A standard piece of wood (one that can be found at just about any wood store), is cut with two straight cuts. After being cut, the wood will fit perfectly through three holes: circle, square, and triangle. What piece of wood was used, and how was it cut?

(In reply to my guess by Happy)

Well, if the answer to my request for more informationis that the "profile" approach is what Half-Mad meant, then that is basically my solution as well, except that the first cut is unnecessay.

BTW a cylindrical piece of wood is usually called a dowel.

Posted by TomM on 2002-05-30 15:38:31