The bridge builders research pointed them in the direction of their initial design, which was an arch bridge a top a truss bridge and four anchors at the edge of the table. Erikson Lars’s
Pi Symphony website greatly contributed to JAN’s want of a bridge with anchors since his studies showed that separate anchors can help distribute about 100 pounds evenly among the four anchors. For the builders idea to include a truss JAN also viewed Erikson Lars’s Pi Symphony since he suggested how a truss between the arc and the bottom will support more weight. Bridges
& Tunnels of Allegheny County & Pittsburgh website, pghbridges (2008), also contributed to the builder's decision to use a truss, especially Parker "Camelback" Pratt Truss, since it listed the
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For deciding what glue will be used they looked at Mark Schofield’s editorial on the Fine Wood Working website (2007) to see what conclusion he came to when it came to discovering which glue is the strongest on wood. His glue test showed that TiteBond III is extremely strong on wood. Just to ensure that what Mark Schofield is saying is true, the builders went to the website Glue Strength Testing . At this website JAN’s belief in using TiteBond III was reinforced when the website came to the conclusion that, while
Gorilla Glue is extremely strong it did not score high during all the tests conducted, whereas
TiteBond III was, overall, a higher scorer in the tests.
When it came to what surface the builders will build the bridge, the builders decided to use wax paper. JAN first came up with the idea when they were researching building tips on the website, Instructables . On the website they discovered Hmiller11’s Toothpick Bridge Project editorial (2011) that suggested using wax paper with gridlines on it to create symmetry, and states that symmetry is key to a successful bridge.
The process through which JAN built the bridge was a complicated and convoluted,