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 Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:35 pm
Meri and Alex: you do not need Admin permission. Just link gaia.
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:37 pm
Kari: I knew it. *proud* 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:38 pm
You can use as much doweling as you want? Okay, how about this? Put three long dowels together, glue them, and wrap them around with the rope, both for a pretty spiral effect and some extra stability. Do this with nine dowels so you have three sets of three. With me so far? You should have three fat little sticks wrapped in rope.
Then, cross them together like a teepee (tipi? sp?) with plenty of clearance at the top. Secure them at the join-spot with rope, and make sure they're evenly distributed so they're sturdy. Then make a little basket by wrapping more rope, tightly woven, around the top part above the crossing-point, and you should be able to put the eggs in there. *nod*
*clinks 2 cents into the pot*
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:38 pm
Kari: Yay! Thank you~ ^^
Sunny: ...the paints? ^^; You mean the three legs?
Well, they specified "three legs," right? Not "the only thing touching the ground can be three single 1/8th inch dowels."
So make the legs out of bundles of 1/8th inch dowels, tied together at regular intervals with rope that goes around a few times and is secured with slatherings of glue so that it doesn't slip/slide. Three bundles of dowels, placed far enough apart at the base and close together at the top, should be stable enough, especially if you put struts in between the dowel-bundles in between. They won't touch the ground so they don't count as feet, but they will make the structure more stable because the feet won't slide around on the ground...they'll be held in place.
If you make it all very neatly (no rope ends sticking out, no glue running down the dowels) it should look clean and geometric and organized. ^^ Ask if you can use paint to pretty things up. It doesn't add anything structurally so perhaps the teachers will allow it.
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:40 pm
and he told us that if we do that we get a c no tripodsand it has to be supported by the 3 legs no outside thing holding it up.
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:41 pm
No tripods? How on earth can you make a three-legged structure that isn't a tripod?
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:42 pm
Sunny: He told you that if you do what you get a C? And if the thing had three legs, it's a tripod. *laugh* There's no way around it. Did he mean no "teepee" shapes?
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:43 pm
...Jedi mind bond is striking again. *laughs at the last two sets of Meri-Kimi posts*
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:43 pm
sailornorthstar It has to be astitcly pleasing and abvice is allowed
I would say if you had the time, and the money for shipping.
you could send it off to me, and I could paint it.
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:46 pm
*thinks Meri and Kimi are mind-linked* xd
my roomate and i are.....its scary LOL
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:48 pm
*pounds desk* xd I love it when that happens!
Person: What color is this?
Kimini: That is the color blue.
Meriko: The color of that is blue.
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:50 pm
the teepee is what he meand and guys It is ok I now have an ideah that will work.
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:51 pm
xd my roome and i do that twin thing.. we say the same thing at the sametime..
or, we'll both be silent, and some of will say something, like in the middle of thought, and we will know what we are talking about..
example
*silence for a while*
me: i cant believe that happend
her: me too!
(even though i am referring to something that happend days ago)
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:54 pm
Sunny: If tee-pee shapes are not allowed, there are still ways to make it more stable than with just three sticks on the ground. You can still bundle the dowels to make three fat legs instead of three skinny legs (right?) and/or you can make the bottom of the feet wider (like a stick-in-a-brick instead of just a stick) by cutting up dowels into shorter pieces and building bases for the feet.
Horizontal struts (or diagonal struts, actually) are your friend. Go to the library and check out some books on basic architectural science or something. X3 Or see if someone can hook you up with some engineers. *hee*
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:57 pm
yeah that was what I was thinking also diagonal bundels. Fun
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