How Is This Possible? - Neatorama

No part of this block was broken off and then reattached. So how did Steve Ramsey drive a nail through the middle of it? Leave your guess in the comments, and then watch the video at the link to see him do it.

Video Link -via Boing Boing

If I where to guess, I would think he boiled one end then bent it, nailed the nail, then bent it back in place after boiling it again. (putting wood in hot water makes it rather soft.)

Or its not real and the nail is cut in 3 parts then glued into place.

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Nice trick!

(...haven't heard that song in a looooooong, long time. Now days that song would be considered fascist...I miss the old days).

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I think it is a three part nail. He probably put it in one piece at a time.

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Boiled & squeezed with a clamp would be my guess!

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I think it's an optical illusion - the nail enters at the rear, and then is hammered diagonally towards the front. After, maybe needed to bend the head of the nail a little bit to make it "work" for the picture.

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steamed and clamped for sure.

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Seen it before, he softens the end where the head goes through, smushes it with a clamp, hammers the nail through and reforms the end.

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It's diagonal. The head of the nail is not between the legs, but behind them.

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Looks like an optical illusion. But if it looked like an optical illusion, it wouldn't be an optcial illusion, would it?

I just hurt myself.

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Boiled, squeezed, and clamped while wearing a black shirt, jeans, and a black watch.

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I thought this would be an optical illusion of some sort & I was really surprised with how it was done. I'd love to try it myself, but I'd probably loose a finger or two just cutting the slots in the wood.

Just out of interest... does anyone know whether you can do it with any type of wood, or is it only a specific type?

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Lol Jessss

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drive the nail into a tree and then let the tree grow for x amount of time until the nail is absorbed into it. then cut the piece of wood with the nail in it out and shape your sculpture.

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Sharyn, use a soft wood. Prolly pine I should think. I think my brother in law might get one of these for Christmas.

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