Digging a hole...

Egotistical EvilN · Post by **Egotistical EvilN** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 12:46 pm

Suppose you were to dig an underground room out, it is 10x10x8..Your entrance is 3x3.You have less than $100 to spend on digging it.You can't use a bobcat or a backhoe or anything like that because that would dig a hole, not a room, and you would end up with no ceiling.How would you do it?

-Azathoth- · Post by **-Azathoth-** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 12:50 pm

I'm afraid to ask what you would need this for....

area · Post by **area** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 12:57 pm

You would need a lot of support, otherwise the soil above you would collapse. As to how to dig it, I don't really know. Do you have a lot of friends and spades?

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 1:01 pm

Yeah.. you would need MANY shovels, some sort of way to make sure it's all level, and i'd just work slowly inward, butting 4x4 supports every 2 feet or so (maybe less)

I don't think you could support that much dirt for 100 bucks.

Egotistical EvilN · Post by **Egotistical EvilN** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 1:05 pm

I'm afraid to ask what you would need this for....

Underground base, and If I dig it fast enough, a tunnel and a storage area for swingset gundam...

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 1:06 pm

EvilN wrote:
I'm afraid to ask what you would need this for....
Underground base, and If I dig it fast enough, a tunnel and a storage area for swingset gundam...

Ah... when nerds get older...

Too bad I don't have crazy notions as such O_o

Also watch out for health risks, such as radon, any electrical lines or pipes in the area, and any other obstructions.

If the land is anything like my house (old farm land) than digging is near impossible without a pick of some sort.

Nyarlathotep · Post by **Nyarlathotep** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 1:27 pm

404NotFound wrote:watch out for health risks

I'd say the only health risk hes likely to encounter is he only has a 9 foot square hole to fit his girth through

Egotistical EvilN · Post by **Egotistical EvilN** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 10:32 pm

EvilN wrote:
Quote:

I'm afraid to ask what you would need this for....

Underground base, and If I dig it fast enough, a tunnel and a storage area for swingset gundam...

Ah... when nerds get older...

Too bad I don't have crazy notions as such O_o

Also watch out for health risks, such as radon, any electrical lines or pipes in the area, and any other obstructions.

If the land is anything like my house (old farm land) than digging is near impossible without a pick of some sort.
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It's going to be in the woods, so I can have easy access to nearby houses and such.Nobody wants to comment on swingset gundam?

farrell2k · Post by **farrell2k** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 11:04 pm

a shovel and a ladder will suffice.

Jaded JAaron77 · Post by **Jaded JAaron77** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 11:19 pm

SPOONS!

dig it with spoons!

no, but you'd need a chainsaw for some of the tree roots if its gonna be in the woods

MetalGearRay · Post by **MetalGearRay** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 1:45 am

What the hell is a "swingset gundam"? Is it a swing set like 5 year olds play on?

Grooverider · Post by **Grooverider** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 2:11 am

No, a swing set for 80ft high fighting robots? God knows how he is going to get that underground...

Egotistical EvilN · Post by **Egotistical EvilN** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 5:26 am

No, its a 15 foot tall nonmoving model of wing zero custom.

-Azathoth- · Post by **-Azathoth-** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 10:06 am

Are you gonna go down there and have long drawn out conversations on life and the universe with said swingset gundam?

15 feet eh? sounds more like a project for someone with a set of very wealthy parents.

Egotistical EvilN · Post by **Egotistical EvilN** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 10:27 am

nope, thats the length of one of the swingset's "legs"+the "trunk".

sixteen-bit · Post by **sixteen-bit** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 7:22 pm

EvilN has yet to show us pics of Gundam Swing to prove it exists

atf487 · Post by **atf487** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 8:40 pm

NERD ALERT!

DuffMan · Post by **DuffMan** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 8:48 pm

Heh, its crazy what Japanese cartoons can do to somone.

Synlor · Post by **Synlor** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 9:01 pm

How does one get a 15 foot tall swingset through a door that is 3x3, or even keep it in a room that is 10x10x8? O_O I htink you should uh.. recheck yer math... unless you want it taken all apart, but ya, yer just weird eviln.. this is to easy to make jokes about, so I won't even bother...

FETUS · Post by **FETUS** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 10:53 pm

why don't you dig a 6x6x3 and throw a body in there that would be fun