On a recent trip to Mexico I saw some neat puzzle boxes. They were seemingly simlar to this one in terms of the number of cuts and functionality:
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somebody talk me through the process of making this? I don't understand how the first piece was cut out (the piece at the far right of the bottom picture), as the cut doesn't appear to go all the way through to the bottom of the box. Ditto the piece on the far left. I'm assuming that all 4 pieces were made from a single piece of wood and that they didn't just saw the bottom off, make the cuts, and glue it back on ( I don't see any marks) but maybe I'm wrong.Thanks, Shawn