Hi, and welcome to another episode of Mr. Puzzle.
Today, we will have a look at the Bamboo Soccer Ball
puzzle.
This one here you see here I purchased from
Puzzlemax.com.
I will put you the link in the description, where you can buy it.
But you can find these
kind of puzzles
all around the world, since it is a real
classical take apart
and assembly puzzle.
In Germany, for example, you find these kind of puzzles
on Christmas markets, and so on.
But also in some stores.
And I just want to show you how to disassemble it,
and how to re-assemble it
because it's pretty interesting.
When you have it in this stage,
there are no moving objects at all.
So when I had this first time in my hands, I was really wondering
how to take the parts apart, because there nothing is moving here.
How it's done I gonna show you
after the spoiler break.
To disassemble the Bamboo Soccer Ball,
we need to understand that
these parts are actually free to move,
but they are kept in position due to friction.
And to loose, loosen these, or to lower
these friction, I will now start to
pull
every time two parts facing each other,
in the opposite direction. And you can hear this noise.
It does this clack sound.
[faint snap]
Because there's a small movement between those two parts.
So I do this several times
with different parts,
and then you will already notice
that the puzzle will come apart.
So now it's getting loose.
You can see the parts are already moving.
And when I pull them
now
apart, the puzzle will fall in its single parts.
And it will reveal that
we have
six
similar parts here.
All the same shape. And from these parts
we will now re-assemble
the Bamboo Soccer Ball.
Easiest way, or, when I tried it the first time,
I tried to do it,
say, in the same condition
as it is when it's assembled. Means like this.
And it's easy to do it until here,
but then you need to fit in
the last piece
to the top.
And this makes you crazy.
Because you need to pull all parts outside
in the same way. And every time,
one part will fall apart, and will not work.
What's the easier, what's an easier way to do it
is to position the parts
like this.
This kind of shape.
And the reason for that is pretty easy.
You will see it in a minute
when I put the parts together.
Just need to position them properly.
Which is not too easy, as you see, with only two hands.
Okay. Now I got it.
And what's important now is
these tips here
showing in this direction
while these tips here showing in the opposite direction.
Only in this condition you can assemble it again.
I'll re-assemble it. And then I take these two
halves,
and stick them together
like this,
and then I will be able to
push them together.
I didn't push them all the way together, because I just want to show you
that it helds by, that it's held by friction together.
In this condition, for example,
since it's not completely together, I can grab these three parts again,
and pull it apart
with some force.
But when I push it completely together,
like this, like it is a spherical ball,
it's just too much force needed to take the parts apart.
It's just not possible any more by hand.
And therefore you have to go solving it by
pulling these single parts, step by step,
apart, until everything
falls down.
Okay, this is how you disassemble
and re-assemble the Bamboo Soccer Ball.
And, my personal rating is,
regarding the difficulty, maybe,
two out of five. So it's not too difficult to do.
Anyway, it's a very classic puzzle.
I'm sure most of you have already seen it somewhere.
And I just want to show you
how to solve it, and how to
re-assemble it.
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And until next time,
keep on puzzling!
