Friday, October 21, 2016

#14 Kelly Miller

"Barbara" and Fred Logan.
It was quite a thing to have this metal globe constructed.
I remember Wayne Sanguin had the County Surveyor come in and lay out a diagram, he then cut out strips of metal and like the skin of an orange, welded them together.

9 comments:

Cindy Potter said...

WHAT SUPPORTED IT IN THE CENTER?
:-)
Cindy

Chic Silber said...


A sphere is the strongest

geometric shape Cindy

No support was necessary

Chic Silber said...


Many rolling globes are

filled with sand or such

for stability

Chic Silber said...


Much easier to keep your

balance on a heavy ball

Cindy Potter said...

That's what I thought!
:-)
Cindy

Roger Smith said...

Terrell Jacobs's famous gender-bending lion(ess) Sheba died, and a large water trough was worked into a coffin--the photo of which has appeared here. Colonel Woodcock noted it "looked like something Wayne Sanguin whomped up."

Unknown said...

Rolling Globes. I have taught a lot of kids rolling globe but no elephants. The larger the ball the slower the roll. Toughest thing for a kid is to run and jump on the ball. With a spotter in front they get it pretty quickly. A patting of the feet and they soon are going all over the place. Some get it in one lesson. You can take some nasy falls that is for sure.

Bob Good

Chic Silber said...


The easiest way to teach a

novice is to have the ball

in a simple track (4 short

lengths of almost anything

such as 1X2 firing strips)

with the ball at 1 end of it

for the beginner to jump on

Then as they walk forward

the ball will roll back

Once they master forward

& backward they can try

untethered ball movement

Best always to keep feet

in constant motion

Ramps like Verdu's are

another ball of wax

Chic Silber said...


You should learn how to

fall before learning how

to do anything else