Obelisk

[Janger]

Anybody else feeling an urge to make an obelisk? I want one out of 4x8 stainless plate. 3 sides 3' wide and 24' tall. sitting out on the prairie somewhere around Alberta. Busy bodies can't knock that down.

https://www.adventure-journal.com/2...overed-in-california-but-its-quickly-removed/

https://www.cnet.com/news/new-mysterious-monolith-appears-in-california/

 

[PeterT]

At ~ 6$ per cubic inch for stainless these days, probably need to start a GoFundMe first haha.
How about a more frugal, Hollywood 'faux' approach - a thin veneer skin of SS, but fill it with concrete. That will also make the recovery a little more involved & worthless. Heck you could even drive piles & pour the concrete to encompass.... but new we're getting ahead of ourselves. LOL

 

[Johnwa]

Last night I asked my daughter how to go about starting a conspiracy theory. I’ve got a great one about these obelisks!

 

[Janger]

Presenting

DEFIANCE

A sculpture refuting 2020 sickness, and thumbing our nose at busy bodies and zealots who take down sculptures everywhere.

Dedicated to anonymous Utah sculptors - we rebuild stronger & bigger.

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[Janger]

Three budget scenarios.

1. 3' by 24' stainless sculpture. $25K
2. 2' by 16' stainless sculpture. $16K
3. 2' by 16' painted steel sculpture. $6K

 

[Janger]

3 feet wide by 24 feet high.

It's a stainless steel three sided structure with interior structural steel connecting 3 triangles vertically. Corners welded on the outside. Concrete and steel foundation. It's made of three triangles 3' by 8' in sections stacked and connected with interior structure. A crane truck to lift it up and set it on the foundation.

ok
I need

• a structural engineer to design the interior scaffolding and foundation and stamp the design,
• a certified welder to make nice and strong welds,
• a rigger to help erect and bolt the pieces together safely.
• guys to help fab the parts
• a place to put it. Vulcan? next to the enterprise? I wouldn't mind my front yard but I don't know what the neighbors would say.

and either $6K, $16K, or $24K.

 

[PeterT]

Crop circles were SO much easier. Viewable from space and pretty Eco-friendly.
What's with these metal worshiping, hipster, millennial Aliens these days? LOL

 

[Tom Kitta]

I have some 3" machinable round stainless (like 6 or 7 feet) if anyone needs it for an obelisk. I even though about it a bit but figured out that my obelisk would be stolen rather quickly.

Is stainless really that expensive? I just used up like 15 lbs+ to make some tool holders out of it and a twin pulley.

 

[Johnwa]

You could always make it out of wood like this one. LOL
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...stigate-after-giant-phallic-monument-vanishes

 

[Janger]

See what I mean? Put up something in public and some jerk takes offence and takes it down.

 

[Janger]

Model in plastic.

 

[YYCHM]

Image is sideways again...…..

 

[Janger]

yah I told @Jwest7788 - we need a permanent fix from the forum software vendor Xenforo.

 

[Janger]

Try 2. I rotated it 90 on my phone and now xenforo won’t rotate it

 

[Janger]

Try 3 with landscape on the phone. Well that worked.

 

[Janger]

Next rev.

aluminium. Mig welding.

 

[YYCHM]

Sideways... Again.

Come on..... it needs to be taller than me (which ain't much) and solid metal so that I can't walk away with it

 

[Brent H]

Its like a Toblerone you can't eat........Bummer

 

[Alexander]

The obelisk needs to be at least… three times bigger than this!

 

[YYCHM]

The obelisk needs to be at least… three times bigger than this!

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