This puzzle was formerly sold by Crafty Puzzles and is retained as a free reference item. It is no longer available to purchase from this website.
Try a hint before revealing the answer
Open one hint at a time to preserve some of the challenge.
Hint 1
Pair the matching components shown in the key before assembly.
Hint 2
Create two curved half-shells around the central slotted pieces.
Hint 3
The last long pieces slide through the middle and lock the barrel.
Written assembly guide
- Sort the pieces into the matching pairs A–G shown at the top of the diagram.
- Fit the central slotted pieces together to create the rectangular inner core.
- Place the curved A and B pairs around the core to form the barrel sides.
- Slide the remaining long pairs through the horizontal and vertical channels.
- Centre every piece so the ends form an even barrel shape.
Use the preserved diagram or video alongside these steps for exact orientation. The written guide is an original summary prepared for this archive.
Complete Barrel solution
The original Crafty Puzzles instruction diagram is preserved below.
Reveal the Barrel solution diagram
Select the diagram to open a full-screen zoomable view. The original file is also available for printing.
Source and verification
- Archive source
- Original Crafty Puzzles archive material
- Information checked
- 13 June 2026
- Verification status
- Archive-preserved; not independently physically tested
- Page status
- Original Crafty Puzzles URL preserved
