how do you set up horseshoe pits?
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Create a little clear area, dig a hole in the ground then fill it with sand. Make a little wood border to hold the sand in (only for the back, left, and right side though, you need the front to be open)then stick a long metal pole into the sand and ground to it can hold steady when being hit with the shoes. Have fun!
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Stand under stepladder\nget friend to drop brick\nouch!\nthis is how it works
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Draw a horizontal staight line to be the base of the trapezoid.\nMark a point to be a corner of the trapezoid. Label it A.\nSet your compass to the length of the base.\nMeasure that distance from the first mark and make a second mark on the line. Lable it B\n\nWithout changing the width of the compass, put the point at A and swing an arc above the line. Move the point of the compass to B and swing and arc. Lable the point where the arcs cross C.\n\nDraw the lines AC and BC. You now have an equilateral triangle. The angles are all 60 degress.\n\nSet your compass to the distance of the leg length.\nPut the point at A and swing an arc across AC. Label the intersection D.\nMove the point to B and swing an arc across BC. Label the intersection E.\nDraw the line DE.\nDone.
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Either take the saddle to a tack shop or you can use a brass plate with\nsmall tacks and attach it to the back of the saddle
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Start by defining North as the Y axis, angle 90 degrees.\nThat make West 180 degrees, South is 270 degrees and east is 0 degrees.\n\nTo start drawing you site plan, begin a any corner of the site border.  Them use the draw line line command and type in the\nlength and direction of each border line using the @ before the\ndimension command. ex.  @58'11"<89 or @90.04'<180.\n\nNote;  Depending on which corner point you start at and which\nborder line you wish to draw will determine which <# you need to\ntype in.  i.e.: starting at the southwest corner and going counter-clockwise, after right clicking at the point you wish to place the lower southwest corner of your site plan, the command line reads\nenter the second point.  You may move the mouse pointer to the second point and right click to produce the line, but it is more accurate to type in each point into the command line.\n\nclick at point where you want the southwest corner to appear on your drawing then type; @90.04'<0 and press enter, then 58' 11"<89 enter, the 90.04'<269 enter, the type close and the last line will be inserted or type 58' 11"<89 then press enter twice to complete the border.  I'm assuming a symetrical site.  North border equals the south border and the West border equals the\nEast border.\n\nHope this helps.  The @ command denotes an absolute line length from the starting point and the < command denotes the angle that it is to be drawn.  In autocad, the 0 degree direction is always to the right our eastly direction and positive angle are measure in a counterclockwise direction.\n\nEnjoy autocad.  Its a fun program to work with.  I also advise going to Barnes and Noble or amazon.com and purchase the autocad 14 manual.  It is still available though it may have to be ordered.
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we dug a round hole & put a big [tractor] wheel down into the hole.  Then had a hard metal lid made for it.  Take the lid off & fire pit!!  Put the lid on & we can mow over it, walk on it, etc.\nworks great & is only a fews yard from our basement walk-out
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Use marble tracks and domino's.  You can also use hot wheels on tracks to keep it cheap.
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Personally I would use 2 metal rods and a ball bearing or marble.  bend rods so they are spaced the same with loops first and then hills.  then find a way to project marble or ? with enough force to stay on track without falling off. try different speeds and re bending rods until satisfactory results are obtained.\n\nThat would be much easier than trying to do all the math required, then obtaining the speeds and angles required to build an actual roller coaster.\nThis should be acceptable for classroom project.
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Buy a "backyard ice rink" kit. I've seen these advertised in hockey magazines like the USA Hockey members magazine. They are easily found on the web as well. If you don't want to spend a lot of money, you will minimally need to put together some kind of frame and potentially lay out plastic to keep the water from seeping into the ground.  If you have a natural depression in your yard (as was the case with my dirt driveway when growing up) and you don't care about the shape of your rink you could just fill it with water when it gets cold enough.  You can't get much cheaper than that!
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Get wooden matchsticks and cut the heads off of them.  Then it is a simple means of making the design and building it.\n\nOr you can order this kit.
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Use 12" of sand. Hold it in the area by building a box with 1x12 pressure treated wood. Sink that about 8 - 10" under the ground level so the kids don't have to step up over it so far. I'd put a bumper guard on the top of the 1x12s also so that no one gets hurt by the top of the board either. Don't just go buy any old sand, make sure that you specify what you will be using it for so that you get some clean stuff. \nAll the equipment should be mounted in the dirt UNDER the sand and reinforced with concrete where/when needed. Swingsets and climbing equipment should be secured in this fashion without question.\nHope that helps
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you might try a figure 8 knot, or a stopper knot.\n\nhttp://www.chockstone.org/TechTips/Stopper.htm
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its pretty simple.\nyou need a pvc or pvp or whatever the fuck its called,pipe. some hairspray(seriously) a potato and a match. spray mad hairspray at the bottom of the pipe, insert potato. and light it up. (the tricky part is introducing the flame to the fuel.
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You simply take two or more long stakes (say four and a half to five feet in length ) and hammer them into the ground in the places that you need the supports\n\nYou can purchase extending metal poles with one spiked end for this purpose--but homemade wooden ones work just as well
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Dig a hole. \nBurn it. \nUse it for fertilizer.
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From the link below:\n\n1. Hold one end of each shoelace in each hand.\n2. Cross them, making an X.\n3. Pass one end of the shoelace under the other.\n4. Pull tight.\n5. Fold one shoelace in half while holding laces taut.\n6. Wrap the other end around the folded end.\n7. Grasp it in the middle after pulling it around the folded end.\n8. Bend it into a flat loop and pull through, making a bow.\n9. Repeat with other shoe.
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Put diamonds on them, like the rappers.\n\nGive yourself a grill.