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nigelswift Sep 6, 2003 10:07:51
Replying to FourWinds

“Would it be possible to place a basket/box in the centre of the rope and slowly load it with smaller stones? Would this allow a controlled lift?”

Christ! Now we’re REALLY motoring!
In theory, one bloke could do the whole lift, given time.

Add to this, Gordon’s idea of people levering the stone forward by pulling on ropes attached to levers ( or could those ropes too have boxes placed on them ?*!!!!… )

N nigelswift
nigelswift Sep 6, 2003 10:45:22
Replying to nigelswift

Or, Steve, couldn't we impose the downward force on the tensioned rope using Type 2 levers?
i.e. you'd have a fulcrum (the end of the lever wedged under an anchor stone), the load (a rope tying the tensioned rope to a point below fairly low down on the lever) and then you'd just pull the lever down.
The sarsen would come up a bit, you'd wedge it into it's new place, re-tension the rope and repeat.