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[findar]

if you want the tips on how to stack rocks its easy.

a) portable drill
b) reebar
c) ???
d) profit


having been in alaska you see stacks of rock everywhere(way for someone to mark they were there). the funny ones are the inverted ones.

[mylek]

Here is how I visualize it:

[Salshun]

Originally Posted by findar

if you want the tips on how to stack rocks its easy.

a) portable drill
b) reebar
c) ???
d) profit


having been in alaska you see stacks of rock everywhere(way for someone to mark they were there). the funny ones are the inverted ones.

You mean a wall?

[Lejina Bloodbath]

I just tried it and it works. Where's my nobel prize.

[Criminiminal]

Originally Posted by Arbitrary

Bug confirmed.

Amazing

[Elthea]

The point that is generically being missed is that the hammer handle and the table are both exerting an upward force.

The gist of the hammer setup is that you need to sum moments around the place where the table supports the ruler. If you assume that the table is strong enough to support the ruler setup then summing forces in the vertical direction on the ruler is both trivial and meaningless.

Assume that the rest of the system (other than the hammer head) is comparatively massless. Assume also that the system can freely rotate around point A. Assume also that the string is capable of tensile forces but not compressive forces.

Feel free to assign numbers and solve for Fcy, Fdy, etc. Hammers of all sorts of funky shapes work out fine. Long story short, since g is constant, L3 and L4 will need to vary according to the weight of the hammer head. L1 and L2 are dependent on L3 and L4.

[Salshun]

Originally Posted by Lejina Bloodbath

I just tried it and it works. Where's my nobel prize.

Jesus we're nerds. $5,000 worth of electronic shit in our houses and we're going to get caught fucking with a hammer and ruler for 6 hours. Someone could have posted a pic, taken 5 min earlier, of a bus full of orphans sinking into a lake, and it would have gotten like 2 responses, one of them a pedo joke. But this shit gets us going. For me this has totally replaced my last 2 obsessions:



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[Rewedanz]

Originally Posted by Criminiminal

Amazing

Well played Sir.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

The weight of the hammer head is pulling downward to counterbalance the weight of the hammer handle. The upward force generated by the hammer handle must then counterbalance the downward force of the ruler, the string, the hammer handle AND the hammer head...

So the upward force of the hammer handle created by the downward force of the hammer head is holding up both the ruler AND the hammer head. There is energy being created here from somewhere. This must be harnessed for the good of humanity.

In the all wood picture provided, the string holding up the hammer is AT the fulcrum, which puts the weight of the hammer AT the fulcrum, requiring the ruler to lift the hammer head in order to fall. In the original picture, the entire weight of the hammer is right of the fulcrum, meaning the hammer would fall WITH the ruler no matter the orientation. mylek's extension theory is sound as it puts the fulcrum at or to the right of the hammer.

[Salshun]

For everyone that faked the pictures of it working, what's the website again to enter into the pool about what poster you think will try it and for how long before giving up? I also need a new score card.

[Deris]

Originally Posted by Elthea

The point that is generically being missed.....

Thread over.

Elthea just channeled Mr. Wizard.

[Lejina Bloodbath]

Originally Posted by Salshun

Jesus we're nerds. $5,000 worth of electronic shit in our houses and we're going to get caught fucking with a hammer and ruler for 6 hours. For me this has totally replaced my last 2 obsessions:

Uh, that's hardly difficult to do. Opened the tool box, grabbed hammer, a file (dont have a ruler) and a rubber band. Put the setup on the corner of the table. Boom, over and done in 2 minutes.

Beats reading the endless posts of jerkoffs saying it's not possible for whatever made up physic there is in their world.

[Goofy]

i see what you did thaere.

[Salshun]

Originally Posted by Lejina Bloodbath

Uh, that's hardly difficult to do. Opened the tool box, grabbed hammer, a file (dont have a ruler) and a rubber band. Put the setup on the corner of the table. Boom, over and done in 2 minutes.

Beats reading the endless posts of jerkoffs saying it's not possible for whatever made up physic there is in their world.

Don't get me wrong, I just moved into my new place, and because I was hanging shelves, on my desk, right fucking now, are a ruler, hammer, and both string and a rubber band. Sometimes when you want a sign, you get it overkill. Also, success.

[Goofy]

mate!!