How do they do that? put large things into little things

element

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tweezers and hemostats to assemble the rubix cube & tie the knots inside, or just compress the knots like he does with the tennis balls and baseballs with a tool similar to what is used to compress piston rings when putting a piston into a cylinder.

that's my best guess anyway.
 

Calin

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I saw things built into bottles - but those "arrow in a coin" defy my understanding...
I find it great

Calin
 

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"Harry invented a special vice that could be disassembled, put into bottles, flatten bent coins, disassembled and removed. Just in case anyone has been wondering how these bottles are made, this little secret should eliminate those crazy ideas like blowing the glass bottle around the stuff or cutting the bottle - which could never be done without leaving obvious signs. Everything goes through the neck and that's the truth."

haha
 

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Originally posted by: Calin
I saw things built into bottles - but those "arrow in a coin" defy my understanding...
I find it great

Calin

It's killing me.... I know I've seen how to do it at some point in the past, but I just can't recall
(grr!)
All I can remember is it's something most people wouldn't think of... and pretty simple.
I keep thinking that if you boil the wood, it becomes soft and plyable, but I'm not sure that's how it's done.
 

Jzero

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Originally posted by: DrPizza
All I can remember is it's something most people wouldn't think of... and pretty simple.
I keep thinking that if you boil the wood, it becomes soft and plyable, but I'm not sure that's how it's done.

I was thinking you just carve both parts out of a single block of wood....
 

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Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: Calin
I saw things built into bottles - but those "arrow in a coin" defy my understanding...
I find it great

Calin

It's killing me.... I know I've seen how to do it at some point in the past, but I just can't recall
(grr!)
All I can remember is it's something most people wouldn't think of... and pretty simple.
I keep thinking that if you boil the wood, it becomes soft and plyable, but I'm not sure that's how it's done.
How did they do the ring through the coin? Assuming both are solid pieces, how is that possible? I doubt the coin is wooden.

http://www.johnrausch.com/PuzzleWorld/puz/img/ring_through_coin_1.jpg