Make a CRAZY Wood Puzzle Box! | Step by Step Instructions

I made a 12 step, 4 Sun wood Japanese Puzzle Box! It took a lot of tricky woodworking techniques to pull off. It takes 12 moves to open this small puzzle box and I think it’s pretty crazy to think about all of those components into a wood box that is so small. I’ve always wanted to make a Japanese style puzzle box. Puzzle boxes are usually described in “suns“, with 1 sun equaling about 3cm. My wood box is approximately a 4 sun puzzle box. This is the kind of woodworking that I love, making something fun and creative. Woodworking doesn’t need to be utilitarian or serve a specific need. This project requires a ton of woodworking techniques and it is one of my biggest woodworking challenges in terms of precision. Each wooden part has to fit snuggly, yet still move freely. Making a wood box already requires a mix of woodworking skills, but trying to make a wood box with moving parts is a whole other ordeal. That said, while it takes a lot of patience it is completely doable when