Cast Cyclone from Hanayama - Solution

[@stevewatson1594]

Great explanation! There's no way I could have explained it better. Great Video Ross

[@puzzlemastercanada]

👍👍

[@TriangelProduction]

This puzzle was a nightmare as I couldn't solve it even with your good video. The problem was that the first crossing of the two tips did not work even with a lot of force. The side notches in the rings were somehow too small to give the space in them for the needed space expansion of the two counterparts. I tried a lot but did not succeed. After a rather massive force action I could finally solve everything from each other and have the too narrow notches with a metal file very slightly expanded and then everything went much better but still somewhat tight. In your video, these notches look much larger than in my silver / gold version.

[@puzzlemastercanada]

sorry to hear that. contact hanayama or the place of business of where you got it and see if they can do something for you.

[@GetMeADrinkNow]

Hey, I know your comment is quite old, but I have the exact same problem. My version is shinier than the one used in the video, so maybe in that version the notches are not correct?!

[@ysteindamhaug2982]

If the puzzle was delivered fully assembled, that contradicts your claim about side notches being too small. It would not have been possible to assemble the pieces at the manufacturer, if the side notches were too small. In my experience, it is extremely difficult to achieve the perfect alignment of all 4 pieces, that is required for solving the first step of the puzzle without applying any force. But if your puzzle comes assembled, without any scratch marks indicating force was used, that should be sufficient proof that it is nothing wrong with the pieces.

[@GetMeADrinkNow]

@@ysteindamhaug2982 I managed to disassemble the puzzle, but had to apply some force (with a lot of friction) in order to solve the first stage. So it is possible to get them apart, but definitely not as easily as I've seen in most videos showing the solution.

[@martinn6566]

​@@GetMeADrinkNowremember, every puzzle gets hand assembled together, so it always has to be solveable

[@lachlanhpatterson]

Prices are stuck trying to do the turn at 5:00 Any tips? (Everything seems to be lined up it’s just the last 0.1 millimeters

[@puzzlemastercanada]

The pieces have to be in the exact right position in order to do some of the moves.

[@Prjm87]

How do you clean cast puzzles? Make them smooth new feeling again?

[@superstuff2369]

Water

[@DomAZ]

That can be a lot of struggles if the pieces are not in the right position.