not having that problem.... as you see it's now into the 400s and only 60ish behind the crapeze ;)

My friends "the alphabet" are currently sharing MB's genius with their Double Alphabet siblings. I expect their votes will start pouring in any time now

HM takes the lead, thanks to my friends 1 at aol.com through 50 at aol.com!

My measly vote has been cast!

Do they make colored packaging tape?
 

They make permanent markers.

And, while I appreciate the voting efforts, I might suggest keeping the "friends" to a dull roar. I don't see anything in the rules, but I'd hate to be disqualified, or to leave a bad taste in the judges' mouths when they tally votes...

Ah, they do make permanent markers. I've "glazed" paper-mâché with elmer's glue and markers.

One of the other sculptures has clearly more than 10% of the mass of the thing made up of pebbles used as ballast. It should be disqualified. Also, the cricket bat one uses a ball that clearly has more mass than the entire tape sculpture itself. One has rope lighting all winding around in it. Each of them uses materials other than tape that would be more then 10% of the mass of the thing.

When I was building mine, people suggested lighting it. One factor in deciding not to do that was the time and complication involved, but another was the fact that it doesn't take much material to weigh more than 10% more than tape.

I used a fair bit of permanent ink, but I think I'm safely below the 10% mark...

I'm losing ground, so if anyone hasn't voted, please do!

I was just wondering about this - When do the polls close?

The end of February.

They still won't let me vote again.

pssst - use a bogus email addy

That's dishonest, you ballot box stuffing conservative. :p Besides, I'm not going to plug in somebody else's email and have them get spammed. The voting also only counts 10%, and if the judges find out the email addresses are not valid, HM may suffer in the judging.

I have more than one email addy...I used all of them. I wonder if they bother tracking?

I used all mine too, I think that's legit.

they allow any old string of text. It doesn't even need an @ symbol.

Delete the cookie, then vote again?

Just listening to what Ed Schultz said on MSNBC.

Nope, I clear the cookies a couple times a day, with cclearer.

Speaking of tape creations, History Channel had a Myth Buster episode last night where the whole episode was all the things made with Duct (Duck) Tape. It was pretty cool. They lifted a full sized car with 100 strips, repaired a hole in a boat, and built a fully functional cannon which fired a 10 pound cannon ball about 150 feet. And finally they built a fully functional 15 foot sail boat out of 23 rolls with a steel frame and sailed it all over the bay. Pretty damm impressive.

I saw that one. That's a good show.

Thread bump post bumps thread.

But, yeah, the duct tape stuff was awesome.

It was wild.

Germans call it Panzer Tape. you know there's duct tape and there's DUCT tape. We've got some MIL Sec stuff at work that would rip the balls off a brass monkey. :thumbsup:

Some of that choice is working its way down to the masses... I was in Lowes recently and wound up getting Tough duct tape with No Residue, for those times when you don't want to tear off the tape and leave patches of grey goo.

Also of note is the availability of industrial strength Velcro™, with industrial strength adhesive. Sadly, I'm not into bondage S&M, or the possibilities would be endless.

As opposed to those times when that's just what you want!

I'm a big fan of duct tape in theory, but find it rather unpleasant in practice. If there's a non-goo version available, I'm all for it.

I just voted with two email addies.

Thanks!

This one displays an interesting geometric relationship:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/...b1403fe3c8.jpg

The tape itself is an icosahedron (or a D20 in D&D terms) with a pyramid on each face. But stringing thread between each pyramid point creates a dodecahedron (D12).

Cool! I see the pentagons in the thread.

That is so cool!

Aw, anybody can do that. All I'd need is some tape, markers, a hundred years and fifty boxes of band-aids. :lol:

Don't forget gold thread!

Oh yeah, I could use it to help hold the band-aids on, too. :lol:

Less than a week to go on the contest voting. I'm currently #15 out of 73, which isn't too bad.

I ended up 18 out of 144 in voting. Results come in on or about April 30.

excellent

If the judges have any taste at all, you will win this.

Thanks!

Alas, no joy. As for the judges' taste, even taking mine out of the running, I'd only put the angel one near the top of the entries. Ah, well... Maybe they'll do it again next year.

Encouraging people to build those big figures sells more tape.

to be fair, I think the vision of the contest holders was more along the lines of the lost mold types. HM's geometrical structure was relatively unconventional.

That's true, but they were basing a large part of the score on originality. I guess the judges didn't actually want what they said they wanted.

Sorry HM! You were robbed.

Thanks

I love Permacel Gaffer's tape. I guess it is now Shurtape.

I think you were robbed too. I like the goldfish one, but it's not in the same class as yours. The other three? you can keep 'em. Where is the originality?

Thanks!

Here's my consolation prize:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/...e95837f57d.jpg

Definately robbed.

How many rolls did you use for yours? Did you get back more than you put in? (ignoring time and effort)

I used three rolls, so I'm well ahead in the tape department.

i have one of those wrapping paper cutters. love it. somehow, I've managed to find it on christmas eve for the last 3 years.

It does look like a pretty useful design. That and the scissors will be the handiest.

Though the 6-pack of tape may be useful if there's another off-the-roll contest.

Another one using the "Off the Roll" tape:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/...26d06fcab9.jpg
Transparent Skeletal Octahedron by Happy Monkey, on Flickr

It's so pretty! :)

I've entered a Washington Post craft contest. I'm not sure if you can view the entries if you don't have an account. No voting on this one.

I've also begun work on one for this year's Off The Roll contest. I don't know if I'll have the time to finish it. I have til the end of February, but it's ambitious. And the later I enter, the less time for votes.

Happy, Are you # 8 of 166 ?

I like them, but they may be to subtle for that contest.

At the moment, I'm #8 and 9. The numbers change as more entries are added. My washpo username is matthewwb.
Possibly.

Your entries are completely different from all the others.
So you'll walk-away with 1st prize this time.