Wolfram- Sorry that your dinner got cold.
Loachmom- Feel free to visit.
Connor- I'm not sure if you are serious or not. I think not because of your PS. In any case, it is interesting to note that the details of this design make a big difference. The position of the outer supports is critical. Move them inward or outward and you get problems real fast. This cantilever bridge design requires that the correct balance point is achieved.
It is interesting historically that when bridge designers first used steel with the cantilever design, longer spans than were previously possible, became possible.
From a practical point of view, I have built quite a few bookcases and a few tables, etc, but I have never until now built something that I could not flex in any way. It just feels rock solid and does not give at all. That's a good thing, because if I could flex it, then 3600 lbs on it would probably break it.
Dutch- Thanks for the compliment on the hinges and knobs.
Graeme- Speaking of the next installment of pictures, I thought that it would be quite awhile, but I had mentioned to the LFS that I was in the market for some large pieces of bogwood. They called me and said they had some in. They almost never get any in so I was surprised. It is pretty nice stuff so I bought all they had. The wood is expensive, but I bought a new dog bed for our Corgi at the same time and told my wife that I got some wood and that the dog bed was kind of expensive. She saw through that one!
I plan to stack it with some on rocks so that there are many, many places to hide.
