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Toothpick Tour of San Francisco

Adrienne Crezo — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:53:44 +0000

This model of San Francisco was built using nothing more than toothpicks and Elmer’s glue. Scott Weaver used over 100,000 toothpicks and spent around 3000 hours over 34 years building the piece, which includes lots of famous landmarks and a few surprises. For a video and more details, read more at Geeks Are Sexy. Link

Queen Mary Ocean Liner Made Out of Toothpicks

Alex — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:11:24 +0000

This is fantastic: Wayne Kusy created a 25-foot model of the 1936 Queen Mary made entirely out of 814,000 toothpicks and 19 gallons of wood glue. It took him 8 years to build.

And the most surprising fact of all? Wayne has never been on the Queen Mary.

Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – via Daily Mail

A Toothpick Model of San Francisco That Took 34 Years to Make

John Farrier — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:47:39 +0000

More than three decades ago, Scott Weaver began building a model of San Francisco out of 100,000 toothpicks. He began the fragile project at the age of fifteen, which has survived four homes, an earthquake, and a destructive dog. In The San Francisco Gate, Janny Hu writes:

“Rolling Through the Bay” is 9 feet tall, 7 feet wide and 2 feet deep. It sports four pingpong ball tracks with more than a dozen entry points.

There’s the Golden Gate tour, which snakes through Chinatown and Aquatic Park and ends at the old Fleishhacker Pool. There’s the Cable Car tour, which travels past the painted ladies of Alamo Square into Golden Gate Park and onto the old Ferris wheel at Ocean Beach. There’s even a nod to the East Bay that features a BART train and the Bay Bridge.

Look closely, though, and an even more detailed world appears. Surfers give the peace sign as they ride the waves near Ocean Beach. Two crabs are escaping from Fisherman’s Wharf. The tail of Humphrey the humpback whale splashes by the bay.

Link via DudeCraft | Image: Dornob

Most Toothpicks in a Beard

Queuebot — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:04:11 +0000

Imagine sticking 2,222 toothpicks in your beard!

George Gaspar makes history by sticking 2222 toothpicks in his beard, a new world record. Gaspar’s achievement beat previous record holder BeardPick by 222 toothpicks.

The record was set on February 4, 2009 at Gaspar’s home in Sherman Oaks, California. Ayleen Gaspar was present to witness the feat and count the toothpicks.

Link

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by oezicomix.