Impossible Bottles

http://www.impossibottle.co.uk/impossible%20bottle%20sales.html

by eru • 17 years ago

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jazzychad• 17 years ago

Whoa, these are possibly cooler than my Klein Bottle hat: http://www.kleinbottle.com/klein_bottle_hats.htm

Any idea how these are done? It's very secretive on the site.

gjm11• 17 years ago

One obvious method would be to make the bottle in two halves and join them together with the contents in place. Either split it down the middle or -- this might be easier to do without it being noticeable and without damaging the contents when joining the pieces - make everything apart from the bottom of the bottle in one piece and attach that at the end.

Whether that's actually what they do, I don't know.

ars2• 17 years ago

Possible way, don't know if that's what they really do:

Heat the glass till it's soft like taffy, and put the item in the bottle.

The put the bottle in a mold, and press the glass back into shape, and let it cool.

dangoldin• 17 years ago

Klein Bottle mugs are pretty cool too:

http://www.kleinbottle.com/drinking_mug_klein_bottle.htm

_bfhp• 17 years ago

I've heard about getting an egg into a bottle using a lit match inside the bottle (to mess with the pressure), but this is ridiculous... I wonder if that's how he does it.

yumraj• 17 years ago

I would assume that one trick is to dismantle an object and slowly assemble it inside the bottle. However that won't work with things like baseball where I guess the lit match trick might work.

DarkShikari• 17 years ago

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Impossible-Bottle

diN0bot• 17 years ago

word. so after rebuilding the card box and inserting the cards one by one, the plastic cover is reattached. pretty neat.

Devilboy• 17 years ago

How would you do a golf ball though?

ars2• 17 years ago

Or the padlock.

microcentury• 17 years ago

"Rubik's Cube 1. Disassemble Rubik's Cube into all 27 parts. 2. Reassemble inside bottle."

Brilliant :-)

limplipliberal• 17 years ago

I'm seeing some clever answers here.

amouat• 17 years ago

I guess the ping pong balls are just squeezed in, then re-inflated using boiling water (which will cause the air inside to expand).

jonshea• 17 years ago

The bottle with the corkscrew on the inside is my favorite. My best guess is that the corkscrew handle, without the screw, was hung inside by threads. The cork-with-screw was then pressed into place, probably with some glue on the end of the screw. The handle could then be pulled onto the screw with the threads, and the threads pulled out of the bottle.

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