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Harry Eng – Master Bottle Filler

by simonsquiff on 6/7/14, 1:05 PM with 48 comments

• by simonsquiff on 6/7/14, 2:17 PM

  If you want to know more about Harry Eng, the creator of these, there is a fascinating post here http://www.everything2.com/title/Harry+Eng

  Incredible man.

• by polemic on 6/7/14, 8:14 PM

  I suspect the "plank" is actually a wood veneer glued over a set of blocks. The veneers are extremely flexible (you could roll them up) and would look like this once carefully assembled. A side view of the 'plank' would be interesting.

• by samirmenon on 6/7/14, 2:02 PM

  Wow, this makes me so curious... how does he do it?

• by rMBP on 6/7/14, 2:40 PM

  > Our venerable curator has gone nearly blind with a magnifying glass but has failed to find any sign of breaks or glue in this plank.

  So the bottom was cut open and sealed by heat then.

• by tritium on 6/8/14, 1:06 PM

  So wait. Where's his book? The one with the numbers. Did he finish it? Did any copies ever get printed?