Comments on: I almost want to go move a huge rock

By: JCA

JCA — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:04:19 +0000

Henges - Engineering in Prehistory

Move huge rocks with nutating gear technology.

Stonehenge was a crane to do this type of work!

HengeTv animation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgoVQTK0-9I

By: Phi

Phi — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:47:20 +0000

That’s a wonderful image. A few guys with a wagon load of mead were just messing with us :-).

By: The Running Gun

The Running Gun — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:39:44 +0000

So, is it possible that
stonehenge was actually built by a man who was only showing his naighbors how he could move big rocks around?

By: Dr A

Dr A — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:53:06 +0000

Where was this guy when I was arranging boulders for my oriental garden?

By: Matt Stephens

Matt Stephens — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:07:34 +0000

How about naming it Flint-henge. Get IT! Flint is the town, and a soft rock!

By: Magnum

Magnum — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:17:02 +0000

The other point which should be utterly obvious is what to name his park when he finishes it: Wallyhenge.

By: Magnum

Magnum — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:14:17 +0000

Raising the cross-piece using the seesaw method is the obvious part, but you have to think a little bit outside the box to work out how to place it across the top of the two vertical blocks.

Most people seem to assume the cross-piece is raised next to the two supports, then somehow shifted across.

Instead, what if the cross-piece is moved along the ground between the two supports, 90 degrees to the final position? Then after it is raised to the height of the supports (or slightly higher) it’s probably easier just to spin it around on a single pebble, instead of walking it across, or even trying somehow to roll it.

By: John Emerson

John Emerson — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:08:13 +0000

The cross piece is the part the space aliens have to do.

Your security code is almost impossible. I took four tries.

By: pablo

pablo — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:34:32 +0000

This totally ruined the movie “Spinal Tap” for me.

By: Phi

Phi — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:49:53 +0000

That does sounds plausible. You’d probably have to be pretty careful about your clearances, but this guy’s gotten pretty darn good at this stuff, so that probably isn’t a big problem.

There’s a reason I’m not an engineer. I love it when they figure out cool stuff like this, thought…