It looks really neat though, the way it rises up smoothly to the right place. But realistically, putting together that huge wheel so it would be strong enough to hold the stone - that'd be difficult? and then it'd be hugely heavy itself. I like it though.

I am not sure if this design would be stable enough as it is. There would be tendencies to twist, wobble and eventually topple should the wheel hit even relatively small objects in it way. I would imagine you would need to employ a better stabilising mechanism to avoid this especially with the larger blocks.

Like the principle though

:o)

Chris

Yay! Fame at last! ;o)

I reckon it'd have to be one MUTHA of a wheel! It's a neat idea, but I don't really see it as practical... Nice to see people talking about it tho! :)

G x

Neat idea. Reckon the hardest bit would be getting the lintel in just the right position on the wheel so that it would clear both the adjacent lintel as well as its awaiting tenons before being dropped onto them - bit of precision manoeuvring needed there. But then how would they roll the wheel back out once the lintel was in place? If it did work though they'd have been able to just move the wheel and its track from one pair of uprights to the next.

First thought - cobblers!
Second thought - for the reasons given so far, plus some others, - cobblers!

I had to check it wasn't the 1st of April - thanks Squido, it put a smile on my face that did :-)

-Chris

Does seem to be a bit impractical but a lot better than an idea I over heard some one talking about while I was on the ferry going to work the morning after the Foamhenge repeat. This particular person was saying he thinks they used large kites to help lighten the load of the blocks. I think they would have needed some very large kites to do this. Peace , Lubin

Certainly a neat piece of engineering. Probably (and here comes a technical term used by computer programmers when discussing most specification documents) 'a load of bollocks,' though :-)