H". You will soon see that the extra piece doesn't work out very well.

The parts are straightforward. You will need 2 of the red and purple pieces and 3 green pieces.

I built two versions. The first was from a pine 2x4 and the second was from scrap hardwood. Start by cutting the wood down to a 1" x 1" x 24" Long. You don't really need 24" but the extra length will allow you to keep your fingers away from the blade when cutting the smaller pieces :).

Set your miter gauge to 45 degrees. Measure off the distances shown in step 2 and make the cuts.

Finished pieces

First solution is pretty self explanatory

Now, you must add one additional (purple piece) and make a new "H".  Try to mentally figure it out before going to the solution video.

Ok, some folks might not think this is fair but you will need to build the puzzle off the flat surface in 3D. When doing so, and viewed from the correct perspective, you will see an "H". Note that this puzzle is also called the "Half H Puzzle". Imagine a Vertical "H" that is cut on a diagonal in half resulting in a 3D H. As expected, this puzzle has caused arguments from my test subjects - mainly about not being a true solution.

After a few weird results, I had to add a few rules:

• Must be a capital H
• Solution must be symmetric

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this simple puzzle. Thanks for viewing.

More Info here: https://www.instructables.com/id/H-Puzzle/