Good quality puzzles mean that the image on the pieces aren't grainy, and won't peel off the tops of the pieces. The cardboard of the pieces should be durable enough not to rip at the sides.

The company claims it uses thicker cardboard than most puzzles, sifts the puzzle pieces to remove “puzzle dust,” and includes velcro and string-tie bags to seal everything back up. The Magic ...

Whether made of cardboard or sculpted out of wood ... “There is supposed to be a dopamine hit every time you put puzzle pieces together. So assembling a puzzle is just a constant dose of ...

To find the grain on a cardboard or wooden jigsaw puzzle piece, tilt your head and look at the pieces at an angle. The “itty-bitty straight lines or bumps” you see are the grain, Jill says.

A 30" x 22" puzzle board can comfortably fit most 1000 piece puzzles, though daring puzzlers who tackle more than 1500 or 2000 pieces at a time may need a board closer to 35 inches long.

A die-cutting machine applies up to 1,100 tons of pressure on each puzzle.Credit...Roderick Aichinger for The New York Times Once the image is pasted onto cardboard and the pieces are designed ...

The perfectly-aligned cardboard pieces on each work of Sanjay ... to bring a seamless picture in the final work. The jigsaw puzzle, when pieced together, gives the impression of a photo-finished ...