Posted on 04/06/2009 11:45:58 AM PDT by CIDKauf
Mystery unraveled by construction worker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRRDzFROMx0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fj%2Dwalkblog%2Ecom%2Findex%2Ephp%3F%2Fweblog%2Fposts%2Fmoving%5Fbig%5Frocks&feature=player_embedded
Can you give a brief synopsis for those of us behind firewalls?
His technique works great on a concrete slab. How well does it work in dirt?
A clever fellow in the UK figured how to use the power of a single man to move multi-ton stones in truly clever ways.
I am very impressed.
Using the techniques I see here, one man with a pile of lumber and enough fifty pound weights could indeed build something like Stonehenge.
Ha, they might think ALL Freepers just sit at home in their jammies on line all day!! ; )
This could be my husband in retirement with way too much time on his hands.....
Check this out!
bfl
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A Michigan man is using the principle of the teeter-totter to balance large blocks, tipping them back and forth, adding a slab of wood with each tip and raising the block by its own weight. He also rotates large blocks by balancing them on a stone and pivoting, thus he can move these massive stones by rotating them a few degrees one end then the other.
Put lumber under the blocks and have a more solid surface than loose dirt. When Stonehenge was erected forests covered the Isles.
I saw one theory that they rolled the stones along the long axis. You can jack it up a little at a time, and build up stones until it rolls over on the next side. Repeat until it gets to where you want it. Seems to make sense to me.
I think lumber is too soft for this to work either. The stone would just get pressed into the wood.
Incredible!
I love it when people claim, “there’s no way man could’ve built Stonehenge.”
Oh yes, there is!
A seasoned hardwood like walnut, with a bowling ball sized or even softball sized stone will not compress the wood sufficient to defeat the process. Also, using a ‘footer’ stone (a two man manageable, set in the soil) block with a flat side will work for the pivot point to place the pivot stone.
A long time ago I used to work for Mosler safe. They would send a crew or 1 or 2 to install these huge floor safes. Using just iron rods and blocks of wood these guys could get these safes out of the truck and into a building, up stairs, you name it in a relatively short amount of time with barely any physical effort. It was also a thing of beauty to see.
Largest block he moved weighed 19,200 lbs. or approx 9 ton.
Have you ever read the story of the ‘Coral Castle’? There was a smallish man down in Flordia who moved and built with massive blocks of carved coral. Folks could not seem to figure out how he moved such massive stones all by himself.
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