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Re: Announcing my newly completed website
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Fri, 23 Oct 1998 15:50:01 GMT
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Matthew Verdier writes:
> richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net wrote in message ...
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> > Is that the tallest pyramid you have managed to build? What were the
> > difficulties experienced?
> > Need to build solidly, wall collapse? Do tell, I like pyramids..........
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> > Matthew Verdier wrote in message ...
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> > > Hello, Everyone!
> > >
> > > I just finished updating my new GeoCities page tonight. 3 different
> > > Cathedrals, 1 Priory, several castles and 4 entries into Erik Wilson's
> > > Ancient Building Contest and a few others. Over 120 pictures all • together,
> > > some of my old stuff, some new. All of the pictures have been rescanned
> > > within the last 2 weeks and the pictures have been compressed and cleaned
> > > up. My latest creation, Prince Strondheim's Castle, is now posted and • ready
> > > for your viewing. The URL is below in my sig. Please let me know what • you
> > > think.
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> The little Pyramid had no problems. I tried in the past to build bigger
> ones, and had some problems once the size of an edge got larger than about 2
> feet. I built it after I finished the Huge Gothic Cathedral with the few
> left over 2x4 gray bricks. Originally, it was going to be to test building
> a spiraling ramp. Then I was going to build a much larger one roughly to
> minifig scale, with all the internal chambers in the Great Pyramid that we
> currently know of. A few quick calculations led me to realize such a
> pyramid would be much to large for my current collection. So it turned into
> a long term goal.
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> Thanks for the comments
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> Matthew Verdier
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> "You can't just say you're King because some watery tart threw a sword at
> you"
> Dennis, 700 AD
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> http://www.GeoCities.com/CapeCanaveral/2738/mjvlego.html
good morning,
I resolved a building difficulty which would also work to stabalize a
pyramid. I wanted the roof of my train station to be durable enough to remove
in one piece. I reinforced the underside of the roof with narrow plates which
spanned the entire length and width of the roof line. It worked so well that
it was not needed on every row. The corners proved to be the critical spots.
If you are really going big, you could add supports up from the baseplate that
would tie at critical points. My system is probably overbuilt, but I've been
married to a structural engineer for 20 years, does it show ;)
ohh- a great pyramid with chambers, I like it. I have found some great
(an reasonably priced) books on Eygpt at the used book stores. I became
interested in learning more while reading the Amelia Peabody mysteries by
Elizabeth Peters. She does such great descriptions, I could probably build a
scene from the book.
Make it a good day.
Louise
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| Louise Belles wrote in message ... (...) remove (...) which (...) that (...) spots. (...) that (...) been (...) great (...) a (...) I hear you, one of my ex's, Donna (sister of RTLer Denny who doesn't post much these days) is a Structural engineer (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net wrote in message ... (...) together, (...) you (...) The little Pyramid had no problems. I tried in the past to build bigger ones, and had some problems once the size of an edge got larger than about 2 feet. I built it (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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