Roll on the 20th June

[sm0ky2]

Aces Dude!

Good ideas all!

I would just suggest a hard wood like oak for the blocks (I'm sure you were already on top of that) and that your stand structure be adjustable, interchangeable, and the same weight at each rod placement.

I have a metal construction bias from my upbringing and that's why I used those materials...but yours seems just as good!

yeah i struggled a long time with using wood, i tried to find metal parts, but for a custom job like this, wood just turned out to be easier to work with in certain ways.  this is a 'low power' device, so i dont need to use strong metals. the whole thing stand and all doesn't weight 5 pounds..

i could use slotted brackets to mount the bearings on. put a screw through each of the blocks, so that i can adjust it vertically. - to level out the two ends of the rods.

[exxcomm0n]

Excomm mighty interesting that is my design technically but I thought of a little revision to get the rod to be pushed and pulled up to maximum potential weather it will work or not is another question but if we achive say a 75% of the rod on the unbalanced side it should work no questions asked...

Dusty if you are reading this please jump in I havent seen any posts from you recently...

-infringer-

Man, it just swam into my head.

I realized just a little before typing this where it came from, I just used easier to get materials.

Next time your @ an amusement park, look at the wheel/track assembly of a roller coaster, especially any one that does loops.
The wheels are usually some sort of wheel-"cage" that runs on a tube.

Check out the chain crawler thing they use to lift the cars up to the top of some hills too.

There's some good machine'n in there as well.

[MrKai]

You missed that post were I said I have a "tongue in cheek" fetish?

Balance does no work. Pure and simple.
It has potential, but needs imbalance to realize it.

Why don't you and PureP go have a mutual admiration society meeting somewhere else please.

You have a seriously malformed ego.

[exxcomm0n]

You have a seriously malformed ego.

Ya huh.

It's my "altered ego".

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Have a nice day.

[purepower]

Ya huh.

It's my "altered ego".

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Have a nice day.

Seriously, if youre going to use this forum as one of your little play toys or as a place to stroke your "altered ego," then you should be "dismissed" from the site. This isn't a place to come try to find a small shred of meaning to a sad, pathetic life. This is a place for progressive individuals to throw ideas around to try to free the world of its energy crisis. If you distract from this for your own pleasure, then you are no better than the "oil man" and are not worth the air (or smoke) in your lungs.

If you wish to make a positive contribution, then do so. Otherwise, get out of our way.

-PurePower