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>>> WELCOME BACK. YOU ARE LOOKING AT ME BUT YOU
CAN'T SEE ME.
I AM HIDING BEHIND A LARGE
PIECE OF CHALK.
WE ARE HERE REED COLLEGE WITH
LORENZO AND ALEX.
TWO GUYS THAT CREATED THIS.
>> WE ARE MAKING THE WORLD'S
LARGEST PIECE OF CHALK
ACCORDING TO GUINNESS.
>> HAVE YOU DESCRIBED IT?
>> CAN YOU IMAGINE.
>> WE BUILT IT.
I'M REALLY INTO IT.
>> WHAT DEFENSE A WHEN YOU TELL
THEM WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON AT
SCHOOL?
SCHOOL?
SCHOOL? >> THEY WERE THRILLED AT THE
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. >>
NEWS. >> EVERYONE I KNOW IS SURPRISED.
>> IT IS BIG CHALK.
>> IS SIX FEET TALL AND 24
INCHES IN DIAMETER.
IT WEIGHS 1200 POUNDS.
>> CALENDAR TAKE TO MAKE?
>> ABOUT 30 OR 40 MINUTES.
>> IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE
THINGS THIS WEEK WHEN YOU DON'T
HAVE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT.
WE DID NOT REALIZE THAT GOING
IN.
IN.
IN. WE
IN. WE MADE IT BUT IT WAS A LOT
MORE DIFFICULT THAN IT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN.
HAVE BEEN. >> BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT TO BREAK
RECORDS, THERE IS A REASON.
>> WE USED ABOUT 1000 POUNDS OF
LASTER.
LASTER.
LASTER. >> ABOUT THE TALK TO MAKE THE
THING.
THING.
THING. I
THING. I SAID WE ARE MAKING A BIG
STICK OF CHALK.
THEY SAID OKAY, COOL.
>> IT HAD TO BE MIXED BEFORE
THE INITIAL PLASTER DRIED AND
SET.
SET.
SET. BASICALLY WE NEED TO MIX 1000
KINDS OF PLASTER AND WATER
BEFORE EVERYTHING DRIED.
A BUNCH OF SEGMENTS OF CHALK.
>> WHAT ARE YOU STUDYING IT
READ THAT LED YOU TO CREATE A
GIANT PIECE OF CHALK?
>> I'M STUDYING PHYSICS.
I AM THE CLOSEST.
DO A LOT OF WORK ON BLACKBOARDS
AND PHYSICS.
AND PHYSICS. WE ARE ALL INTO CHALK.
FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
WE TAUGHT A CLASS ON CHALK.
>> YOU TAUGHT A CLASS CALLED
CHALKY TALKINGTON'S.
CHALKY TALKINGTON'S. >> WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TRY TO
BREAK THE RECORD FOR THE
LARGEST PIECE OF CHALK.
>> WE SENT IT OFF TO SEE IF WE
COULD SET A RECORD.
THE RECORD DID NOT EXIST YET.
>> NO RECORD FOR THE LARGEST
BLACK FORD.
BLACK FORD. >> NOT JUST THE WORLD'S LARGEST
PIECE OF CHALK, THE WORLD'S
LARGEST SIDEWALK BY WORD CHALK.
>> WHEN YOU MAKE A RECORD IN
GUINNESS, THEY SET BENCHMARKS
FOR HOW BIG THE OBJECT HAS TO
BE.
BE.
BE. IT
BE. IT JUST SO HAPPENED TO MAKE THE
BENCHMARK SO THAT WE DID NOT
FULFILL IT.
FULFILL IT. WE TRIED AGAIN THIS YEAR.
NEXAVAR YOU HAVE NOT HEARD BACK
TO WHETHER YOU HAVE IT SET THE
RECORD.
RECORD.
RECORD. >> WE NEED TO GET A PRIVATE
SURVEY TO MEASURE IT.
NEED SOMEONE WHO IS SKILLED IN
MEASURING THINGS.
MEASURING THINGS. >> HE CAME IN AND THEY SAID WE
HAVEN'T MEASURED CHALK FOR.
>> THEY CAME IN AND MEASURED.
IN GUINNESS REVIEWS IT AND SAID
OKAY, THIS IS OR ISN'T UP TO
STANDARD.
STANDARD.
STANDARD. >> COLOMBI THINK IT WILL BE
UNTIL YOU HEAR BACK?
>> 12-15 WEEKS.
A WHILE.
A WHILE.
A WHILE. >> ARE YOU NERVOUS?
>> WE KNOW IT IS THE