The ProbeTalk.com Tower

[Dan [Sac]]

So I was cleaning my room and came across a bundle of balsa wood (9mm x 3mm x 3ft) and instead of throwing it away and going back to watching TV like I should, I decided to build a tower - now it won't be Taipei 101 or the Petronas Tower, but I thought PT should have its own landmark!

These are just the preliminary steps - more pics will come in the next few days of the actual building progress, and I'll even have little workers that I'll name (Supergoat, get back to work!)


I'm no architect, nor do I have any structural engineering background, but I've always been fascinated by skyscrapers, and this is my first balsa wood building attempt...

The model would be a 1:240 scale (1 inch = 20 feet) and I got most of my pieces within less than a 1.0 mm (1/32"). The base drawing is 1:1 scale to the model, and the tower drawing is 1:6 scale to the model. In real life, the building would be 720 feet tall to the roof, and a little over 800 feet with the spire. By comparison, the Empire State Building is about 1400 feet with the spire. My model will end up being about 42" tall with the spire.

I haven't decided on the outside finish yet.

[jon93PGT]

You are retarded.... I don't even know what else to say...

[DTC]

Dan, you're definitely the Michaelangelo of probetalk. that, or you got way way too much time on your hand.
the probe tower is a little pointy, no? wouldn't that make an extremely painful probe?

david

[stanghater]

why dont you make it in the shape of a probe?

[Rayman]

dan, looks like u could use some assistance from me

[SpykeZ]

Hm, Should put a matchbox probe on the top of that tower for good measure, and dude, WAY to much time.

[PGTStreetRacer]

all i can say is

























................wow

[piratius]

I think it's kinda cool

Keep up the good work!

~Brad

[j-dogg]

Since it is a PROBE tower, make it in the shape of a giant dildo.

[Dan [Sac]]

It's not a PROBE tower, it's the Probetalk.com tower...and if anything, it looks more like the Saturn V rocket than anything else...sheesh


Ray, your help I will need with my headlight inner housing design (foam & fiberglass), not balsa wood

Ok, construction on the site has begun. As you can see in pic 1, materials are arriving, but Supergoat has other thoughts (probably thinking about his next Daily Goat piece instead of focusing on the task at hand - I mean, look at him, just leaning on the shovel, trying to stay awake!).








Here, some foundation work is in progress. Poopa is shoveling, but white fuzzy things are definitely on his mind. Old Balls is leaning on the jackhammer but it only looks like he's working - it's really a vibrating walker for him. Phreak is manning the pick-axe, keeping an eye on the situation.






Safety is job 1!!! Here the first main beams are being put in place. I ran out of wood glu...errr, concrete, so work is done for a day or so till I secure more materials. Hope it won't rain this week, pouring concrete foundations in the wet is a PITA!

[geck0]

dorks i tell you ... dorks....

[varsitypride3]

*subscribes*

[SpykeZ]

Oh I see this to become a very...very fun thread haha.

[shazam698]

WoW...

[proobe dude]

haha thats freakin awesome