- Yo, what's going on, guys,
and welcome back to another Puzzle Wednesday.
Hope you guys are doing alright.
As you may know, last week, we solved
Craighill's Venn Puzzle, which was super satisfying
and very trying on the hands,
and this week's gonna be no different,
as we are looking at the Jack Puzzle by Craighill.
This is insanely,
oh, just so beautiful!
Such a beautiful little piece.
I love having this when I'm shooting videos and photos,
bouncing the light off this little brass anomaly
is so nice.
It is made up of these six solid brass rods,
which are somehow interlinked
to hold this whole piece together,
and once one of these rods is removed,
the thing falls apart.
The difficulty rating on this is probably a 10.
This is an extremely difficult puzzle,
and the reason for that is that,
not only are the pieces really hard to put together,
it takes an immense amount of dexterity, patience,
and logic to figure this puzzle out.
This is one of the puzzles that looks just beautiful
on a shelf.
Incredibly well-crafted.
I'll leave the link below to their site
if you guys are interested,
and without further ado, guys,
let's get into solving the Jack Puzzle.
The Jack Puzzle.
Alright, here we go.
So, we gotta take it apart and put it back together.
Where is that one?
Oh!
Okay.
So, look.
The one that says Craighill,
that's the one that can get ejected.
(metal clangs)
Oh!
Well, then.
How satisfying is this, by the way?
Some puzzle ASMR, you ready for this?
(metal clanging)
So satisfying and clinky!
Oh, wow!
Oh, what? (laughs softly)
Okay, this one has three grooves,
this one has two, two,
two, and three.
So, these ones are identical.
This one is by itself,
and then these ones are...
identical, oh, opposite.
These ones are opposite-identical.
Whoa.
This might take me some time!
Oh, I see, so that one lines up, so,
you could have another one in between those two,
and maybe this guy.
That's the last piece.
(metal clangs)
Oh, my god! (laughs)
What have I gotten myself into?
Okay, hold on.
(lounge music)
(metal clangs)
(sighs)
See how it creates like a little.
So, it creates a little space for the next one, right?
Hmm.
Man, this is hard!
Okay.
You see?
Now we've got a space for number three.
I think that works.
I don't know what I'm doing, to be honest.
(metal clanging)
(sighs heavily)
Okay, we go again!
Hmm.
I think holding it in position for the next one
is definitely the hardest part of this.
(lounge music)
Again, this is a test of dexterity and patience.
And logic.
Maybe if I can stand them up somehow?
I need another hand!
(breathes deeply)
Oh, god!
(clears throat)
This is definitely a frigging level 30.
Like, come on.
How am I supposed to?
You got this.
You got this, Chris.
(metal clanging)
Oh, my god, this is difficult!
This is too hard!
You need an extra hand!
This is,
I can't hold two pieces together, let alone four!
Look, I'm just trying to hold two pieces together.
That's two.
This is me trying to hold two pieces together.
That's two.
Here's number three.
Okay.
Let's go with number four.
God, look at this!
My hand is.
(metal clangs)
Oh, god!
(grunts)
I don't know that I can do this!
Man, I'm not even, like, can you imagine?
Okay, that one has to go here.
No, like this, yeah?
Ah, see?
That's good!
That's gotta be it,
because now...
we have that opening correct.
See, that makes sense, now we're making sense, see?
That's how things work, with sense!
Here.
Made a little hole in the middle.
That makes sense to me.
Now...
I'm thinking this one goes through the middle
at the end, right?
(atmospheric music)
Now, see, that doesn't make sense.
(metal clangs)
It's so easy to stop doing this puzzle. (laughs)
You know what I mean?
Like, you're here, you've got all these pieces,
and you're doing your thing,
and then, all of a sudden, you just go.
(metal clangs)
And you stop doing the puzzle.
It's very easy to stop doing this puzzle.
Alright, I didn't wanna do this,
but I think we're going to have to
crack the solution open to help us out with this,
because this is an extremely difficult puzzle.
It doesn't only require the perfect connections,
but it also requires an immense amount of dexterity,
and I think, even with the solution,
this is gonna be difficult, so.
But I'm okay with that,
because I think this is a really interesting puzzle,
and I just want it back together so I can
put it back on my shelf.
Oh, god, I'm hesitant!
Honestly, it's right here, look.
But I don't wanna do it!
Okay.
(soft rhythmic music)
Here we go.
Alright, so the pieces,
it's here.
A, B, correct?
No, A, B, C,
D, E, F.
Okay, those are the pieces.
It says put A in B.
Alright, so we have A and B.
So, I think I wasn't too far off,
I think that's what I was actually trying to do.
Maybe, I dunno.
Very hard to tell.
Maybe hold it with this hand?
Oh, god.
So slippy!
C is this guy.
I don't even understand the drawing!
I guess it's like this?
Yeah?
Okay.
(laughs) And now it's like, D, okay, alright, yeah.
Anybody wanna grab that D?
Oh, god, that didn't sound right.
This is very unstable.
This is like nuclear reactor unstable.
I wish I could just hold it!
I can't even. (laughs)
I don't even know to hold it,
'cause every time I try holding it,
it's just falling apart on me.
Again, this is a really easy puzzle to stop doing.
Oh, there we go!
That's it, right there.
Whoa!
D.
So, D is here.
That's cool.
Oh, my god, no!
There's no way!
(grunts)
I think,
it doesn't really make sense because then,
maybe it does, I dunno.
Nope, no, no, no.
Wait, what happened?
What's happening?
(metal clangs)
(laughs)
Like I said, this puzzle is very easy to stop doing,
but I won't stop,
can't stop, won't stop.
Let's keep going.
(metal clanging)
(lounge music)
And now, what?
That doesn't make sense.
Hold on.
Huh?
How the hell does that make sense?
Oh, it goes in there?
Okay, I see.
Ooh, okay, I see.
(lounge music)
Oh, my god!
How that fell into place?
No, wait!
No, why is that side longer?
Okay.
(metal clicks)
(clangs)
No! (sobs)
(sighs heavily)
Even with the instructions,
I'm pretty sure we didn't get it right.
(lounge music)
(metal clangs)
(Chris sighs)
(lounge music)
Oh, no, stop falling apart!
No!
(metal clangs)
No! (sobs)
Stop falling apart!
(sighs) Okay.
So, I'm good up to here.
Holy!
Okay.
Please, please, please!
Okay.
We're right there.
Look how close we are.
We've got all the pieces.
They're all holding.
The hole is lining up.
(lounge music)
This is gonna be the piece,
the pièce de résistance, literally.
No, no!
(grunts)
(metal clangs)
Alright, I don't think I need this anymore.
I think I'm good.
Let's go!
(lounge music)
No, it was right there! (sobs)
(fist thuds)
Okay.
Lemme go again.
Once it starts falling apart, there is not much you can do.
(tongue clicks) It's definitely the way I'm holding it
that's preventing me from doing anything.
Ooh, that's nice and lined up right there.
Thing is, if I start applying pressure somewhere,
to hold it together,
the other pieces start sliding apart.
I gotta find the perfect balance,
and then once I find that balance,
I have to try and make my move.
But that balance is very hard to find.
Near impossible.
(suspenseful music)
No!
(metal clangs)
Take 155!
(metal clangs)
(sighs) Okay.
Back to square one.
Incredibly frustrating, might I add?
Oh, this is interesting!
A new way to hold it, here.
Definitely a new way to hold it.
Still falling apart.
Still falling apart!
But I like that way of holding it,
maybe that'll help me in the future.
This is so hard to hold!
(lounge music)
(puzzle clicks)
Oh!
Finally!
Oh, baby!
Okay!
And, never doing that again!
That is the Jack Puzzle, level a million.
That is super hard.
(sighs)
Alright, guys, there you have it!
Okay, alright, for those of you who are like,
Chris, you used the solution!
Listen, this is one of those puzzles that is
just out of my range, okay,
and I'm not afraid to admit that.
You know, I could've looked at the picture of this puzzle
and probably figure it out using the picture
instead of the solution.
However, you see how difficult this puzzle is
even with the solution.
It took me up and around an hour and a half total
with trying it out without the solution
and with the solution.
Once I had the solution, it probably took me
a half an hour to figure that out,
and that's crazy!
The dexterity and holding it,
I think, at the end, the stillness and everything else,
I think you also need a little bit of luck
to get that final piece in.
But once you do, so satisfying, looks great,
never wanna take it apart again,
but now that I know how to put it back together,
I can actually do it without the solution,
which is really cool!
So, if my friends do decide to challenge themselves on this,
I'll be able to put it back together.
Anyways, guys, if you did like this video,
go ahead and smash Like, subscribe if you're new here,
and we'll see you on the next video.
Peace, ah!
(atmospheric synth music)