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First Timer’s Second Bridge Design!

Last updated on October 4, 2016 by First Timer

Hey guys it’s me again, First Timer. Taking the critiques you guys gave, I rebuilt the bridge. This was going to a county Science Fair which I think is pretty cool considering I started learning about bridges about 2 months ago. The specs of the bridge are

Categories Examples Tags balsa/basswood, reader submitted 2 Comments

Bridge Terms

Last updated on by First Timer

Hey everybody once again it’s me, First Timer. I thought the one thing that would make this website even better would be some vocabulary on the parts of bridges. Here are a few terms that might help if you ever need to describe different aspects of a truss or bridge. Let’s start with “Arch”…

Categories Building, Design Tags reader submitted 10 Comments

K-NEX Bridge for Fun!

Last updated on October 4, 2016 by First Timer

Hey guys it’s me again, First Timer. I came up with a good way to practice bridge building either before or for the next competition and/or just to keep your bridge building skills good, whether it be science fair or science olympiad. It’s building different bridge designs with K-NEX, Erector Sets, and/or LEGOs. Most of you probably own one or more of the following and it really helps practicing basic truss design

Categories Examples Tags k-nex, reader submitted 4 Comments

First Timer’s First Bridge Design

Last updated on October 4, 2016 by First Timer

Hello everybody my name is First Timer and I had to make a balsa wood bridge with theses specs: 40.5 cm long, 11-12 cm wide 13-25 cm high, must have a span of 26 cm, peek of the span must be at least 9 cm, and this bridge could weigh no more than 16 grams

Categories Examples Tags balsa/basswood, reader submitted 8 Comments

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