Puzzle Chat
The Puzzle Chat podcast is your all-access pass to the thrilling world of puzzles with Jeff and Denice for Puzzle Month (All of January) and beyond. From fun challenges to fascinating stories, we’ve got puzzles to play, puzzle hacks to learn, and plenty of Puzzle Day and Puzzle Month fun. Learn more about the puzzle culture! What is Puzzle Month? This special month was started as an extension of Puzzle Day, which is celebrated annually on January 29th. Both Puzzle Day and Puzzle Month were founded by Jodi Jill, a professional puzzle maker and lifelong puzzle enthusiast. Her love for puzzles inspired her to share the joy of puzzling with people around the world.
For over 30 years, Puzzle Day has been a day to honor puzzles of all kinds, and Puzzle Month takes it a step further - encouraging puzzle fans to enjoy puzzles for the entire month of January! Denice and Jeff want to share that love of puzzles with the world!
Puzzle Chat
Jigsaw Puzzle Box Top Struggle: How to Prop Properly
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
The jigsaw puzzle box top is your only map to victory yet it usually ends up sliding flat onto the table or falling onto the floor. It seems like a small annoyance but constant adjusting breaks your flow and hurts your neck. In this episode of Puzzle Chat we finally fix the mechanics of where to put the lid.
- Why propping the box against a lamp or water glass is a recipe for disaster.
- DIY solutions to keep the image vertical and eye level using things you already own.
- A look at dedicated box stands and whether they are worth the investment.
- How proper placement of the reference image drastically increases your solving speed.
Why Listen: Stop wasting energy picking the box up off the floor. Tune in to find a permanent solution that keeps your hands free and your eyes focused on the pieces.