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#21
08-01-2005, 04:22 AM
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Re: Harry Eng Bottles
I put the bulb in the freezer and the bottle in the oven for a while. I think the bulb was closer to going in but it was hard to tell how much the temperature change helped. The bottle had a small crack after I took it out of the oven, and the crack grew as I tried to work the bulb in, until it finally broke. It would have been cool too had I got it in there. I'm sure I have a loose lamp socket around here, and I would have lit the bulb and had the bottle supported by the bulb, which would be hanging on the power cord.
Did you guys see the Rubiks cube in a bottle? Click on the Impossible Objects link to see more of these by other people. That's probably pretty easy to do for some of the larger neck bottles, though very time consuming. 
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#22
11-13-2006, 03:58 AM
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Re: Harry Eng Bottles
I think he detached the bottoms of the bottles and then starting from the bottom, stuffed the objects inside and then reattached the bottoms. Voila.
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#23
11-13-2006, 04:20 AM
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I'm pretty sure it would be really easy with a little glass blowing history to be able to blow your own bulb inside of the bottle itself. If not by glass blowing at least by setting up a mold of some sort and doing it that way.
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#24
11-13-2006, 04:46 AM
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  Dammit. I was really close. The bulb survived but now I don't have any more bottles. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] This is one of the best replies on this forum. Ever.
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#26
11-13-2006, 02:42 PM
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I'm pretty sure it would be really easy with a little glass blowing history to be able to blow your own bulb inside of the bottle itself. If not by glass blowing at least by setting up a mold of some sort and doing it that way. [/ QUOTE ] Something tells me you've never actually seen glass blown.
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#27
11-13-2006, 05:44 PM
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[ QUOTE ]
I think he detached the bottoms of the bottles and then starting from the bottom, stuffed the objects inside and then reattached the bottoms. Voila. [/ QUOTE ] From Puzzlemuseum.org "One evening Harry was in a London hotel and decided to visit the Puzzle Museum the next morning. When he and his friends had finished their bottle of wine, he took the bottle up to his room. He then filled it with a book of matches, menu, and the pack of cards as a gift for us. This is a particular favorite as he assured us that the only tools he had were a pencil and rubber bands"  WTF rubber bands and a pencil?
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#28
11-13-2006, 05:49 PM
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Re: Harry Eng Bottles
The trick to these is not to put the cards into the bottle, but to put the bottle around the cards.
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#29
11-15-2006, 06:36 PM
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Re: Harry Eng Bottles
I figured this was worth a bump cause its damn cool and I couldnt find directions anywhere on the web about how to make these...anyone found anything useful?
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#30
11-15-2006, 07:31 PM
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Re: Harry Eng Bottles
This was Harry's favorite. Made in 1991. The label records how it was made:
"Find a piece of wood from the High Chaparral (Manginita wood). Drill Deck. Put case in bottle. Put cards in case. Put rope through deck. Tie knot. Put nut, bolt, and lock parts into bottle. Hold bolt with a magnet - screw nut on with dental floss. Assemble and lock padlock. Finally sign the pack of cards".  Yet, I still don't get it... only explanation is blowing the glass around these objects somehow and then altering them once they are inside.
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