Frustrated newbie

[redTurtledove71]

Greetings,

 

I am not a science buff per se. I'm a fan but mostly I see science as a means to an end. In my particular case, it's usually because I am trying to create something. For whatever reason I tend to use materials in unusual ways. I always seem to stump the staff at the local home improvement center.

 

I found my way to this site because I have been searching for information on whirligigs (buzz-saws, horizontal tops, buttons on a string) forever, or at least a few years anyway. I guess I just wasn't using the correct words for my search because I kept ending up at garden sites that offered "great deals" on lawn ornaments.

 

So today it occurred to me to just search for "button on string" and I found this great thread on this site: hypography.com/forums/gallery...c=3&userid=796 only the thing is I cannot access it. Hence my frustration. All I want to do is create cool, arty farty tops. But I keep running into brick walls, metaphorically speaking. Seriously. The top three sites in my Google search were busts. This is the best lead I've had and so far I can't read the info I want. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

General info on me: I have 1 kid, I'm female, I'm a fiber artist, I live in the States, and I think my grasp of general science issues is better than the average bear but that ain't sayin' much.

 

As for my user name it breaks down like this: red is my favorite color, turtles are my favorite creatures, dove relates to my given name, and I was born in 1971. Plus I can remember it and it is never taken.

[Tormod]

The link you have pasted is not a link to a thread but to a picture in our gallery. If you get a message that you cannot access it, it was probably deleted by the image owner (if I recall correctly the Button on a string photo was by our member, Turtle).

 

Welcome to Hypography! We are glad to have you here, and hope we can help you with your creative endeavours.

[Tormod]

By the way, you might find this thread interesting:

 

http://hypography.com/forums/physics-mathematics/1228-spinning-button-string.html

[Tormod]

Oh wait...I see now - you *did* find that thread but Turtle's link is broken. You can post a request for him to reupload his image.

[Turtle]

Greetings,

 

...I found my way to this site because I have been searching for information on whirligigs (buzz-saws, horizontal tops, buttons on a string) forever, or at least a few years anyway. I guess I just wasn't using the correct words for my search because I kept ending up at garden sites that offered "great deals" on lawn ornaments.

 

So today it occurred to me to just search for "button on string" and I found this great thread on this site: hypography.com/forums/gallery...c=3&userid=796 only the thing is I cannot access it....

 

salutations redTurtledove. :) i had some mishaps with images in that thread, but i just recently put everything in order as best i remembered. if an image is missing or doesn't match the text, drop me a PM with the problem & post # from the thread & i'll see about fixing it. http://hypography.com/forums/physics-mathematics/1228-spinning-button-string.html

 

welcome :cup: :lol: