Secret Puzzle Page

The Puzzles found on this page are not part of the former Puzzle for Charity. I incorporate these puzzles into certain things I build or furniture I restore. 

Added 11/06/10: I have decided to create a separate Puzzle Hints Page for these hints. You can find a link to them in the sidebar on the right. I have encoded the hints using the ROT-13 method to avoid spoiling the fun for those of you who are not ready for them yet.

You can guess at an answer if you like, but the only prize will be Braggin' Rights in the form of a blog post telling everyone how awesome you are.  If you think you have the answer, leave a comment.  If Google has not fixed the comment block at the bottom of the page (you see a big error window, say), send me an email instead- my contact info is in the sidebar.  Good Luck!

Global “Hint”: All of the puzzles I make, I make as though I expected a 19^th or early 20^th century person so solve them – no computers required. Just a pencil, paper, and a good amount of insight/luck will get you there. Also, I don't “layer” the encryption methods for these puzzles (well, maybe I sometimes did for the Puzzles for Charity, but those were meant to be a little harder).

Pallet Table Puzzle (Posted 02/28/10 15:53 EST)

Solved: Not Yet.

Solver: No One.

Well, hey, how about that!  My brother found the puzzle I burned into the bottom of the Pallet Table I made him.  He sent me some pics and posted them on his Facebook page.  Here it is:

Can you decipher the message?

Need a hint? 

Desk Puzzle (Posted 06/17/10 21:22 EST)
Solved: Not Yet.
Solver: No One.

This is a puzzle I pasted onto the bottom of a desk I "restored" then gave to charity.  The overview of the Desk restoration project can be found here. Decipher the message to see how I felt about the whole desk project...

 

Good Luck!

Need a hint?

New Desk Puzzle (Posted 07/01/10 21:45 EST)
Solved: Not Yet.

Solver: No One.

I created this oak plyboard plaque for the bottom of a desk in a guest bedroom in my house.  It's highly unlikely that someone will stumble across it so I decided to post it instead of waiting for it to be found.

 

Good Luck!

Need a hint?

Art Table Puzzle (Posted 07/08/10 22:06 EST)

Solved: Not Yet.

Solver: No One.

Here is what a friend of mine found pasted to the bottom of the art supplies table I built for him last year:

Good Luck!

Need a hint?

Chessboard Puzzle (Posted 08/26/10 21:31EST)

Solved: Not Yet.

Solver: No One.

This is a puzzle I put on the bottom of the Chessboard project. I know that the dark squares are actually cedar – I wrote the puzzle before I finished the board. FWIW, that doesn't change anything about the puzzle itself, it's just a clarification.

Good Luck!

Need a hint?



1970's TV Project Puzzle (Posted 09/10/10 20:43 EST)

Solved: 03/29/11.

Solver: Agmorion.

Here is the Puzzle that was to be pasted on the bottom of the 1970's TV Project:

Good Luck!

Need a hint?

Anagram Puzzle (Posted 09/24/10 23:36 EST)

Solved: Not Yet.

Solver: No One.

Here is one I made just for fun. It's not really a 'Secret Puzzle” but it fits here as well as anywhere else. Each of the pictures below describe an anagram of the same 10-letter thing. Can you guess what it might be?

Good Luck!

Need a hint?

Corkboard Puzzle (Posted 09/14/09 on this site, several years earlier on another)

Solved: Not Yet.

Solver: No One.

I made this one as part of a Puzzle for Charity on my original RustyRedRock site.  That site is gone, sand the Puzzle for Charity is gone, but the puzzle remains unsolved.  Here it is:

Good Luck!

Need a hint?