Erect and rumbling

17 Responses to Erect and rumbling

1. Ronbo says:

   February 28, 2015 at 08:19

   KG:

   It looks like a great concept, but did you get the proper license and pay the appointed fees
   • KG says:

     February 28, 2015 at 08:20

     er…no, Ronbo. And we didn’t wear safety harnesses and hi-viz vests when putting it up either.
     • GW says:

       February 28, 2015 at 19:02

       Once you get it up and running, post an mpeg. Would love to hear it. And is there any purpose to it beyond audible enjoyment?
       • KG says:

         February 28, 2015 at 19:18

         Only that, and plain old-fashioned curiosity, GW.
2. KG says:

   February 28, 2015 at 08:24

   Its very sensitive to wind direction, so it needs to be fitted to a swivelling base, with a windvane to keep the slots at the right angle to the wind. We could probably achieve the same result by cutting more slots at 90 degrees to the existing ones but that may reduce the resonance of the pipe.
   • tranquil says:

     February 28, 2015 at 09:15

     Very cool stuff, KG!
     • KG says:

       February 28, 2015 at 09:55

       It’s good fun, Tranquil and I owe a big “thank you” to the person who donated the pipe to make it possible.
       • Darin says:

         February 28, 2015 at 12:58

         Hmmm…I wonder if a thin strip of sheet metal could be wrapped around the pipe and used to make the slots tunable?
         • KG says:

           February 28, 2015 at 13:00

           I already thought of using a short length of the same pipe, with a vertical slit cut in it to form a rotatable sleeve.
           But sheet metal would be easier to find, probably.
           • Darin says:

             February 28, 2015 at 13:07

             Great minds think alike
             • KG says:

               February 28, 2015 at 13:45

               
3. john says:

   February 28, 2015 at 10:21

   KG, shouldn’t there be a propellor thingy on top.
   • KG says:

     February 28, 2015 at 11:19

     Have you no respect for art John?
     A propellor implies some kind of..um..usefulness and We Artists would never demean ourselves in such a way.
     *sniff*
     • john says:

       February 28, 2015 at 11:29

       Just thought you might be starting a wind farm.
4. Darin says:

   February 28, 2015 at 12:53

   “Dutch astrophysicist Hertz Van Rental today was critical of a plan by the New Zealand Space Agency to launch the world’s first ever mission to the Sun.”

   Asking the agency how they would keep the astronauts from burning up,the answer was simply “no worries mate,we’ll land at night”
   • KG says:

     February 28, 2015 at 13:00

     
5. KG says:

   February 28, 2015 at 14:53

   Arts wankers:
   http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11409670