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B[x] · Last edited by B[x] on Sat Apr 23, 2005 7:45 pm; edited 3 times in total

so yeah, i came across a website that caught my interest (and also has some funny stuff under the other sections at the top). the reason why it caught my interest is because i'm majoring in civil engineering and have always loved to build things with my hands as well as design structures. when i first saw that page, my roommate said what was posted there was impossible but without hesitating, i said, "i'm doing it." so, i went into my closet, took down all my laundry money, and went to work (thankfully it was a rainy day and nothing much else was going on). anyway, here's what i've created so far (remember, no glue or adhesives were used at any time).

First Attempt
This expanded to This - i had to use my chapstick to add more weight because i ran out of quarters.
Random
Four Quarter Spiral - should have taken a 3/4 top view picture but oh well.
This expanded to This expanded to This.
More Random
Two Quarter Spiral made Taller
Random Part III - this is a lot harder than it looks.

my roommate is going home next weekend and he said he'd bring back a huge sack of pennies so i'm going to have a field day when he does. i'll be updating this with bigger and better pictures when i do.

pennies:
Side View of This - the wall that arcs out and back in is only supported at the ends.
Double Above with a 3/4 Top View - i have a nice top view shot but for some reason imageshack won't let me upload it, it's weird.
Just Cool
Key - this key was sitting in Liquid Nitrogen for about 10 minutes earlier that day. i had a physics lab where the teacher handed each group a cup of liquid nitrogen and said, "do the lab and if you have any of it leftover, have fun." unfortunately, as you can see the key did not break when thrown at the ground. however, other things did including a rubber grip taken from a pencil.

the Bridge:
it Starts and Continues and Meets and Finishes - knocking it down was one of the most satisfying things. ever.
Stacking for counting - total came to $24.75 (i found two more pennies under my desk a couple days later). the span on this bridge is a bit more than 8 pennies long. out of the 2475 pennies in the structure, only 8 are touching the desk. thank God for wireless mice and keyboards - the bridge took a little over a week of building (20 minutes here, 30 minutes there) and you couldn't easily type with the pennies in the way.

Will · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 2:19 pm Post subject:

That's funky Smile

Reminds me of the stupid things my grand mother used to do.....and GIVE US...like a castle with beer bottle caps...or some kind of bowling ball made of aluminium cigarettes wrappers.lol

And btw , dont forget to wash your hands Shocked

Jerkazoid · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 2:31 pm Post subject:

very cool

there is a famous artist who does works with natural elements impressive like this only on a much bigger scale, balancing huge boulders, logs, icicles into making large abstract patterns/compositions

Andy Goldsworthy (his british i think) he has seveeral books

heres the one with stone: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0810938472/qid=1112480942/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/002-9522128-6501614

ATOMICMAN · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 2:47 pm Post subject:

coolest... thing... evah... Shocked

Captain Crunch · Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 3234 0.00 Silvarrr

theres some hardcore physics shit involved in this stuff...but lets not ruin fun with science Very Happy

anyway, this reminds me of dominos and the domino stack/line things

Will · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 3:04 pm Post subject:

I actually might try it..I have a drawer full of pennies O_O and its raining outside O_O......lets go Razz

I'll post my progress later

B[x] · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 4:52 pm Post subject:

Pikkon85 · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:41 pm Post subject:

Thats awsoem how long did it take to make those things? Was thier a learning curve lol, cause i got a big container of pennies also and when i get bored i might give it a try.

GODZ! · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:47 pm Post subject:

that is pretty intreaging

B[x] · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:51 pm Post subject:

B[x] · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:22 pm Post subject:

added one quarter thing and a crapton of pennies. oh, and a key.

xX_marie_Xx · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:32 pm Post subject:

lol. i love you david but youve got WAY too much time on your hands Razz

btw those rock!

jdb-lld · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject:

pretty cool david. in physical science class, a fellow student and myself are building a pasta bridge out of well... pasta... lol, it's pretty cool, we are using ziti, angel hair, lasanga, etc. It's taking forever, but it;s very fun. Razz

Captain Crunch · Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 3234 0.00 Silvarrr

i did some stuff with liquid nitrogen once

we froze a flower. and threw it at the wall. and it blew up all over Very Happy

i almost froze my finger too tho

DDRFreak · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:40 am Post subject:

2 words: ZOOM OUT!!!
makes my head hurt looking at those pictures...very cool tho Wink