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- Salviati, on 10/12/2007, -3/+86Yes, but I thought that the more important aspect of the article was design of his hoists. It is very elegant in the engineering sense: Simple design, Effective, and Easy interpretation. It certainly deserves credit for its technology.
I don't really see where it fits into any of the 'Video' sections, except maybe educational. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+76Let's hope he tries a pyramid next...
- Livewire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+65and I don't think time was a problem for the people behind Stonehenge.
- tratten, on 10/12/2007, -2/+60Maybe this Wally Wallington is an alien...
- knightblade2oo4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+57wow, that's pretty genious... I can't believe he moved that barn/shed 300ft by himself using rocks and wood.
- falcon707, on 10/12/2007, -0/+54In 2000 years some guy will discover Wally's stones and everyone will be trying to figure out how he did it...
- NeoTechni, on 10/12/2007, -1/+52I was just going to say, this will really piss off those idiots who thought humans weren't smart enough to have built the pyramids without help from aliens
- rekrapt, on 10/12/2007, -5/+49"i can do that"
Don't digg him down... he's right. That's the beauty of this: the simplicity. He could do it if he set his mind to it... any of us could. - Hermitwise, on 10/12/2007, -0/+42Beautiful simplicity, it really shows how good at problem solving humans are.
- LaueOfficer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+35I would like to see a video of how he plans to do the horizontal part of the arch, unless he plans to use the alternating lever plan all the way to 11 feet high...
- iggee85, on 10/12/2007, -1/+36LOL
"Hey can I move your barn?"
It was crazy watching him move that barn by himself. - CanceledCzech, on 10/12/2007, -2/+35Yeah, there may be a video section, but i think we should just let this one slip, it is pretty awesome. Dugg.
- zorlok, on 10/12/2007, -0/+31nope, they are sunk into chalk foundations (this guy used sand, but same diff)
- vednode, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32I wish my grandpa would move gigantic concrete blocks the weight of two bulldozers into a sand-pit water. :(
- Salviati, on 10/12/2007, -1/+30Direct Link to Wally Wallington's Page (Most images/videos only work in IE):
http://www.theforgottentechnology.com/ - consonance, on 10/12/2007, -1/+30+Digg for the name "Wally Wallington"
- dbr_onix, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31To quote Red Dwarf : "They had whips.. Really big whips"
- Ben - Hermitwise, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28Well that would be easy, you just do that jack system thing he did, then use the rotating system to put it over the top of the two post stones.
- jls777, on 10/12/2007, -4/+32Almost like an EASY button!
- raptordrew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23This is simply amazing - I can see it as possibly being the way the original Stonehenge was built, but even if it wasn't, that's a smart way!
- rekrapt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23You're just pissed because you now know it wasn't a bunch of bug-eyed aliens.
- shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20@tratten
yea just wait untill he reaches escape velocity with three stones and 50 2x4s - Aninhumer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21Am I the only one who thinks that wooden track thing was even more impressive than the huge block?
- Salviati, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19The Stonehenge blocks are partially buried. In fact, several of the ones that weren't buried far enough have fallen over. He could have lifted the blocks as high as he wanted, but he chose the level based on the original Stonehenge.
- OnoTadaki, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19You've got a few flaws with your logic. Firstly, he used planks to prop up the stones, but he could have just as easily used stone blocks instead, which would hold the weight of the real stonehenge. Also, the engraving and finishing could easily have been done after the block was set.
- L0t3k, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18It's a shame the guy's site is down.
Yahoo needs to take this idea for free...
When a site goes down due to exceeded bandwidth, throw up a page for the owner that allows charitable people to fork over $10 for additional bandwidth.
Right now we all want to see his site, and some of us would even pay a few bucks so a bunch of people could view it. This way he doesn't have to have his site down, people get to view the content, the cost gets spread out and Yahoo still gets paid.
It's like a win-win hat trick. - usbserial, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17If thats the case, I believe he would just have to wedge the block a little higher up so then when it tips off it stands up on just the ground. He'd then have to have something there to prevent it from tumbling over.
If 1 guy can do all this by himself, I'd imagine stone henge would be too terribly difficult with the manpower of an entire country, or even a settlement. - ViktorVaughn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17With a big enough lever.
- EzraSchwartz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17That's awesome, but how does he get the little stone under the huge rock to pivot on? Did I miss that part?
- Namarrgon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Nah, that's easy too. Just dig away the ground under one end of the block, let it pivot into the hole using the edge of the hole as the first fulcrum, then slip a stone/whatever under the raised end as your second fulcrum. Dig away the ground under the other end, rinse, repeat.
- sishgupta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16I love seeing daily planet segments on digg.
Dugg because its daily planet.
Dugg because the guy is brilliant - allenu, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19What do you mean "if"?
- DDoSAttack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Doesn't matter if it is above or below ground level. The same principle would apply. If he had to set it on top of the ground he would just have to build the pivot point higher.
Edit: Damn in the time it took to write that 4 people replied - 57Gibby, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15This reminds me of archimedes . . . "Give me a place to stand and I will move the world."
- Daniel591992, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15That guy is one of the smartest people I have seen in a long time. How they did that has always puzzled me.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12You're right. Dinosaurs were MUCH smarter than us back then.
- dgh1973, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Good stuff. Just goes to show that a lot of scientists over think this kind of stuff and don't realize that different approaches to problems can often lead to great solutions.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Maybe one man can move mountains.
- raid517, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Those techniques could be useful even today - particularly when sinking foundations in locations where it isn't so practical to locate heavy plant machinery.
- loup, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12That last block he propped up was not a one ton block
- GhostCrab, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12He was able to put the lintel on his mini stonehenge, so I'd assume he'd be able to do it again with the big one.
- edzieba, on 10/12/2007, -6/+17Simple solution: Build it with the blocks buried. Once it's completeled, dig the earth away so the stones are no longer buried and with the level of the surrounding land slightly lower. Stonehenge is on a hill, so the hill could have been slightly taller when it was built.
- GorGenator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11I was wondering that too, but its about the only part that didn't get explained well enough.
- Magwich, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12No, I think Newton invented Calculus.
- super_duper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10it's not like the barn was set up on top of concrete either.
- wolfkeeper, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10He probably uses a crowbar to lever it up. You only have to lift it a few millimeters.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Thats Awesome, great post dude!
- positron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7And suddenly the mystery of Coral Castle doesn't seem nearly so mysterious anymore.
- jitta, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7He didn't put the stone under the concrete block he, he put the block on top of the stone. I bet he used that wooden track thing they showed in the beginning to roll it on top of the stones.
- digitalunltd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Found video here:
http://www.fungod.com/coppermine/albums/coolvideos01/barnmover.wmv -
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