Gravity based wind mill design

[Onevoice]

Status update:

All 4 lifter arms and magnet holders are now complete. I also completed phase 2 of my plan. I've built and mounted the round stator to see if I can get a smooth path. It ended up being a little bumpy in places. Especially where the ends of the ring connect to each other, but not so bumpy as to prevent gravity from pulling the magnet along the ring. Enough said, I'm now going to pull the stator ring outward from the wheel so that the top and bottom are smoothed out and the upward side arm is pulled into the axle.

[Onevoice]

Status update:

Well, I'll be the fist to admit when I mess something up. I don't like where the transition points are and where the rotor magnets will be lining up wit my setup. I need to move the lifter hinges out, shorten the arms and redo the stator path. I couldn't have seen it without putting something together wrong first. I want the arms to be at 90 deg on the top and bottom. I'm moving the hinges out so that they'll be even at the top with a line taken on a 45 deg angle. This will cost a lot of potential energy but with a net gain in balanced - imbalance between the 4 quadrants. In case any of your are actually following this, I'm still hoping to post pictures soon.

[Blacksmith]

Looking forward to seeing your pics.
Good luck.

[Onevoice]

Thanks Blacksmith!   

Status update:

Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Been busy with work, family and getting ready for 4th of July party. I cleaned up my office and splurged on a new webcam. My old US Robotics camera had a card that wasn't supported anymore. I've pretty much completely disassembled my gravity mill so I can move the hinge blocks and resize the lifter arms. This is my first time attaching pics so please bear with me. They might not be the best quality. Oh, by the way. I've acquired a new batch of magnets. I dismembered an old toy my kids grew out of. Megafort. It has connection balls that each have a 1/2" disk magnet (ceramic, I think. Cause I broke one.). I got 22 good ones and 1 that broke when it crashed into a 1/2" neo cube. I think I'm going to use some of them to do a build of a Steorn low energy actuator + some extra ideas of my own. I think I have a good way to incorporate it into a spiral motor design that just might make a runner. But first, I need to rebuild the gravity mill build. In the mean time, enjoy the pics. I'll try to post up more as I make progress. The first is my wheel. It's wood on a hard drive spindle mounted within a box framework so I have a good table surface for stator experiments. The second are some of my old lifter arms. The third is the hinge blocks that I use to attach the arms to the face of the wheel. Finally, the 4th shows my in-progress stator rings and the copper mounts I'm using to fix it to the frame.

[Blacksmith]

OneVoice
     Progress is being made!!! Good on you!
I have gotten careless a couple of times and my neos remind me who is in charge when they get close to each other, shattering to say the least.