You have to go look at the drawings....allthough...I use the word 'drawings' because I really don't know what elase to call them...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=125x205525petgoat (1000+ posts) Sun May-18-08 12:18 PM
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I'm Going to Toot My Own Horn Here Just a Bit
Advertisements [?]Edited on Sun May-18-08 12:27 PM by petgoat
Almost 18 months ago I shared these sketches, which didn't
go over very well here.
I'm not an engineer. I've worked in construction and read
lots of books on building and I operate a lot in the failure
mode through taking on the repair of hopelessly broken stuff
other people consider garbage, and when I'm building stuff
for my own use I deliberately underbuild it to try to generate
instructive failures. My first project was as a
five-year-old--a chair that provided an interesting (and
instant) shear failure when I sat on it.
I have reason to believe that one of these days you're going to
see some diagrams from more authoritative sources that look
something like these
.
[small, but merciful snip]
petgoat (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-29-08 03:42 PM
Response to Reply #119
124. Why should I waste them on those who can't see the obvious significance in rake on rake? nt
I swear to God. I did not change that message at all...
