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Happy Friday everyone! I'll be Streaming on Twitch today! Come say hi!
I'll be watching ! 😀😀😀
Where can I get this puzzle? I want to try it before I watch the video.
FYI, release the whale = free willy, free willy was released in 1993
Well happy late birthday mine was the 28th...as always awesome stuff keep it up😂
The addition of the close-up camera is a fantastic idea!
"This is, the Lock Picking Lawyer, and today, we will be opening this puzzle with the paper instructions it came with"
please continue the story
@@nadca2 "we will do it again to prove it wasn't a fluke." end of story.
Yeah that lock looks manual decodeable
@@Sammmeow It's a pretty common cheapo lock, I got one around here somewhere. It is manually decodable.
I thought the same
If you didn't get all the information, those mistakes fall onto whoever gave you the puzzle. That being said, it's still an impressive puzzle for the developer's first time, and I too hope to see more. Something I've learned with making puzzles with Lego's is it's a big learning process and skill to make good puzzles. One of those skills is to you learn how to protect the solver from making such mistakes even when such related information is missing.
so I actually sold that puzzle on puzzle paradise to chris ramsay and I told them I needed an email to forward the designers instructions that were sent to me via email so they were told and never provided me an email to send it to. thank you.
Personally, I blame the puzzle maker (no offense or anything but they can use this as a learning scenario). You should never have a hole in similar size to a tool that you use if you do not want people to put the tool in that hole. A note saying "don't put a pin in the holes on the bottom" is not enough, especially when there's no markings for what the top and bottom of the puzzle are. You could say that the lock side is the top cause it can't be placed nicely if it's the bottom but it could be the side and there is an arrow so maybe that's pointing to the top (which would make the bottom not the bottom)? Instructions are not clear if there can be multiple ways to interpret them. The solution here is to just not have that hole there or make it bigger so the tools can come back out or block it in some way (assuming it's there to let air in so things don't stuck), solder/weld a little tiny rod across the hole to act like a screen.
Never assume people wont do what they shouldn't, just don't let people do things they shouldn't. Puzzle solvers are going to try anything they can solve a puzzle, especially in a moments of frustration or confusion. It's very possible that even if he had received and read that, it is forgotten about for a second and that's enough to ruin the entire puzzle, potentially forever. That's not good especially for something that's probably fairly expensive given it's a machined block of metal.
Additionally, "no outside tools" includes googling. Why would anyone know the combo is supposed to be the year a movie (which this puzzle is not titled after) came out. The proper way to do that would be to write a story like "The movie Free Willie, which was released in 1993, is about a whale...." in the instructions. ALL of the information needed to solve a puzzle should, in some way, come with the puzzle.
Just saying. It was a cool puzzle though and aside from that hole it was very well crafted!
@@currentlypooping by your "no outside tools includes googling" logic, Shirley you can't use your brain either?
@@tevinburch8886Uh no dude, you still sent him the puzzle knowing he was missing critical information, and for some reason you needed his email to send him two sentences. Uh bullshit. Type it in word, print it out, put it in the box. Or if your too lazy for that write it on a napkin with a pencil, shit dude. I just don't understand the email excuse, it makes me kind of doubt you sold him the puzzle in the first place. You lose either way, if you did you're an idiot, if you didn't you're a liar.
@@currentlypooping Ideally yes i think puzzles should be made in a way to be fool proof. It is a nice puzzle, but marks do come off for allowing a fail state. IMO instructions are not sufficient and a mechanical design fix should have been implemented. simply changing the size of the holes or rods could have easily prevented a broken puzzle. What a shame.
"NO TOOLS ALLOWED"
*Instantly pulls out a digital magnifier*
A magnifier isn't considered as a tool.
A tool is defined as anything that helps make the job easier.
I think it made his job easier, therefore it would be defined as a tool.
@@philwilliams8328 an instrument is also considered a tool
@@philwilliams8328 In addition to that, you are also a tool for trying to ruin the joke.
@@llortaton2834 jokes aside I agree. I’m pretty sure most puzzle creators would say they intended for it to be solved with the naked eye if asked.
I know you've done a few of these now, but I'm still impressed that you not only solve the puzzle but let us in on your thought process while you do it, in a way that is comfortable. Bravo.
I thought the puzzle was extremely good for a first puzzle from the maker, and also I think you did brilliantly given the fact you were missing vital info. Well done both of you, and that guy will be so pleased to have you showing his creations in the future😊👍
1993 was the year Free Willy came out
Genius
Very much enjoyed this video! It brought back memories of you sitting in front of your green velvet pad with an espresso to solve a puzzle years ago. ❤
That was a rad video. Props to you pretty much solving it. Would be cool to get like a five minute video about the real solve in the future. Much love doggy! Love what you do
That was definitely intense Chris. Man, I was moving the imaginary puzzle I HAD in my head trying yo get the pin out. Lol
29:05 - "Whales in captivity always look towards the exit"
29:08 - "Where's the exit?"
Biggest facepalm moment lol
I'm a twisty puzzler. But I love these puzzles you are solving. I'm just can't justify the cost for a once only solve, but I can really appreciate your solves of these. Thanks Chris for your efforts
Awesome puzzle, great video and fun solve! Sorry it wasn't the ending you deserved, but definitely a puzzle I'd love to get my hands on. Much love from the UK Chris!
You were missing critical information & *still* solved it, that's amazing & I really enjoyed that you showed this part of puzzle solving 😊
I'd love to see a follow-up video where you go through this puzzle in the correct sequence and put it back together. Even if it's just a short one.
It was a good thing you watch LPL on dealing with that lock. Also, I didn’t catch where you found the Allen key. Was that part missing?
The tiny camera will be great for future Legos puzzles. I seemed to recall that often we could not see tiny things in openings. Never would I crucify anyone for a mistake, especially when you were not given vital information. Great puzzle. I hope you sent it to get fixed.
After he fixes the puzzle and you receive it back then you should do another video completing it the correct way since you now have a better understanding on the way the puzzle should be solved and put back together
I have watched you solve puzzles for a couple of years on multiple accounts and, this is the first time i have seen you get stumped. You are only human brother and none of us are perfect you did great as always. Keep making enjoyable content for the masses.
I beg to differ, I'm human and I'm also perfect 🧐
@@royksk You too? Wow! 🤣
He’s gotten stumped quite a few times, but his puzzle videos, and the work he puts into them are simply chef’s kiss. And with this “solve” anyways, I wouldn’t really say he got stumped, but just lacked critical information that should have been provided with the puzzle. Either way, another spectacular video from Chris.
I'm glad to see you pop back up in my feed. I don't know if you took a break or whatever, I watched your video a while ago about having burnout, etc... I hope you got the peace of mind or whatever you needed, brother.
He's been streaming puzzle games though.. May have been from twitch though
I tought the same!
He's been uploading consistently once a week for the past 9 months or so. Gotta get on the ALL NOTIFICATION SQUAD😂😂
@@tonyb1984 Holy shiiieeet 🫣
Did I miss an Allen key someplace? How was he supposed to unscrew the set screw?
Its attached to the lid, one of the two poles
The Allen key is retrieved where he got the brass rod stuck
I don't think so. he was just sloping it around in there to move it a little. @@JaSon-wc4pn
It's still in the puzzle the bottom plate comes off and has more tools
Glad to see you come back to my feed, great solve with limited info!
I was so into watching this it felt like I was working the puzzle myself. I thought you needed to put the magnets back in at some point or something but great video and great puzzle. Thanks for sharing .
I loved watching you solve this puzzle. My heart sank when you realized that piece was stuck and thought “well, that’s it.” I’m glad you got to finish the solve without that stuck piece. Looking forward to the next puzzle. 😊
1993 the year Free Willy came out
Oh you beat me to it. lol
The movie Abraham also came out in 1993
I still have it on VHS 😂
@@juliawidener466 Abraham was Arnold Jackson's goldfish on 'Different Strokes'. unrelated but 😂🤣
But Willy was an Orca not a Whale...
Where is the Allen key???
Bottom plate is to ge removed and has more tools
I love solving ALL kinds of puzzles. The other day I figured out how to put someone's dishwasher back together so it worked. Not the whole dishwasher, just some parts that go in it. Mind you, I don't own a dishwasher and don't typically use them. I felt pretty proud of myself even though it was not too big of a. deal.
Free willy came out in 1993.
The little bastard
The customer service provided by the puzzle creator is admirable! 😻🥳👍
You come up with ideas of what to try next that I never think of. That is one of the reason I watch all your videos.
Even though you messed up the puzzle and was missing a crucial piece, you still managed to solve it! That's talent my man! Hats off to you!
Picked up on Free Willy year of release as soon as you mentioned the movie. Fun to watch you mess it up not with the tiny pin, but with the magnet and needing the tiny pin to release it. I immediately said “oh no! You used the tiny pin to get that magnet out” as soon as the magnet was put back in.
It was one of the most interesting and nicely flowing puzzles I've ever seen on this channel to be honest! From the very first moments I wished to be able to try it out myself!
Let's goooo with that hitter Chris!! RamFam!!
I don't watch these but this captivated me the whole time i was watching it. The machining on that thing is awesome too.
Would like a follow up on this video after you get the puzzle repaired. I really want to know where that allen key is hiding and what other parts of the puzzle you missed.
I would have put the puzzle in the fridge as brass shrinks way more than steel. Had to do that a while back for an engineering project I worked on.
That would be cheating since the instructions said no external tools and the fridge in that respect would be an external tool...
Looks like billet milled aluminium case to me.
The idea of the fridge or freezer is not cheat but to unstick the piece that was stuck
@@BTW... okay if it's aluminum it would need to be heated then. That's not as easy.
@@andrewdacunha5695 That would be OK then...
Thumbs up for the tiny camera! 👍
Impressive. I could understand the puzzle layouts from Chris' description, but this is great for visual people.
Would better with a proper microscope cam and a gooseneck light.
Thank you so much, your content is always on point, and thoroughly enjoyable!
I love that you basically opened the video with stating your aren’t the best puzzle solver and then the video shows that mistakes happen and no one is perfect. The third party seller seems to have left out some info that contributed to the difficulty of the puzzle solver
I didn't think the lock combination was fair either. The hint leading to the answer for that was extremely vague. Also, a puzzle like this shouldn't have this many rules for things that will potentially break the puzzle when you should be allowed to experiment and try things out. If there's a hole in the bottom that could end up having a piece stuck in it that should have been addressed with something covering the hole or maybe the pin could have been made to be a different shape so it couldn't fit inside.
And people from other countries that may not know about the movie should be able to solve it
@@DocBree13 I'll argue that they can. There's no rule saying you're not allowed to bruteforce the lock it just takes time, and the method used in the video for breaking the code without the hint is also not impossible to figure out.
@@DocBree13 Also the movie is about an Orca not a Whale
Puzzling that you didn't notice the mircoscope cam has it's own light
lol
The microscope light isnt powerful enough
@@SadisticLoliagreed.
All 3 of your are incorrect. The light has a microscope, with a bright companion microscopeless light. They help each other solve puzzles. I'm trying to solve why I leave comments like this. Thanks for playing a small part in my quest
I believe you may be unhappy with life, or bored and spending too much time in the comment section, leading to a disgust with other people who are here enjoying their time while you feel stuck against your will. So you leave those comments to try to feel better about your own situation. Hope you solve your quest, cheers.
I don't know why your vids dropped off my feed, I've missed these wonderful vids. Love the reference to the LockpickingLawyer
Enjoyed the whole concept of this puzzle...and your efforts to solve it. It's a shame you didn't have all the information before your attempt.
I'm not sure about 1993, aside from the fact that there was a printing of Moby Dick that year. Ishmael, the main character, takes his name from the Biblical Ishmael who was cast away from his father Abraham. In the book, Ishmael is "cast away" as the only survivor after Moby Dick attacks the ship, killing his Abrahamic father figure, Captain Ahab. Moby Dick was Ahab's (the figurative Abraham) whale. Ishmael floats to rescue on a coffin- I don't know if that is at all relevant but the enclosed box of the puzzle made me think of that.
Free Willy was released in 1993
Free willy came OUT in 1993.
Didn't free willy come out in 93
July 16, 1993.
Some jerk locked Willy back up
Hey dude. Been watching your channel for a while now. Love your work. Wonder if you have a recommendation for someone like me who wants to start doing puzzles. Maybe some beginner puzzles to get me going. Keep doing what youre doin 🤘
Hanayama puzzles are a great place to start.
Impressive they put a 7 pin cylinder in that. Thanks for the video Al, have a blessed Easter
Happy Birthday, Chris!
I will not crucify you for anything except not using a coaster under your coffee cup on that beautiful wooden desk! Tsk! Tsk!
Happy Friday to you indeed! Your videos are fantastic, and the intros are inspiring too! I am not a movie person but I grew up in the 90s and Free Willy was a big movie around that time, I find it funny you said "kind of like Free Willy" at 5:39 as many have already said in the comments, a movie filmed in 1993.
Even though you didn't solve it, it was an excellent attempt.
Also, a fantastic first attempt for the builder, it's just a shame that the critical info wasn't available.
I enjoyed every second of the video though.
The close up camera is an amazing touch!
Use an air-gun or “dust-off” to blast it out. Air will push the trapped object out.
The whole start of the solve i was screaming twist the lock to unscrew. Then i thought just figure out the combo the hard way. Finally you did. After i figured you needed to pull the lock apart. 1993 whale was a coin that also referenced the Bermuda. that came from me thinking of the arrow. plus it showed up or down in my mind, atleast a way the pin should be moved. ill leave it at that so you have to wath the video to see what takes place, but I love the puzzle solves. Please have more epics to come.
These are my favorite types of puzzles. The lotus puzzle to date is my all time favorite
There are many things you can try to get the pin out. Heat or cool it because different metals expand differently. Or superglue on a toothpick and pull it out
Shattered the world record for saying "Rod" in a video
😂
What about the 1993. With out the hint or internet or being a huge Free Willie fan, how were you supposed to find that?
By brute forcing it the way he did it!
@@A.C.Lawrence brute and forcing in the same sentence ALWAYS equal a shitty puzzle design for me.
These puzzles are so cool, the time and effort that goes into making them are insane. But $650 for a puzzle you will solve once is insane!
This was actually enjoyable to watch since there's no beating and spinning the puzzle for 25 minutes. 👌
This should be required for every vid. No besting. No spinning unless it says you need to beat or spin the puzzle.
If you haven't sent the puzzle back yet, you could retrieve the brass rod by using a bent paper clip (to expose an end), dab the tip in some super glue (so it's ONLY on the tip, not the sides), hold it to the brass rod till it dries. This should be enough to pull it out, after which you can easily snap of them apart.
IMHO this is more likely to wick between the brass rod and the case, permanently gluing the rod in place.
@@bobsd387 Only if you put too much glue on, you only want the most miniscule amount.
1993 is the year Moby Dick was reprinted. Moby Dick being a whale having a character relating to the biblical Abraham.
It is also the year when movie Free Willy came out.
I was also thinking that whale in there looked like moby dick, not free Willy. So that makes sense now
No bro it’s when Free Willy came out!!
Moby Dick was published in 1851, it's reprinted almost daily so I doubt 1993 was related.
@@SkyOctopus1 the movie was released 1993, it was related
Hey Chris love the vids, you should do one explaining the meanings of some of your tattoos
Great video! And not your fault you weren't given a complete set of directions. I'd point fingers at who sold it on the auction site.
What Allen key??
Which tool was the Allen Key on?
I wonder if the original instructions included a mention for the lock solution, too. That's rough. It would have been an amazing solve if you had all the info!
Love your videos bro. Keep your head up❤❤❤
So where was the allen key?
Decoding the lock using that method was my first thought when i saw it but i seriously didnt expect to see it used here
Cool video, pleasant to watch and the narration was done in with a smooth, pleasant voice. Interesting puzzle. :) Cheers.
Disappointed there wasn't a 'blowhole' part like the old donut puzzle. Would have made more sense on this one
Oh wow that would have been good
On what part ?
I doubt the creator meant to lock to be bypassed but it’s easily done, I own that lock and you don’t need any tools to do it.
Guess he did technically bypass it a bit but the movie Free Willy came out in 1993 and that was the code 😂😮 guessing the name of the puzzle was a hint.
@bryannichelson2 A very vague one
would be interesting to see based on your previous puzzle solving solutions what are the key concepts principles for solving puzzles, how should you approach, what are the dos and donts.
You'd be better asking Mr Puzzle. Chris just tries random sh@t until something works. There is a bit of logic, but I'm amazed he hasn't got more methodical over the years he's been doing this. Chris clearly didn't solve this properly, because he never found the Allen key. I'm sure there's more to this puzzle, but by removing the screw with his fingers, he cut a corner.
That camera and light is simply mind blowing. I have something similar but not as as high tech. A magnifying glass.
You broke a rule right off the bat. The instructions said do not use outside tools.
Yes I agree the camera was a no no. That could give you decisive advantage looking at the fine workings of the puzzle. That being said I love this podcast.
I think he was trying to help us see better. A basic magnifying glass with a light might work best, I reckon
@@who6339Forget the microscope, that did nothing. Everything was easily visible. What he did do is immediately pull out his phone to try finding the lock combination. Granted, starting off with needing to know a dumb trivia question is a bad design but still an external tool nonetheless.
The lock should be meant to be picked, which it basically is since anyone who's had locks like this know how insecure they are but clearly that wasn't the primary intent. Some sort of hint, such as a clue to the first digit, should guide the person to looking closer at how it works.
Fun fact: your camera thingy is called a microscope.
That was pretty cool video! please do more of those!
The background meditation music for this video is the best music possible for this. Period
1993 as the first step was kinda BS....you needed outside knowledge or "external tools" to get that. Kudos for the brute force working out.
1993 I think because free Willy the movie was released that year.
The same year as movie titled Abraham ;)
You can blow it with the air compressor it should come out. Ive seen people getting two buckets getting apart that are stuck solid should work in this sitation too. Good luck
Thanks to the music you chose I almost fell asleep during the video :D Definitely only watched half and was just listening to the rest 😅
so I actually sold that puzzle on puzzle paradise to chris ramsay and I told them I needed an email to forward the designers instructions that were sent to me via email so they were told and never provided me an email to send it to. thank you.
Would seem they created the drama for video if ur telling the truth why else
Ok
naaaah because if you can include a printed set of hints, you could also easily have printed the email with those crucial instructions. Shouldn't have been shipped without a physical copy.
someone needs to make CHris a Minecraft puzzle to try and beat.
7:45 NICE shout out!
Dude! I love that you quoted lock picking lawyer
have not seen the entire vid yet but 1993 is the year Free Willy was released. Not sure if coincidence or actually intended.
Came here to say this, too! Also haven’t finished the video yet.
FYI, release the whale = free willy, free willy was released in 1993
What is "Free Willy"? Why the hell would every solver know that? Why would they be required to know it? They SHOULDN'T.
The idea of puzzles in general is for them to be solvable by as many people as possible, not by a specific cohort, born in a specific period of time, having knowledge about a specific subject.
Got stuck in “Abrahams Well” 😂
I think more puzzles should have cliff hangers, that end the journey.
It forces the person trying to solve the puzzle to truly follow the rules or get stuck…
Great improvisation btw ❤
I'd say more so 'pitfalls', rather than "cliff hangers". The former is a 'dead end' - final... the latter is 'suspense' that could have a recovery.
Then the true puzzle is re-assembly.
Excellent puzzle. Very well thought out.
To all the puzzle creators out there - Internet IS a tool. Stop making puzzles which require us to browse the Internet! Stop incorporating QR codes in your solutions!
Not everybody uses those technologies or should be expected to be familiar with them.
To me puzzles are something inherently tactile, physical. One of the best puzzles in the world require nothing else but good grasp of how friction, torsion, gravity etc. work.
By requiring solvers to have electricity, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth etc. you are making your puzzles less inclusive and less replayable (resolvable?).
Take those technologies out of the equation, and your puzzles are nothing but glorified paper weights.
There are puzzles out there that are thousands of years old and can still be solved. Mostly. Sure, some of the materials have deteriorated, but I'd rather not be able to solve a puzzle because the stuff it's made of has reached its half-life than due to a lack of Internet connectivity.
Fun video.
I'd like to see you take apart a 1911 hand gun. Unless you already have.
They are like a puzzle box. Many steps where position is key. Even including booby trap springs with an unloaded gun.
Agreed!!
LPL would be proud of the padlock opening matey, nicely done 🤘
Like under the circumstances with the missing information I think you did a wonderful job hey!!
Take slightly smaller rod then the brass pin and put a TINY drop of Crazy Glue GEL on the bottom of it then stick it to the bottom of the brass pin, let dry and pull pin out and clean off the glue, the insta cure is the best and you must only use the most tiny amount so it does not bleed past the pin into the hole but this is an easy fix, you can also use the 3M double sided tape, i forget the name of it but it is able to adhere to things even very small, this might be a better way then glue if you are nervous using glue
Great fun to watch, a real shame you were not given the full infomation from the start, and the year release of Free Willy, yep that needs changing, I would have done the same as you, as you are not forcing the lock, just light pressure is enought to unlock them, but its a great puzzle, really gets you thinking A+++++
Woah the tiny camera id a nice addition. A whole new perspective
That was a tough one. Love the LPL reference
As soon as he said “Free Willy”, it seemed that he had a great clue - released in 1993, of course…