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Die Usage   Die Rotation   Graphic Alignment

Die Usage Springbok used their dies again and again over a period of years to cut many different puzzles. A given puzzle was often manufactured with a variety of different cuts. Each of a puzzle's cuts was often shared with a variety of other puzzles. 3 Different Cuts for the Same Puzzle (even more exist) (C911 Wild Flowers) A Sampling of Puzzles Sharing the First Cut Above (many more exist) (C916 Words, Words, Words, C945 The Seven Deadly Sins, GB1 Helicopters)

Die Rotation Die rotation may vary, even when puzzles share the same cut. This has to do with the different possible ways a puzzle die could be mounted in a die cutting machine, and also with the shape of the puzzle.

Puzzle Shape	Possible Die Rotations
Circular Octagonal Rectangular Square Irregular Border	0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees 0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees 0 or 180 degrees 0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees None (all match)

Example of a 90 Degree Die Rotation (Two copies of PZL6042 Portrait of Chigo Daishi)

Graphic Alignment Graphic alignment may vary slightly, even when puzzles share the same cut and die rotation. Example of Poor Graphic Alignment (Three copies of PZL5005 Illinois)

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