Part 2 - Cutler/McFarland

Lots CM1-24


Lot CM1 - Cutler Cube 
Est. value: $300 Current bid: $520
Designed : Bill Cutler
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Cube: 11x11x11cm

Notes: 66 pieces; original instructions.

Lot CM2 - Bill's Baffling Burr
Est. value: $30 Current bid: $46
Designed : Bill Cutler
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Stick length: 8cm

Notes: Original instructions; level 5.

Lot CM3 - L5 Notchable
Est. value: $30 Current bid: $46
Designed: Bill Cutler
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Stick length: 8cm

Notes: Mahogany; original instructions; unique level 5 - highest for notchable burr.

Lot CM4 - L46AA Notchable
Est. value: $30 Current bid: $58
Designed: Bill Cutler
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Stick length: 9.5cm

Notes: Maple; original instructions; level 10; highest for non-unique notchable 6-pc burr (lines make solution unique).

Lot CM5 - Explode-A-Burr
Est. value: $30 Current bid: $58
Designed: Bill Cutler
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Stick length: 7.5cm

Notes: Gift from IPP13. Six identical pieces assemble with coordinate motion; all pieces slide perpendicular to each other, not diagonally.

Lot CM6 - Bill's Ball Bearing Burr
Est. value: $30 Current bid: $38
Designer: Bill Cutler
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Stick length: 9cm

Notes: Oak; original instructions; includes two ball bearings; unique level 3.

Lot CM7 - Programmer's Nightmare
Est. value: $30 Current bid: $52
Designer: Bill Cutler
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Stick length: 9cm

Notes: Maple; original instructions; cannot be solved by Cutler's program - you figure it out!

Lot CM8 - Love's Dozen
Est. value: $35 Current bid: $46
Designed: Bruce Love
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Stick length: 7.5cm

Notes: Maple; original instructions; level 12 - highest known level for a 6-pc burr (end markings to make solution unique).

Lot CM9 - Computer's Choice - 3-Hole
Est. value: $30 Current bid: $108
Designed: Bill Cutler
Manufactured: erry McFarland

Stick Length: 7.5cm

Notes: Cherry; original instructions; unique level 7, 3 holes.

Lot CM10 - Computer's Choice - 4-Hole
Est. value: $30 Current bid: $58
Designed: Bill Cutler
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Stick length: 7.5cm

Notes: Maple; original instructions; level 8, 4 holes.

Lot CM11 - Computer's Choice - 5-Hole
Est. value: $30 Current bid: $41
Designed: Bill Cutler
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Stick Length: 9cm

Notes: Walnut; original instructions; unique level 9, 5 holes.

Lot CM12 - Piston Puzzle
Est. value: $30 Current bid: $58
Designed: Peter Marineau
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Stick length: 7.5cm

Notes: Walnut; original instructions; level 9 - highest known level for a unique 6-pc burr.

Lot CM13 - No Lot
     
 
Lot CM14 - Visible Burr
Est. value: $100 Current bid: $267
Designed: Bill Cutler
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Size: 14x14x14cm

Notes: Original instructions

Lot CM15 - Crooked Box II
Est. value: $125 Current bid: $493
Designed and manufactured: Bill Cutler

Diameter: 20cm

Notes: Original instructions; 25 identical pieces, 5 with one notch missing; maple, walnut and cedar. 

Lot CM16 - Cutler's Dilemma
Est. value: $100 Current bid: $205
Designed and manufactured: Bill Cutler

Cube: 18x18x18cm

Notes: 23 pieces; original instructions.

Lot CM17 - Boxed Box
Est. value: $125 Current bid: $98
Designed: Bill Cutler
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Box: 18x17x14cm

Notes: Original instructions.

Lot CM18 - Melting Block
Est. value: $50 Current bid: $52
Designed: T.H. O'Beirne
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Size: 17x12.5x7cm

Notes: Original instructions.

Lot CM19 - Parcel Post
Est. value: $50 Current bid: $52
Designer: unknown 
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Size: 17.5x12.5x4.5cm

Notes: Original instructions.

Lot CM20 - Blockhead
Est. value: $40 Current bid: $37
Designed: Bill Cutler
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Size: 12x12x6cm

Notes: Winner of 1986 Hikimi Wooden Puzzle Competition.

Lot CM21 - U-Nam-It Burr
Est. value: $40 Current bid: $155
Designed: Bill Cutler
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Stick length: 8cm

Notes: Original instructions. Unusual mechanism.

Lot CM22 - Computer's Choice Unique-10
Est. value: $30 Current bid: $58
Designed: Bill Cutler
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Stick length: 9cm

Notes: Original instructions. Level 10; record for 6-pc burr with one solution. Marking in right-foreground was superficial dirt and was completely removed.

Lot CM23 - Classic Burr
Est. value: $$ Current bid: $52
Designer: unknown
Manufactured: Jerry McFarland

Stick Length: 9cm

Notes: Key held in place by spring-loaded ball bearing; notchable; one interior hole.

Lot CM24 - Square-Rod Dodecaplex
Est. value: $100 Current bid: $317
Designed and manufactured: Bill Cutler

Stick Length: 23cm

Notes: 6 sets of 5 parallel rods.


Last updated on April 12, 2004

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