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Published: 2006-04-20 14:56:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 1521; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 45
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Well this is where all my spare time is going to these 'holidays.' This is my friend Shivendra from my phyisics class making joint to hold the axle... lemmy explaine.In my psysics class we have been 'studying' projectile motion, mostly in the form of canons and trebuchets [link] and in the course we are doing we had to build a small treb each and then do an assignment about all the forces and the physics of it. Then our teacher (for various reasons) decided to let us build one BIG treb. So now we are giving up tuesday and thursday of both weeks of our holidays to building the beast. As you can see i am documenting the process.
Thus shiv is grinding the joint that will hold the axle on which the wheels will be attached.
Most of my time is being dedicated to this thing so expect some more stuff about the treb (photos etc) mentioned soon!
Hope you like the pic
Jezza
PS Cant wait to fire it... 50kg counter weight, 3kg watermelon, 45m/s, 150m... 3.4secs... *splat*
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This shot is so amazing it looks graphically enhanced
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this one aint!
everything worked that day (photographically) i think the room really lent itself to photography.. and i used a niiice lense
thanks!!
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Wow, I hope you and your camera were both wearing goggles! 
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haha... no goggles.. i figured that the camera would be my goggles, i hid behind it 
thing is the lense i was using (the bit taking most of the sparks) wasn't mind.. AND the sparks were hitting the front lense element, cause there wasnt a protective filter on the front 
thanks a lot though
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*shudders* Oh no! And I feel bad whenever I point my camera near the sun! Well, I hope there was no permanent damage (and remind me to never lend you my camera
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nah, not a speck of dust left on the lense (probebly cause the sparks burnt it off
dw i would never do this to UR equipment.. 
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The sparks make me think of intense happiness. Brill shot.
Physics is awesome.
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Thankya muchly.. physics is hard
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what a great shot! Love the effect u've captured in the sparks
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So! Cool!! I love how the reds and oranges all tie together, they are in everything in the shot!! wonderful! though i know i wouldnt be taking my camera near those sparks!!!
*tammi*
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hey!! there is lots of red and yellow and orange!!
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*giggles* well, it looks awsome, a wonderful coincidence
*tammi*
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Thanks a lot mate!
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No problems! It's a great piece and you should be proud of it!
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Thats freakin awesome.. what settings were you using for that capture? Its amazing!
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thanks!
I'm glad u like it?
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I wish physics class was like that for us! all we are doing is studying color spectrum and wave harmonics, very cool capture of the welding sparks,goodluck on your trebuchet sounds like a fun project.
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the other class have to make their own ones, bahaha, we are gonna do that stuff next term i think.
Im glad u like the shot 
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its a very cool effect, think id be pretty afraid to be in your position, id probably catch myself on fire, but thats why you have the L lens
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lol.. its not mine 
they are just sparks though, and they only sting for a franction of a second, and not many hit me
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Ha wow I would have been beyond paranoid, well glad you didnt catch on fire, although im a semi pyro, that would be bad
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neither can i mate
*FIRE IN THE HOLE!*
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rock on, cant wait to see that thing,and see some shots of it being used,lol.
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I'm gonna guess that Mr. James is your physics teacher-he's the only one I know crazy enough to let you do that.
Oh, freakin' awesome shot, as well.
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Damn right it's Mr James. hahahaha - crazy, good word
thanks mate, there is more to come, when i'm done i may burn a copy of the documentary im makin for Dan, get him to show u... but it wont be for a while yet.
glad u like the shot, thanks
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wooooops, here is the link... [link]
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