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How to get the kids up in the morning.

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  • 15-11-2011 8:29am
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    fergal.b
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    A friend of mine in the US has built this for his son for Christmas, I think it's so cool. The sides were formed with a cold-molding technique that used two kinds of mahogany and a lot of epoxy just like a boat :D
    Spiral20Staircase.png


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    Victor
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    "You are not authorised to download this attachment."


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    patg
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    Wow - that is spectacular. You'd need sopme gaff to carry it off though.
    Looks like a whole load of skill involved in constructing that.


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    slowburner
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    I'd love to see the calculations involved. Any idea how long it took to build?


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    fergal.b
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    It took him 15 months to build on and off, the slide was built first and installed then the spiral stairs was married to its curvature.


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    boatbuilder
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    Nice. Double-diagonal planking, isn't that what they call it? I bet he used oceans of epoxy. An expensive staircase!


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    fergal.b
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    boatbuilder wrote: »
    Nice. Double-diagonal planking, isn't that what they call it? I bet he used oceans of epoxy. An expensive staircase!

    He used 30 gallons of epoxy :eek: and Yep he is pretty handy with the double-diagonal planking here is a video of his stunning boat build.
    https://sites.google.com/site/midnightcryproject/


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    boatbuilder
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    Ah yes, the Glen-L Riviera....would love to build one but could never afford the epoxy! I built a smaller version, only took about two gallons of epoxy if I remember correctly. http://one.xthost.info/boatbuilder/boat/


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    slowburner
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    fergal.b wrote: »
    He used 30 gallons of epoxy :eek: and Yep he is pretty handy with the double-diagonal planking here is a video of his stunning boat build.
    https://sites.google.com/site/midnightcryproject/


    150 litres of epoxy :eek:


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    Victor
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    If building a slide, make sure the run off at the bottom is horizontal. :)

    I suppose if they don't want to get up you just stick them on the slide anyway and see how the adrenelin kicks in over the next two seconds. :)


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