Assembly Instructions from Hell - Neatorama

This amusing diagram is floating through the Internet this weekend. Do you think that you could complete the assembly process? Which tools will you need?

via Joe Carter

Oh, a sonic screwdriver would probably do it all very nicely.

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Thinking some sort of self adjusting dimentional transmodifier with kung-fu comfort grip would be required

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Who knew M.C. Escher made assembly instructions? Too cool!

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Looks simple enough to me, what's the problem?

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I had this on a tee shirt in the early 80's. It's older than that though.

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The "trichometric indicator support" in the 60's or 70's was called a "three-pronged fliget".

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It's possible to turn a sphere inside out without any holes, so this is easy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVVfs4zKrgk

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I was able to find this in Model Engineer Magazine from 1986 but it is older than that as I had that tee before 1984.

The nut is called a Penrose hexigon named after the mathematician Roger Penrose in the 1950s. The bracket is also by Penrose. The earliest reference of the support I could find was from the June 1964 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact but I have a feeling it is older than that.

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Just use duct tape formed into a Mobius strip.

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a simple Infinite Improbability Drive would do!

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@earl I had known it in the 70s as the "three pronged blivet." :)

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This is where my trusty Metric crescent wrench would come in handy!

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This is the girdle spring from the famous turbo-encabulator.

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All those parts can be made out of wire exactly as they are drawn. Substitute a piece of wire for each line in the drawing. I could put it together and I would need a pliers, wire, and a wire cutter.

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A calculator with a "divide by zero" button.

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You only need a left-handed monkey wrench to put this together.

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The only tool I would need is a big effing hammer.

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I hate the fourth dimension, it's so confusing. Three dimensions are enough

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i always knew the 3 pronged thing as a poiuyt. im pretty sure that name for it came out of MAD magazine.

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Hey, this is the flux-capacitor securing bracket. You need a left-handed monkey wrench and conflookter valve apparatus to install it. It is also essential that the sticky side of the paint is applied to the appropriate surfaces.

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power of imagination

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