Finsrud perpetual motion machine

[hartiberlin]

Hi All,
check out the latest pages abour the Reidar Finsrud machine at:

http://www.reidar-finsrud.com/sider/mobile/mobile.html

I know several people, who have visited him and have seen
and video taped his device.

It runs for about a month, until the glue is dried out,
that holds the permanent magnets inside the footer.

If he uses better glue, it will run longer.
This I was told about 5 years ago. Maybe he already has now better
viscosity glue for the magnets.

It seems to be some kind of chaotic vibration effect together
with the magnet attraction setup and removeable attraction arms, what keeps
this ball rolling.

This is probably also a case, where the magnets get a bit colder and
it extracts the energy from the surrounding heat energy of the magnets.

If you ever go to Norway, please visit him and post a few new pictures !
Many thanks.

Regards, Stefan.

[emcsquaredmike]

  The perpetual motion machine looks like it works!  Would like to get more info on device. Thanks!

[Gumboots2u]

  Hi Stefan

  I emailled Reidar and got a reply as to permission to replicate . He said OK but to make sure it was regarded as art and not to
profit from it. As well as making sure he was recogniized for his work. Alll of which of I had no problem dealing with.

    This was a couple of months. ago and I am in the process of clearing off a clockwork art piece for a customer ,, then I will

   proceed with the replication attempt.

      Truly Mac.

[hartiberlin]

Okay Mac, let us know of your progress to rebuild it.
It seems there must be some "jittering" of the unit to get the magnetic action
in the footer to tilt back and forth permanently.
Will be probably pretty hard to setup all the motions in sync !
That is why he needed 12 Years to have all parameters lined up right.
Regards, Stefan.

[Gumboots2u]

  I am assuming that it will be a major challenge to get going correctly. I am most interested in a direct hands on observation of
his chaos principle.   A few years ago the gentleman who did the write up and pictures on Don Adsitts site was here in Ontario.
   He was here to see David Hamiel  and I was very fortunate that he also took some time and stayed with us . His visit to
Reidar's place was one of the topics we covered.   Johns conversation with Reidar highlighted the fact that the machine ran more
on probablility than on energy{ sort of  like Douglas Adams probability drive } , which translated lightly means that the chance of it
coming to rest relied on the probability that everthing synchroniised to slow it down. It operated more on instability than a source
  of energy.   I'll be starting with the chaos penduluum  first, then branching out. It may not look like his machine when it is done
because my focus is on the chaos, and further if it does end up looking like his machine then it will be because the principle led
me in that direction.   Lets see what happens.   

     Truly Mac.