Roll on the 20th June

[markdansie]

@smokey,
thank youfor your explanations, photo and video. I wll study it and I know will save me a lot of time.
I hope o be able to contribute to the project as soon as I have some practicle experience.
Kind Regards
Mark

[sm0ky2]

got the rods re-glued, rebalanced, mass-calibrated and ready to go back on. i gave up on trying to remove mass from the center. apparently this wood has very little mass. it was all i could do to off-set what i added to the 3rd rod from torque-proofing it.
so i left the other 2 alone, and just balanced their masses to within "1.5 balls"

i did take the advice of a cabinet maker. which may come in useful for those of you who are foolish enough to still build your rods out of wood, after seeing all the problems it causes.
he said to sand it, then apply a light wood oil, let it soak, then sand again. he said what occurs is what he called "compresion" (of the wood). with the oil, you still get "some compression", but it creates a hard surface to roll on. he said it makes the difference between a drawer riding smoothly, or the metal double-roller cutting into the wood and the drawer binding.  so i took his advice.

[sm0ky2]

remounted the rods, and reassembled the linear bearings.
hopefully this new contact cement im using will hold better than the Plumber's Glue.

Torue-Proofing seems to be doing its job, at least with the wheel laying flat..  now to tackle that main wheel mount...

[sm0ky2]

@ MarkDansie

i recieved your message, however for some reason the server isn't allowing me to reply to it, or send you a message directly.
perhaps you have your messages disabled through your profile? maybe something isn't working right with the forums, not sure..

you can ask whatever questions you have in here, if you look back through all the rediculous posts in this thread i dont think you have anything to be embarassed about. theres no such thing as a stupid qestion.

plus, you have the opportunity to hear the response of many others, not just my own opinion.

but if you need to private-message me, feel free. if we can't get that problem worked out, i can send a response to your E-mail or something. we'll figure it out.

[markdansie]

@Smokey
Hi mate, I was just testing the Pm myself as a few pople have sent me thmand the reply's don't always work for me either.
I often post my email address (markdansie@bigpond.com) if anyone ever wants to talk to me.
I agree there is nothing like a bad question no matter how simple. I have often found the quesion I ask is one someone else wanted to ask but was too shy.
My expertise has been in hydroxy over the years and I have seen may magnetic motors (in person) I am only just recently getting back to doing practicle experiments as my work and family take a lot of time in the last year.
I did not have any particular questions at this stage and appreciate all your information.
Kind Regards
Mark