Guy moves 19000 lb block by hand - no power tools, stands it like stonhenge. . .

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: FP
How does he get the horizontal piece to sit on top of the vertical pillars?

Same as he raised it horizontally. Just raise it higher then the vertical blocks but keep it horizontal. Then on either side do the standup thing, then lower the horizontal one onto them.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: FP
How does he get the horizontal piece to sit on top of the vertical pillars?


EDIT: n/m figured it out. My other question is how does he get the small rock under the huge pillar to begin with. Wouldn't you have to lift the pillar a bit?

I was also a bit confused when he mentioned the rock thing. They showed it up close, but a little too up close. It was explained too quickly... and it was a key part of how he did it.

 

[elmer92413]

I'm kind of curious what progress he's made since this was shot

 

[FP]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: FP
How does he get the horizontal piece to sit on top of the vertical pillars?

Same as he raised it horizontally. Just raise it higher then the vertical blocks but keep it horizontal. Then on either side do the standup thing, then lower the horizontal one onto them.

I doubt that. The horizontal pillar would come crashing down onto the vertical ones. No way a person could slowly lower it down.

I think what he did was build the two vertical pillars, then raise a horizontal pillar between the two vertical pillars like (I = vertical | = horizontal)...

I | I

Then once the horizontal one was higher than the vertical ones put the small rock under the horizontal one and swivel it on top of the vertical ones like he did at the beginning of the video.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: rivan

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: arcenite
Well now we know how the pyramids were built

there are good reasons to believe that parts were cast

really?

yep, one of the teachers at my school (actually my advisor) studied the pyramids.

there are some unusual material structures, like silica micro/nanospheres, that simply aren't found naturally, in addition to some other material signatures. also, many of the pieces simply fit *too* well together to be carved.

it's a pretty interesting theory

 

[videogames101]

The lighting is all wrong.

 

[krylon]

Originally posted by: videogames101
The lighting is all wrong.

That's what she said

 

[videogames101]

Originally posted by: krylon

Originally posted by: videogames101
The lighting is all wrong.

That's what she said

I can't tell if this wins or fails...

 

[lxskllr]

That's one hell of a hobby he's got. It's a lot of damned work, without much payoff.

 

[JDub02]

pretty darn creative.

 

[episodic]

Originally posted by: lxskllr
That's one hell of a hobby he's got. It's a lot of damned work, without much payoff.

Can you imagine archeologists there in 1000 years going WTF?

 

[ballmode]

im bored with this topic, im going to another one

 

[lifeobry]

that was pretty neat.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Takes someone with common sense to figure these things out. ex-construction worker, not a scientist.

 

[brxndxn]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Takes someone with common sense to figure these things out. ex-construction worker, not a scientist.

sooo true...

 

[Red Squirrel]

Wow that's awesome.

It's actually very simple when you get down to it. Just have to actually think of these techniques and learn to balance these items the right way. It's like when using a dolly, you can easily move a 500 pound desk or a full file cabinet with nearly no effort.

 

[TheVrolok]

Pretty neat.

 

[SonicIce]

Stonehenge Reloaded!

 

[Gothgar]

I saw that on TV

 

[coldmeat]

I didn't know the stones in stonehenge were partly underground. That kind of makes it less impressive.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: FP

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: FP
How does he get the horizontal piece to sit on top of the vertical pillars?

Same as he raised it horizontally. Just raise it higher then the vertical blocks but keep it horizontal. Then on either side do the standup thing, then lower the horizontal one onto them.

I doubt that. The horizontal pillar would come crashing down onto the vertical ones. No way a person could slowly lower it down.

I think what he did was build the two vertical pillars, then raise a horizontal pillar between the two vertical pillars like (I = vertical | = horizontal)...

I | I

Then once the horizontal one was higher than the vertical ones put the small rock under the horizontal one and swivel it on top of the vertical ones like he did at the beginning of the video.

That's what I figured. I suppose he could've set the 2 supports around the one raised one and then just rock it and remove the plans one by one.

 

[Corbett]

Welcome to 1999

 

[her209]

That looks fake.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: FP

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: FP
How does he get the horizontal piece to sit on top of the vertical pillars?

Same as he raised it horizontally. Just raise it higher then the vertical blocks but keep it horizontal. Then on either side do the standup thing, then lower the horizontal one onto them.

I doubt that. The horizontal pillar would come crashing down onto the vertical ones. No way a person could slowly lower it down.

I think what he did was build the two vertical pillars, then raise a horizontal pillar between the two vertical pillars like (I = vertical | = horizontal)...

I | I

Then once the horizontal one was higher than the vertical ones put the small rock under the horizontal one and swivel it on top of the vertical ones like he did at the beginning of the video.

That's what I figured. I suppose he could've set the 2 supports around the one raised one and then just rock it and remove the plans one by one.

Definitely divide and conquer strategy. He learned he can move a block horizontally as well as vertically simply jack up a block, build a platform under it at that point and then use the 'two stone' method to get it over on top of the others.

remove the platform and you have a structure.

IMHO we don't need to think so deep about these kinds of things as we know the pulley, machinery, etc. Modern marvels have made our brains a bit mushy.

 

[xboxist]

Wally Wallington