A large stone on a ramp, kept from rolling by a wedge, to be pushed out of position, by use of mechanical advantage through a lever, seems quite doable to me.
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SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 2 days ago
For fun, here’s a link to the 10,000-year clock, built by The Long Now Foundation. The level of modern engineering, and planning, that it takes to build a clock that will operate for 10,000 years is fascinating. When you stop to think about, say, the trope of a mechanism that will slide back a 20-ton rock door reliably after 2,000 years is quite ridiculous.
PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
umbrella@lemmy.ml 20 hours ago
it says it can be scaled, i wonder if its 3d printable
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
And then there are those secret doors where you pull a lever and the wall opens up on its own. What kind of mechanism would be reliable after all these years?
athatet@lemmy.zip 23 hours ago
Sticky piston.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 21 hours ago
Yeah, but that requires iron, redstone and slime.
Quantenteilchen@discuss.tchncs.de 20 hours ago
Well the iron and slime I can get you, but the redstone I have struggled with for many years and I still do not possess any…