The Construction Thread

[Byron In Exile]

Some are looking kinda rough. Others not so much.

Try something. Analyze the results. Modify. Try it again.

Walking on two legs is fun!

So the Arabs stripped off the limestone facing to make Cairo.

Sue the fucking Egyptians.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Might take a while to heat up....


One of those pussy light beige colors.........

Well you'd have to insulate the interior with something.

 

[Saint Peter]

Well you'd have to insulate the interior with something.

Dogs playing poker wall hangings!

 

[thør]

Well you'd have to insulate the interior with something.

Too much mass in the granite to heat up quickly. Go for the stainless sheathed urethane foam panels....

 

[Saint Peter]

Too much mass in the granite to heat up quickly. Go for the stainless sheathed urethane foam panels....

You don't like the dogs playing poker idea?

 

[thør]

You don't like the dogs playing poker idea?

Nice decor. But there's just too much mass in the granite. But once it's warm, it'll take a long time to cool down.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Too much mass in the granite to heat up quickly. Go for the stainless sheathed urethane foam panels....

Yeah but musket fire bounces off.

 

[thør]

Yeah but musket fire bounces off.

Then, the mechanical engineers just make bigger muskets......

 

[rosco rathbone]

Then, the mechanical engineers just make bigger muskets......

Then my slaves pile on bigger blocks.

 

[thør]

Then my slaves pile on bigger blocks.

Did you join the management?

 

[rosco rathbone]

Did you join the management?

For purposes of this arms race yes.

 

[Saint Peter]

For purposes of this arms race yes.

Another suit bathing in the blue light.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Another suit bathing in the blue light.

Those fat bastards had the look of men who'd come up from the rank and file.

 

[Saint Peter]

Those fat bastards had the look of men who'd come up from the rank and file.

They seem to be getting plenty to eat these days.

 

[Byron In Exile]

Nice decor. But there's just too much mass in the granite. But once it's warm, it'll take a long time to cool down.

Limestone.

Granite was used only for the King's Chamber.

 

[Saint Peter]

Granite.

Now get the fuck out of my chamber.

 

[Byron In Exile]

Granite.

Now get the fuck out of my chamber.

http://www.cheops-pyramide.ch/khufu-pyramid/great-pyramid/kings-chamber-plan.gif

Seriously, man, how did you sleep in there?

The so-called "air-shafts" were blocked off before they even entered the chamber.

 

[thør]

Limestone.

Granite was used only for the King's Chamber.

Roscoe must be the King..........

 

[Byron In Exile]

Roscoe must be the King..........

The constructor isn't usually the guy who's interred in the sarcophagus.

 

[Byron In Exile]

http://www.cheops-pyramide.ch/khufu-pyramid/great-pyramid/khufu-construction.gif

 

[Byron In Exile]

Most of the blocks were around 2.5 tons.

The granite blocks over the King's Chamber were about 50 tons.

 

[thør]

Most of the blocks were around 2.5 tons.

The granite blocks over the King's Chamber were about 50 tons.

King blocks.......

 

[Byron In Exile]

http://www.cheops-pyramide.ch/khufu-pyramid/great-pyramid/transporting-granite.gif

 

[rosco rathbone]

Most of the blocks were around 2.5 tons.

The granite blocks over the King's Chamber were about 50 tons.

I just remember artist's-depictions from old National Geographics when I was a kid showing thousands of guys with ropes pulling stone blocks the size of bungalos.

 

[chillywilly2]

http://www.cheops-pyramide.ch/khufu-pyramid/great-pyramid/transporting-granite.gif

That looks like way too muck work getting the counterweights back up again.
You sure they didn't have cranes back then?