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Day 2 - September 29, 2002 |
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The Hammer starts to
take structure. |
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The Hopkins on the job |
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John and Bill Hopkins
prepare one of the ladder sections of the hammer. |
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Would Norm Abrahms have
approved this? |
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Team members Foley and
Howard took much of the morning work session deciding
the correct positioning of this nut and bolt. |
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Howard on the job |
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Or should we say
leaning on the job... |
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Where should be put the
bookcase? |
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John Howard and Rich
Foley prepare to lift of the ladder base. |
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Master driller goes in
reverse? |
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Rich Foley proves you
can drill a hole, even in reverse!!! |
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Another bookcase |
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We need some books for
these bookcases, perhaps one on the proper position of
a drill. |
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Bill Hopkins |
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Young Bill Hopkins
after a rough night on the town. |
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Bryan Riley |
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Riley in pregame face
received a lot of instruction and supervision from
John Howard. |
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The John Howard way... |
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Like his mentor John
Howard, Bryan Riley takes a quick relaxation break. |
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John Hopkins |
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Team member Hopkins is
still questioning Foley's counterwieght box
calculations. "Quite frankly, I don't think that thing
will hold a pumpkin, let alone 36 bags of concrete",
Hopkin's said. |
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What do we do next? |
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The team waits for its
next challenge... |
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The box that will hold
2,000 lbs |
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In a rare working
moment, John Howard climbs a ladder to drill a hole. |
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"Fire in the Hole" |
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Young Bill Hopkins
protects his head as John Howard applies the metal
strapping to the 2,000 lb box. |
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The completed box!!! |
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What a box that will hold
2,000 lbs should look like!!! |
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Front door or trap door? |
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John Hopkins applies
the metal bracket holding the Hammer's front loading
door. |
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The box of boxes!!! |
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Everything hinges on
this box.... |
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A teenagers worst
nightmare!!! |
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Team teens will be
getting used to climbing the Hammer's ladders!!! |
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Exercise time... |
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Teen member Bryan Riley
took time to do sit ups in preparing for the ladder
climb. What dedication!!! |
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PumpkinHammer Signs |
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Team member Jim Riley's
outstanding logo design is ready to go on the
Hammer!!! |
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Howard's End |
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John Howard, exhausted
from a tool trip to his car, takes a break by leaning
on the hammer's box. |
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Tim "Axel" Foley on the
Lathe |
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While his teammates
were busy on the East coast, "Axel" Foley, seen here,
was working on the counterweight shaft. Rumor also has
it that Tim had time to put out a few fires at work... |
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Nothing like a bronzed
bushing... |
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Seen here are the
bronzed bushings and shaft locks that will help
PumpkinHammer acheive it's 1,000 foot throws. "These
puppies will do the job, it's the 2,000lb Box that I'm
concerned about", says Axel. |
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The Axel that will bring
PumpkinHammer to the promise land |
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Here lies the 200lb
shaft that PumpkinHammer will use to destroy the
competition. It was rumored that Rich Foley once used
a tree branch as an shaft. Could it be true? More on
this story... |
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The large shaft of
PumpkinHammer |
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No trebuchet has ever
seen a finer shaft. |
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Finished Bushings |
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PumpkinHammer's bronze
bushings are seen here being finished.
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SHAFT, he's one bad ... |
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PumkinHammer's shaft
going through one more finishing. That's one mean
shaft... |
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Shaft Lock sizing |
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Seen here, the shaft
locks are being sized to accomodate PumkinHammer's
large shaft. |
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EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS!!!
Bombshell hits Team PumkinHammer |
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Newly released photos
show that PumpkinHammer team captain once entered this
"contraption" in the 1998 World Pumpkin Chuckin
championships. Foley was unavailble to answer our
calls, but through sources has denied any involvement.
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BOMBSHELL PHOTOS!!! Move
over Senator Torrecelli, Rich Foley has some
explaining... |
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The photo that rocked
the pumpkin chuckin world has been released. Although
originally denying any involvement with the Cobra
project, recently found photos clearly identify
PumpkinHammer captain Rich Foley as the developer of
this "hurler".
"I admit it, it was
all Rich Foley's idea, he lied to all of us that Cobra
could throw a 1,000 feet", said John Hopkins, former
Team member of Cobra.
"I gave Foley a lot
of money, and this is what I have to show for it",
said David Chang. |
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