+EraSeek Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 You've heard of Alilam's "Air of your ways" and his "Outlet Mall"... well I've heard a rumor he's working on a new and even cooler "Contraption Cache: Quote Link to comment
+The Navigatorz Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Look at all of the cachers trying to be FTF. Quote Link to comment
+robd0gg Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 what the heck is that? it looks photoshoped.. but maybe not by the way, I was curious about your reference to Alnilam's caches (you misspelled his/her name), so I looked them up.. those look like must do caches.. Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted October 27, 2010 Author Share Posted October 27, 2010 (edited) No, it's real. It digs open pit mines. And yes, those are must do caches!! Edited October 27, 2010 by EraSeek Quote Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 It was also featured on one of the discovery channels. It can barely keep up with the coal demand in Germany. Quote Link to comment
+ZeroHecksGiven Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 his caches are awesome from what I hear, I need to get up there and get to them asap! Really nice guy too! Quote Link to comment
+hydnsek Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 his caches are awesome from what I hear, I need to get up there and get to them asap! Really nice guy too! Alnilam and his caches are both great! When he's not building contraptions, you can find him in the mountains: Quote Link to comment
+Dgwphotos Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 what the heck is that? it looks photoshoped.. but maybe not by the way, I was curious about your reference to Alnilam's caches (you misspelled his/her name), so I looked them up.. those look like must do caches.. It's partially photoshopped. The machine is not shown to scale. It's pasted on a background with a different perspective to make it look bigger. Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted October 27, 2010 Author Share Posted October 27, 2010 (edited) Well, here's the source: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101024.html And lots of fun toys here: http://www.tk-mining.com/hme.html Edited October 27, 2010 by EraSeek Quote Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 (edited) what the heck is that? it looks photoshoped.. but maybe not by the way, I was curious about your reference to Alnilam's caches (you misspelled his/her name), so I looked them up.. those look like must do caches.. It's partially photoshopped. The machine is not shown to scale. It's pasted on a background with a different perspective to make it look bigger. I'm afraid you're incorrect about the scale. It is that large. When it is settled in it has a conveyor system that carries the raw material back to the powerplant for processing. Each bucket on the head can dig out almost 8 cubic yards of material. It was on one of of those Engineering Marvels programs. Here's a larger picture of it in action. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...-garzweiler.jpg By February 2001, the excavator had completely exposed the coal source at the Tagebau Hambach mine and was no longer needed there. In three weeks it made a 22 kilometer (14 mile) trip to the Garzweiler mine, traveling across Autobahn 61, the river Erft, a railroad line, and several roads. The move cost nearly 150 million German marks and required a team of seventy workers. Rivers were crossed by placing large steel pipes for the water to flow through and providing a smooth surface over the pipes with rocks and gravel. Special grass was seeded to smooth its passage over valuable terrain. Moving Bagger 288 in one piece was more economical than disassembling the excavator and moving it piece by piece. The large surface area of the tracks means the ground pressure of the Bagger 288 is very small allowing the excavator to travel over gravel, earth and even grass without leaving a significant track. It has a minimum turning radius of approximately 100 meters, and can climb a maximum gradient of 1:18. Edited October 27, 2010 by TotemLake Quote Link to comment
+Dgwphotos Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 what the heck is that? it looks photoshoped.. but maybe not by the way, I was curious about your reference to Alnilam's caches (you misspelled his/her name), so I looked them up.. those look like must do caches.. It's partially photoshopped. The machine is not shown to scale. It's pasted on a background with a different perspective to make it look bigger. I'm afraid you're incorrect about the scale. It is that large. When it is settled in it has a conveyor system that carries the raw material back to the powerplant for processing. Each bucket on the head can dig out almost 8 cubic yards of material. It was on one of of those Engineering Marvels programs. Here's a larger picture of it in action. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...-garzweiler.jpg By February 2001, the excavator had completely exposed the coal source at the Tagebau Hambach mine and was no longer needed there. In three weeks it made a 22 kilometer (14 mile) trip to the Garzweiler mine, traveling across Autobahn 61, the river Erft, a railroad line, and several roads. The move cost nearly 150 million German marks and required a team of seventy workers. Rivers were crossed by placing large steel pipes for the water to flow through and providing a smooth surface over the pipes with rocks and gravel. Special grass was seeded to smooth its passage over valuable terrain. Moving Bagger 288 in one piece was more economical than disassembling the excavator and moving it piece by piece. The large surface area of the tracks means the ground pressure of the Bagger 288 is very small allowing the excavator to travel over gravel, earth and even grass without leaving a significant track. It has a minimum turning radius of approximately 100 meters, and can climb a maximum gradient of 1:18. Ok, count me proven wrong. Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted October 27, 2010 Author Share Posted October 27, 2010 If Alnilam builds it, we will come Quote Link to comment
+Dgwphotos Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Here's a larger picture of it in action. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...-garzweiler.jpg That looks like it was taken with a fisheye. Quote Link to comment
eseurat Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 What makes these two caches phenomenal? This inquiring mind wants to know Quote Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 (edited) Here's a larger picture of it in action. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...-garzweiler.jpg That looks like it was taken with a fisheye. It may have been in order to take the wide angle shot. For perspective, that deisel on the far right in the foreground has six foot tires. Edited October 27, 2010 by TotemLake Quote Link to comment
+robd0gg Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 (edited) What makes these two caches phenomenal? This inquiring mind wants to know check out their descriptions, you'll get the idea Edited October 27, 2010 by robdogg Quote Link to comment
+Granitegirl2 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 (edited) That would make for an interesting travel bug Edited October 28, 2010 by Granitegirl2 Quote Link to comment
eseurat Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 What makes these two caches phenomenal? This inquiring mind wants to know check out their descriptions, you'll get the idea Can't view their descriptions because I'm not a PM yet, hence the Q's Quote Link to comment
+robd0gg Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 What makes these two caches phenomenal? This inquiring mind wants to know check out their descriptions, you'll get the idea Can't view their descriptions because I'm not a PM yet, hence the Q's ah.. well then that's privileged information then now isn't it ;^) let's just say there is a series of tasks you have to complete involving electro/mechanical devices of some sort Quote Link to comment
+hydnsek Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 What makes these two caches phenomenal? This inquiring mind wants to know check out their descriptions, you'll get the idea Can't view their descriptions because I'm not a PM yet, hence the Q's ah.. well then that's privileged information then now isn't it ;^) let's just say there is a series of tasks you have to complete involving electro/mechanical devices of some sort What he said, sortof. The two caches are famous because they are amazing, creative contraptions that are a treat to play with and suss out. Alnilam spent a lot of time thinking up the concepts (both involve basic physics principles) and figuring out how to make them work. Quote Link to comment
shrekTBA Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Wow was this different than what I expected, I must be way too tired. I thought it was "contraception cache", not contraption. I thought this would have been a really funny cache, still cool, but not what I thought. Quote Link to comment
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