Stewart Coffin

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Stewart T. Coffin has been designing intriguing geometric puzzles and making them in his workshop since the early 1970s, creating more than 200 original designs. The craftmanship and originaliy of his designs have won him a devoted following among puzzle enthusiasts and collectors throughout the world.

In 2000 Stewart was awarded the Sam Loyd Award and in 2006 the Nob Yoshigahara Award for his lifetime contribution to mechanical puzzles.

Contents 1 Books 2 Unnumbered Designs 3 Puzzles designed and made by Stewart Coffin 4 Magazine Articles 5 External Links

Books

• The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections 1990
• Geometric Puzzle Design 2006
• Puzzlecraft 1985 Edition

Unnumbered Designs

• Wunder Bar

Puzzles designed and made by Stewart Coffin

1 - Ortho-Cube 1A - The Cube 2 - Pentablock 2A - Pentablock 2B - Pentacube 3 - Snowflake 4 - Sirius 4A - The Star 5 - Spider-Slider 5 - Scorpius 6 - Four Corners 6A - Aries 7 - Jupiter 8 - Nova 8A - Nova 8B - Nova 9 - Square Knot 9A - Frantix 9B - Frantix 9C - Frantix 10 - Giant Steps 11 - Hexagonal Prism 12 - Triangular Prism 12A - Triangular Prism, Elongate Version 13 - The General a.k.a Four Star 13A - The General, Elongate Version 13B - Ring of Diamonds 14 - Super Nova 14A - Second Stellation 14B - Augmented Second Stellation 15 - Triumph 15A - Fusion-Confusion 15B - Triumph Companion 16 - Dislocated Scorpius 17 - Dislocated Jupiter 18 - Abbie's Waffle 18A - Joined Pairs 19 - Pyracube 20 - Pin-Hole 20A - King Pin 20B - Goose 21 - Cuckoo Nest 22 - Locked Nest 22A - Locked Nest, Three-Hole Version 22B - Siamese Locked Nests 23 - Scrambled Scorpius 23A - Egyptian 24 - Saturn 25 - Hectix 25A - Hexsticks 25B - Giant Hexsticks 25C - Four-Color Hexsticks 25D - Hextix 26 - Four-Piece Pyramid 27 - Three Pairs 27A - Three Pairs Variations 28 - Truncated Octahedra 29 - Half-Hour 30 - Convolution 31 - Octahedral Cluster 31A - Five-Piece Octahedral Cluster 32 - Broken Sticks 33 - Twelve Point 33A - Twelve Point 34 - Augmented Four Corners 34A - Augmented Four Corners Variations 35 - Burr #305 36 - Coffin's Improved Burr 37 - Star-of-David 37A - Star-of-David, Improved 38 - Three-Piece Block 39 - Rosebud 39A - Rosebud Assembly Jig 40 - Interupted Slide 41 - Unhappy Childhood 42 - Seven Woods 42A - Brickyard 43 - Sleeper-Stopper 44 - Super Sleeper-Stopper 45 - Buttonhole 46 - Vega 46A - Vega II 47 - Cluster-Buster 48 - Truncated Cluster-Buster 49 - Improved Cluster-Buster 50 - Superstar 50A - Superstar II 50B - Third Stellation 51 - Little Superstar 52 - Pennyhedron 52A - Hole-in-One 52B - Button Box 52C - Pennyhedron Tricky Pair 53 - Little Giant Steps 54 - Defiant Giant 55 - Pagoda 56 - Giant Pagoda 57 - Plus 2 58 - Diagonal Cube 59 - Corner Block 60 - Garnet 61 - Setting Hen 61A - Distorted Cube 62 - Nine Bars 63 - Pseudo-Notched Sticks 64 - Expanding Box 65 - Thirty Notched Sticks 65A - Thirty Notched Rhombic Sticks 66 - Crystal Blocks 67 - Peanut 67A - Shatterblock 67B - Penydoodle 68 - Confessional 68A - Leaning Tower of Altekruse 68B - Confessional, Long Version 69 - No Name 70 - No Name 71 - Stucksticks 71A - Stucksticks 72 - Design No.72 72A - Design No.72, Two-Tiered Version 73 - Seven-Piece Third Stellation 73A - Seven-Peice Third Stellation, Modified 74 - Square Face 74A - Square Face, Improved 75 - Split Star

75A - Two Tiers 76 - Cornucopia 76A - Cornucopia 105747 a.k.a The Copious Cornucopia 76B - Cornucopia 107715 77 - Pieces-of-Eight 78 - Pillars of Hercules 78A - Pillars of Hercules II 78C - Five-Piece Solid Block 78D - Pretty Puzzle 79 - Triple Cross and HO HO 80 - Thirty Pinned Pentagonal Sticks 80A - No Name 80B - No Name 81 - Nest Construction Set 81A - Two-Three 81B1 - Four-Legged Stand 81C1 - Double Four-Legged Stand 82 - Patio Block 83 - Pentagonal Stand 83A - Pentagonal Stand 84 - Obstructed Pins 84A - No Name 85 - Twelve-Piece Separation 85A - Geodynamics 86 - Four-Piece Separation 86A - Three-Piece Separation 87 - Two Sided Tray 87A - Quadrilateral 88 - Little Rocket 89 - Cylindrix 90 - Permutated Four Corners 91 - Pinned Triangular Sticks 92 - Queer Gear 92A - Second Gear 93 - Four-Piece Serially Interlocking Cube 94 - Fourth Dimension 95 - All Star 96 - Teddy Burr 96A - Grizzly Burr 96B - Double Notch 97 - Crooked Notches 98 - Yogi Burr 98A - Slant Six 99 - Disinclination 100 - Concentrix 100A - Meteor 101 - Isosceles 101A - Iso Prism 102 - Incongruous 102A - Redemption 103 - Missing Piece 104 - Tech Sticks 104A - Tech Sticks in Four Woods 105 - Lock Nut 106 - Burr Noodle 106A - Reluctance 107 - Trillium 107A - Augatron 108 - Nonesuch 109 - Slokum-Pokum 109A - Foul Dowel 110 - Octo Burr 111 - Lost and Found 111A - Lucky Star 111B - Star Dust 111C - A-B-C 111D - No Name 112 - Burr Muda 113 - Sliparoo 114 - Cluster Plus 115 - Fancy This! 115A - Fancy This! 116 - Burr Circus 117 - Overdrive 118 - Three Bunnies 119 - Cluster's Last Stand 120 - Nine-Piece Pentagon 121 - Pentagonal Star 122 - Rhombic Blocks 123 - Rock Pile a.k.a Abel's Chimney 124 - R-D-16 125 - Archimedes Tile 126 - Stew's Scrap Pile 127 - Make Room 127A - Make Room 128 - Combination Lock 129 - Dudd 129A - Missing Notches 130 - Slider 131 - Six of Diamonds 132 - Tectonic 133 - Few Tile 134 - Outhouse 135 - No Name 136 - Tangram Plus 136A - Tangram Plus 137 - Engelberg Square 138 - Piggy Box 139 - No Name 140 - Sticky Sticks 141 - Isosceles 142 - Octahedron 143 - Checkout 144 - Windmill 145 - Lemon 146 - Lime 147 - Pineapple 148 - Fourteen-Piece Square 149 - Five-Piece Garnet 150 - Five-Piece Garnet with Coordinate Motion a.k.a Knife Attack! 151 - Two Tiers with Scorpius Outer Shell 152 - Seven-Piece Scrambled Scorpius 153A - The Trap 153B - The Trap a.k.a Drop In 154 - No Name 155 - Eight-Piece Tangram 156 - Sphinx 156A - Sphinx, 5 Woods 156B - Sphinx, 15 Woods 156C - Sphinx, 30 Woods 157 - Multi-Colored Egyptian in Four Colors 157A - Multi-Colored Egyptian in Three Colors 157B - Multi-Colored Egyptian in Two Colors 157C - Multi-Colored Egyptian in Six Colors 158 - Augmented Scorpius with Coordinate motion 159 - Seven-Piece Hexsticks 159A - Seven-Piece Hexsticks Improved 160 - Venus 160A - Venus, 5 Woods 160B - Venus, 5 Woods with Matched Pairs

160C - Venus, 6 Woods 160D - Venus, One Wood 161 - New Garnet 162 - Scrambled Legs 163 - No Name 164 - Scrambled Scorpius, 4 Woods 164A - Scrambled Scorpius, 6 Woods 164B - Scrambled Scorpius, 6 Woods 165 - Split Star, Simplified 165A - Diminished Split Star Hexagonal Column 165B - Diminished Split Star Square Column 165C - Diminished Split Star Octahedral 165D - Diminished Split Star Triangular 165E - Diminished Split Star Six-Pointed Star 166 - Shouldered Scorpius Simple Version 166A - Shouldered Scorpius Three Plus Three Version 166B - Shouldered Scorpius Symmetrical Version 167 - The Cruiser 168 - Cornucopia 169 - Five-Piece Square Root 169A - Four Sleazy Pieces 170 - No Name 171 - Simplified Snowflake 172 - Four Z Pentominoes 173 - No Name 174 - No Name 175 - Nice Try 175A - Nice Try 176 - No Name 176A - No Name 177 - No Name 177A - No Name 178 - No Name 178A - No Name 179 - No Name 179A - No Name 180 - No Name 181 - No Name 181 - Sunrise - Sunset 181A - The Castle Puzzle 181B - The Vanishing Trunk Puzzle 181C - Housing Project 182 - Christmas 2001 183 - No Name 184A - Looking Glass 185 - Slot Machine 186 - Window Pain 187 - Double Play 187A - The Decoy 187B - Fourteen Steps 188 - Split Box 189 - Four Blocks in a Box a.k.a Boxed Luv 190 - Four-Piece Separation Improved 191 - Chicago 192 - Prism Cell 193 - Computer Killer 194 - Triple Play 194A - Triple Play Plus 195 - Box Rebellion 196 - Tray Bien 197 - Under Cover 198 - Involution 199 - Blocked Box 200 - No Name 200A - No Name 201 - Victor 201A - Elongated Victor 202 - Drop Out 203 - Square Route 203A - Multiple Choice 203B - Sunrise 203C - The Fox 203D - The Flag 203E - Monarch 203f - Butterfly 204 - No Name 205 - No Name 206 - Polly-Hedron 207 - The Park 208 - Tripp's Puzzle 208A - No Name 209 - No Name 209A - No Name 210 - No Name 211X(1-5) - No Name 212X - No Name 213X(1-7) - No Name 214 - Involute 214X(1-2) - No Name 215 - Square Dance 216 - FourFit 217 - FourFit 218 - No Name 219 - No Name 220 - No Name 221 - No Name 222 - Out-Back 223 - No Name 224 - No Name 225 - No Name 226 - No Name 227 - No Name 228 - No Name 229 230 231 232 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 - Logs and Sticks 245 246 247 248 249 250

Magazine Articles

• New York - December 6, 1971
• Esquire - July 1974
• Scientific American - January 1978
• Fine Woodworking - January 1979
• Abacus - Fall 1984
• Fine Woodworking - November 1984
• World of Wood - September 1985
• The Woodworker's Journal - September 1985
• The Lincoln Review - September 1985
• Scientific American - October 1985
• The Woodworker's Journal - March 1986
• World of Wood - February 1987
• Quark - May 1991
• Fine Woodworking - December 1991

External Links

Buy Geometric Puzzle Design on Amazon

Stewart Coffin 'original puzzles' available on occasion at Nick Baxter's Auction Page

Some puzzles designed by Stewart Coffin on Puzzle World (with many great pictures)