...a place to stand...
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a place to stand
Photos of my project-finally all the pieces come together.
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Adding wheels to the fulcrum.
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Lever arms added.
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Digging out the last of the wax under the hot desert sun.
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Marcel and I needed help to lift the ~300 lb fiberglass/marble ring onto the platform. The first couple guys who rode by didn't seem to be up to the lift when these four bubbly ladies rode by. With 6 of us, it was a piece of cake!
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Painting was best done in the calm mornings. On this day, the wind direction changed by 90 degrees in the time it took me to dispose of one empty spray can and grab a new one. An hour later the rain started.
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Too much rain to keep painting.
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Hands always take a beating out here.
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One of my nearest neighbors, the Temple of Honor rose as I worked a few hundred yards away.
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How do you lift a 4-500 lb globe? Gather up 15-20 people and toss it up.
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Mission Accomplished!
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Well, I asked for a photo of the globe with me in it. Almost but not quite. (Walmart wouldn't print this photo, but didn't have a problem putting it on a CD.)
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Earth against the rising sun.
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When the long arm is pulled down, the earth rises.
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With the earth's platform off the ground, the whole machine can be rotated.
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The truck became a snctuary for me and this motley group for about an hour.
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Me doing my Atlas impression.
by Tom Davis showing earth being lifted.
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Photo by Dieter Rencken
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Photo by Steve Fritz