This Puzzle Box Contains an Ingenious Mechanism!! - The Portal Box

[@sethusk]

Elegant design. Simple and complex at the same time. Very nice.

[@blacksun3185]

I'm always so impressed at these puzzles. I mean coming up with something like that and others actually being able to solve it.

[@bradleytuckwell4854]

That’s why I love puzzle boxes so much. This one would have to be up there with my favourites.The mechanism is awesome in this box. I’ll be adding this to my collection. Thanks for sharing this beautiful puzzle

[@Zoso14892]

I've said before, I'm not really a puzzler but I love this channel. You are so positive and fun that I look forward to your videos every time. I hope you take a break and have a wonderful time with your family over the coming weeks Mr P. Thank you for another year of fantastic content.

[@Mr.Puzzle]

Thanks! Same to you!

[@OofHearted]

Yes, more from this maker.

[@EricPetersen2922]

Prying is using leverage to open something. In this case using a flat screwdriver or rounded knife in a crack to pop it open. That’s the best description I can come up with. Funny how some words get left behind in a 2nd language. Sadly I only speak one :( cheers! Great puzzle, very clever. Best, Eric 😀🎄🤩 The wood is so nice😍😍

[@Sungodv]

yes, prying is how one takes off a hubcap from a wheel on a car

[@beez1717]

The best example is how you use a crowbar or hammer to get a nail out of something. By pulling back and applying force, you're prying the nail out of whatever it was stuck in. It is also used for when you try to use leverage to take something apart.

[@amymalski]

I mean, I think he got there on his own in the end. Even managed to get in a joke in about it, too. He's a pro like that.

[@lareinekong]

Weeeeeee! When you open/solve the box, I am so happy to scream with you. Genius!

[@superhunk1989]

The idea of the brilliant mechanism is absolutely well-thought-out.

[@kylekinkade9211]

The 2 sliding "floors" with the ball that rolls in front of them.... so cool!

[@mrdewilliams]

I love the lever actuated, mini rack and pinion idea. Very clever.

[@davidblanck4131]

This one is awesome. I'm putting it on my "great gift idea list". Thanks.

[@casperthefriendlycookingapple]

Love the thought process that went into making this puzzle. And, as usual, your thought process into solving it.

[@kylekinkade9211]

I would love to see your collection of all the puzzles you've opened!

[@MojoMfg]

Beautiful puzzle and even more beautiful solution! Thanks for explaining the mechanism...so amazing!

[@vsm1456]

I like the mechanism, quite simple but not easy at all. Would be cool to see other puzzles from this maker.

[@BrooklynLou718]

i love these type of puzzles that are simplistic yet very difficult. keep doing them.

[@PoppysPrints]

Great puzzle and you demonstrate it in a way I feel I'm solving it with you. Yes do more of his boxes

[@buckroger6456]

Absolutely love this puzzle. Nothing beats a beautiful handmade wooden box, but I also have a thing for handcrafted stuff like this.

[@rogerh7149]

Wow, what a beautiful puzzle. The asthetics as well as the mechanisms. Thanks for the great explanation at the end 👍

[@midnightmosesuk]

I love puzzle boxes. Keep 'em coming!

[@laurenarndt464]

One the most creative uses of sliders I've seen in awhile.

[@tygra7012]

Mr. Puzzle.... You definitely deserve the title of BEST step by step instructor within the puzzle world. Iv'e watched almost all of your videos, and i have to say.... I wish I know more of your face.. You are a GRAND avenue to the city of everyday thinking of avenues. As so is Chris Ramsey. Toyota Tacoma was my first puzzles that I solved. Dropping the spare tire for a toyota tacome 2017 V4 If it was not for channels like these, i wouildnt have been able to drop that spare tire from its location. :) Thanks for letting me in on puzzling... (*For why is there a jack, and a tire iron, but no extra tire?*) Wait... What is this little rectangle below license plate?* If you not know where the spare tire is... you can have a hard time finding it if you are there... And how you release the spare tire?.... You have to take a rounded head, and put it in a dived, and unskrew, so the tire drop.

[@TheRealSugarShane]

Super clever. I always enjoy that you dive deeper to figure out how the mechanisms work. The thought process behind making a puzzle is really intriguing.

[@mitaskeledzija6269]

Amazing puzzle!

[@cannibalholiday]

They just keep getting more creative with the puzzles. If I ever win the lottery I'm going to have to go on a puzzle spending spree :D

[@zeokin9531]

Your last few selections of puzzles have been way better. Keep on Puzzling

[@m1m1snake]

Amazing puzzle! Brilliant design and a very cool solution. One of my favorites!

[@lexlane9353]

Fantastic!

[@huskytales9839]

This one I find truly incredible, from the mechanism to the craftsmanship.

[@Karl-Johan]

Great puzzle and video!

[@GregGelf24]

Wow!! Can't believe you solved this on the channel! I was waiting for the day you or Ramsay solve Dee's puzzles on your channels. This one is an amazing puzzle box. Great choice for a video

[@sjefhendrickx2257]

Ramsay sucks!

[@minigolfkid]

Oh. wow! the floor of the box is…wow! clever!

[@minigolfkid]

😯😲😮

[@amymalski]

That was awesome!

[@FUTABA-kg]

Mr.Puzzle, I hear you twanging a little. Take care and bless you.

[@crazypomp927]

That's a very clever one!

[@EricPetersen2922]

Brilliant puzzle, would be very very difficult for anyone except expert puzzlers. Wow. 💪😀

[@forteandblues]

Now that’s a good box right there.

[@groowanderer]

I think I would've really struggled with this one. It leads you to believe things that aren't happening, such as that the ball bearing was dropping or changing position. Mr puzzle did way better than I would've. Loved the sneaky trick with the lid as well.

[@hansvonmannschaft9062]

"Sequential discovery", that's the kind I like the most. Began watching puzzle channels today, I like yours the best, because of the style with which you approach them, and the fact that you do seem to have some serious education, that made, for example, the resolution of puzzles like the Greek mythology based ones quite a pleasure to watch. Cheers! oh and gotta keep watching this one, just stopped when you mentioned this puzzle type right at the beginning. Thanks for the video! 😀

[@rustyforceps1012]

Just saw Chris Ramsay do a puzzle by the same guy recently and I was awed by that one. This one is also amazing!! Can’t wait to see more of his stuff!!!

[@benjamincarter6095]

I have where's my hammer. Really want Portal. Enjoyed the video!

[@myfunnyval1]

I love it too, but would like to see some very simple ones as it is something I'd like to have a go with.

[@Rhomeme]

Really like this one alot. He only has one design for sale at the moment and it is not this one, but it looks beautiful and I imagine it is a good puzzle too.

[@NiNja10Doh]

You should try to get the Spirit Box next. That one sounds very interesting.

[@theperegrinator8007]

I solved his first puzzle box, Slideways. You can never guess what the noise is until you open it ! I am still working on Blinded 1 !

[@koreyhayden1368]

You sound like ElectroBoom. I keep waiting for you to get shocked and scream "F**k" 😂😂😂

[@wbfaulk]

Prying would be to insert a tool between two parts and use leverage to force them apart. In English, the "crowbar" would be the prototypical tool used to pry. I believe that's "nageleisen" in German. Not the end used to remove nails, though.

[@platinpalladium]

It is called a Brechstange 😃

[@wbfaulk]

@@platinpalladium I checked Hornbach and things called "brechstange" seemed to have a nail claw at one end and a spike at the other. I was looking for a tool with a wedge that clearly had no purpose other than prying, and they seemed to be "nageleisen". I just now checked OBI and it looks like "hebeleisen" might have been a better word.

[@platinpalladium]

@@wbfaulk You seem to be right about that. But I think actually the pointy end is for prying 🤔

[@chrisg6597]

So, in it's default locked position, you could use something like a bent paperclip (instead of the pin) to open the box without having to solve the puzzle.

[@billymcdowell6024]

Centrifugal force spin the Box

[@mitchkatz4918]

Happy holidays! good solve!- still wondering why it was called "Portal" ?

[@justinpreston4152]

just break it open - puzzle solved :)

[@maisiesummers42]

The fact the lid at the start doesn't fit is making me twitchy.

[@odefinierad]

Are you recording audio realtime or is this voice over in post?

[@beez1717]

GLaDOS would be prould of you for solving this portal puzzle!

[@NotKyleChicago]

Could you use a paperclip to bypass the early steps?

[@DDixon-wu3tu]

You could but that would negate the whole purpose of buying a puzzle.

[@zlappey]

Second time i write this but seriously, you need to go back to solve the impossible planet puzzle, it's messing with my damn OCD knowing that you hav'nt solved that one yet! Seriously give it another crack, if you can spend days on Quintus Extreme you can solve the damn planet to! :D

[@theperegrinator8007]

I think he had solved it already. But it will be boring for viewers because they cannot see anything !

[@zlappey]

@@theperegrinator8007 i don't really care if it's boring, just add the solution to another video then to see how it's actually solved :) . Also last time i asked him he responded that he should get back to solving that some day but i'm guessing he forgot about it again :p .

[@Mr.Puzzle]

No have not solved it! Need to try again!

[@zlappey]

@@Mr.Puzzle Get on it! Seriously, just get on it, should be your next video tbh, we need a solution to the puzzle that stumped you for 1½ year and my OCD needs it! :D

[@Ben68tv]

Hy mr. Puzzle, ich habe frage. Ich habe zu Weihnachten für meine Familie eine Zigarren Box von Jean Claude Constantin geholt. Ich bekomme leider auf. Hast eine Lösung dafür?

[@stefanfrankel8157]

I bought a big box of monkey pod dishes and bowls and even wine glasses at an estate sale for $30. By the way, African mahogany is a euphemism. Mahogany grows in South America. The African stuff is in the same family but it _isn't_ technically mahogany.

[@Mr.Puzzle]

That's why we call it Khaya in German

[@mchoffner8497]

If there are any puzzle box artisans in Northeast US, I want to create with you

[@m.h.6470]

XD "thumbs pressed" is not an English idiom... just a German one. The English version would be "keep your fingers crossed".

[@johnlord8337]

Soooo .... with all of these puzzles and puzzle makers ... if we ever get into an ET war ... we can just lob over puzzles at them. Either they will have arms or appendages and (octopus and a bagpipe) will concentrate on whether these are wooden or metal grenades ... or they will start to dismantle them, or solve the puzzles. If they have no appendages to finaggle all the parts and solutions, then the puzzles will stop and impeded them from going forward or backward. However, if they do attempt to solve (and do solve) the puzzle, then a little explosive inside the puzzle whether puzzle solved, or puzzle destroyed or ran over - will explode. Puzzles are humanity's latest weapon of war ! Especially if they are made of infectious nanobots !

[@Mr.Puzzle]

🤣

[@BluishGreenPro]

Very intricate, but I’m never a fan of puzzles where you need to work blindly backwards to reset to an earlier state; I think there was a bit too much hidden information in this puzzle.

[@Kuhl1216]

Nice

[@philgallagher1]

Is "Thumbs pressed" a specifically German phrase? In English we would say "Fingers crossed", but I like "Thumbs pressed". Can you explain the derivation please?

[@jays9211]

How long will it take for a non puzzle solver to do, maybe never. Lol

[@porvoonosho]

Doesn't sound too ecological.

[@zombiesithblade1579]

Gg

[@philipmurphy4342]

Third!

[@Kuhl1216]

Forst