How to play, solve, and make a Tower of Hanoi

Most of the video deals with how to solve the tower, but it is presented in a very simple way. I encourage you to make one of these so that you can give it a try! Please enjoy.
To watch the other tower video:
• The Tower of Hanoi and...
For more about this puzzle, read the description there. To see a table of optimum solutions to the tower, see near the end of the video.
Here is a template, in case you would like to build the wooden one seen here.
postimg.cc/image/lgzpxt13n/
You could probably just scale this up a little if you would like to make the cardboard version.

[@pocket83]

The Tower of Hanoi and Tesseract relationship : ►kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5uvkKxrbZdkY8U

[@nevillestyles]

The cardboard/magnet construction is beautiful 😀

[@pocket83]

Thank you. It's lots of fun to try and go fast. I really suggest making one.

[@Chiefthain]

I made one of these in my woodwork class with 4 pieces and this is a brilliant video by the way!

[@marianaluna6184]

Great video, it's gonna help me for a college project. Loved the homemade towers, by the way!

[@yowazzah1141]

DUDE, I STARTED PLAYING THIS AND CONTINUALLY, I LEARNED THAT I COULD DO THAT ODD TOWARDS AND EVEN AWAY. THIS VIDEO MADE ME LEARNED THAT MY WAY OF SOLVING WAS LEGIT.

[@DaveScurlock]

Perfectly clear, thanks for this. Cardboard version is great!

[@Nahtanojrepus]

thank you for this. I've always loved the tower of hanoi, but never had my own set, so never had the time to find a rule for solving one. So thanks. It improved my day quite a bit. That said, this video also suggests I could've made a makeshift one anyways. Oh well.

[@tgztoast]

That was incredibly informative, Thank you!

[@LGbaSS-bi2ml]

you should have a million subscribers, you make some very interesting stuff, and your explanations are well said. great content pocket, thanks!

[@pocket83]

Thank you! I think my sparkling personality might be getting in the way of that subscriber count, though. I need to practice keeping it to myself.

[@LGbaSS-bi2ml]

pocket83 hahaha I enjoy watching you comment back and forth with childish people, you don't let anyone walk on you and you shut them down.

[@TheodoreStagnum]

brilliant! i really want to make my own cardboard version now

[@AngryBogle]

Thanks for the great video.

[@robertparsons7614]

in the original puzzle the monks of the temple where given 64 golden disc moving 1 disc per sec,that was task thay where given

[@kellemese6252]

how do you know that,what..:D

[@Boothby171]

Mark all the even disks red and the odd disks black (or whatever your color palette is). It makes it so much easier to figure out the movement pattern!

[@baconsoda]

Excellent video!

[@pocket83]

Thanks!

[@moderator4330]

pocket83 why it has its name

[@yato2180]

cool video

[@sudipkar3018]

Awesome ..

[@sungam95]

Nice!

[@DarcyWhyte]

I want one!

[@VeteranVandal]

Now time to do the same with 64 pieces and challenge other people to solve it. :)

[@bonzo9303204406]

i had this puzzle game way back in the time on an old alcatel mobile phone ... like early 00's

[@MichaelLawing]

Could you provide approximate dimensions on the demonstration set? That's one of the most aesthetically pleasing ones I've ever seen

[@pocket83]

The wooden one? I could draw up a plan if you want. I'll be away most of the weekend, so it will take me a few days.

[@MichaelLawing]

+pocket83 that would be amazing, even if it wasn't too exact. Great video too, by the way. Great explanation.

[@pocket83]

+Michael Lawing OK, I made a scan with some notes on it (link in the description). Let me know if it worked out for you ;)

[@MichaelLawing]

+pocket83 Thank you! Much obliged!

[@Pet_Hedgehog]

i don't know why but this really was interesting to me 😄😄

[@elezarmulato9988]

Bravo!

[@jiminjiminies3902]

amazing

[@poncho2431]

I love your voice... ;)

[@Xyienced]

I'm kinda shocked I'm going to start with the cardboard one. Fun stuff

[@larmar00]

Are you going to be making videos and projects that relate to each other, from now on? I like the cascading clickbaits :D I assume your ideas for projects are born from previous ones, so it's only logical to nest them together. Love your videos btw, great work :)

[@pocket83]

I guess it's like _Fight Club:_ You choose your own level of involvement. I put lots of stuff in these in case you are really interested, like I am. Most people are not. Anyhow, this follow-up was unanticipated. I made it because I was getting the feeling that the previous video was discouraging, and I would rather promote interest in the subject. But I suppose you're right, that lots of ideas come from other ones. In fact, while filming this, I was playing around with an incandescent bulb, and I generated two great video concepts while fiddling around (procrastinating) with the lighting. It's all stepping stones, I suppose.

[@desertazul]

hey man what tool did you use to cut the cardboard pieces into such cool contours?

[@pocket83]

Can't remember, but one of the better tools to use would be a scrollsaw. Use whatever you have in order to cut it, but if you want that crisp-looking edge, sanding it is the trick. A belt-sander makes it look perfect. Also helpful is to find some thick cardboard.

[@desertazul]

@@pocket83 excellent yeah that makes sense.. a scroll saw would be perfect, I was trying to use a razor, thank you.

[@kwelchans]

The easiest way to remember is that the smallest disk always moves in the same direction. 1-2, 2-3, 3-1. You really only have to use the "Odd Towards" and "Even Away" rules for the first move if you follow this pattern.

[@kwelchans]

Think of the pegs as being numbered 1, 2, and 3. Move the smallest disk from 1 to 2, from 2 to 3, then from 3 to 1. Between each move of the smallest disk, there's only one move possible. If you keep up this pattern, eventually you will solve it.

[@whatsup914]

The way I remember this is if you have an ODD number of pieces, the first piece will go counterclockwise every other move starting with the first move. If you have an EVEN number of pieces, the first piece will go clockwise every other move. The moves that you are not moving the smallest piece around are pre-determined because you can't place anything on top of the small piece.

[@miyaguitube]

This puzzle is in mass effect 1!!

[@mikerogers6136]

ThankYou for explaining so clearly. I am going to make a puzzle for our youth group..... Hee, hee.

[@Z4kk3ry]

heyy, that's pretty good

[@lxxwie9407]

+Z4kk3ry Nice meme.

[@FurryTrash_]

+Z4kk3ry I clicked the idubbbz chrome extension when i read that xD

[@gregmulqueen3765]

What is the max number of pieces can you use in this tower game?

[@pocket83squared]

That depends if you ever plan on solving it, and how long you live! If you use 20 pieces, it requires at least 1, 048,575 moves to solve it. The equation for # of moves is = (2^n - 1), when n is how many pieces. But technically there is no upper limit for pieces.

[@houstonecholo]

cool

[@FauxFox89]

Watching this brings me back to star wars Knights of the old Republic.

[@dave5194]

Ah it's so simple now. This reminds me of solving a rubiks cube. I'd always manage to get 3-4 in the correct order, but not the fifth afterwards, because I always tried to do the dirrect route, which in turn messed up the other pieces. Much like how I could figure out 1 side of the cube, but didn't know the algorithms or techniques to get a piece into place without hurting the other pieces. I'm guessing this sort of logic applies to those darn sliding picture puzzles I can't do as well lol

[@terrancestorey7254]

+David Lam -flamingsword1 Obviously the bandsaw was a lot faster than the CNC. if the race had started once they finished printing the gear design, Matthias would have finished long before the CNC ever started cutting. That's what in reality makes the bandsaw faster. There's no fiddling with computer specs. Also the gear that came out looked like garbage. They probably spent another 10 minutes finishing all the teeth. Meanwhile the bandsaw was done in 8 min with no further finishing required.

[@dave5194]

Terrance Storey er, you sure this is the right comment you're responding to?

[@terrancestorey7254]

I don't see how you can disagree with me. After they used the program to design the gear. It took them 10 minutes to convert it to a cnc file. Then another 4 minutes to set up the cutting table. Then 6 minutes to cut. Then another 10 to finish the garbage gear. It took Matthias 30 sec to glue the paper on to the plywood. And 8 minutes to cut a finished gear. 8.5 min is way faster than 30 min. You're stupid if you can't see this.

[@dave5194]

Terrance Storey +Terrance Storey once again, are you sure you're responding to the right comment. This is a comment I made on pocket83's Tower of Hanoi video commenting on the relationship between this solving technique and that of a Rubik's cube. As far as I'm concern your comment had nothing to do with what I said or even the video.

[@galdento2808]

this is great for kids!

[@joscharcupat8906]

i get it thnk you

[@darshicakishore246]

i do have an excuse, we're in a global pandemic and my teacher wants this as a holiday homework

[@dave5194]

How has the kinetic sand been?

[@pocket83]

Possible upcoming vid on the subject. Right now I'm not sure if I'm going to release it.

[@OfficialTeeg322]

They make a version of this for children... I used to have one and played it all the time... it was plastic and colorful

[@joscharcupat8906]

can yu teach it slowly 'cause im confused but thank you

[@benjammers5530]

It's an abacaba pattern

[@urosh007]

Easiest tower of Hanoi game: 6 playing cards with ascending values...

[@zahven]

OHHH I HAD ONE OF THESE AND IT WAS SO EASY LUL

[@SuperSuperNova]

A tower of the Capital City of Vietnam...

[@royal_zaffreknightx3445]

hey I am Vietnamese

[@mikerogers6136]

This can no longer be found, - "Here is a template, in case you would like to build the wooden one seen here. postimg.org/image/lgzpxt13n/"

[@pocket83]

I fixed the link in the description. Sorry for the inconvenience. (dot)org should be replaced with (dot)cc for any broken postimg links.

[@scanerang]

hyper cube in the thumbnai +1 points

[@monkeybastard]

why??

[@awesomeaqwdude]

How do people not get this puzzle lmao

[@pocket83]

Because it has an incredibly complex solution algorithm. This video may make it seem easy, or perhaps you've grown up seeing this puzzle everywhere (like in games). But if you are trying this for the first time, you are going to be confused.

[@MaximumJonathanosity]

I get it :D

[@pocket83]

Got it? Good ;)

[@sambb6028]

?????

[@supdood885]

What the fuck? This is gonna suck at a party

[@pocket83]

It's just a mental exercise. And it would be way less obnoxious than the kid that shows up to the party running his mouth and swearing around people he doesn't know.

[@jaydenhpiano5600]

SHREDDED!!!