Roll on the 20th June

[sm0ky2]

@ Graham, everything i was mentioning above, with the exception of the H.J.,, was YOUR invention. that you GAVE freely (thank you) to the entire world.

i haven't seen your 3rd design yet, i hope you found a way around the "issues" with the other two.
personally i found more "possibilities" with the Tri-Force than i did with the corner gate. there was something about the "forces" with the corner gate that didnt sit well with me. i haven't quite worked it out yet, but its almost like the magnets make it slow-down on its way out, even though its repelling..
With the Tri-Force (and H.J. linear) you get a full KICK out, which is impressive.

i kept hoping you would figure out a way to incorporate that effect into this wheel, but it seems like you are not interested enough in it to even give it a second thought...
i played around with some things, but all i got was a "booster" Tri-Force to help break the "wall" of the repelling magnets, but after playing around with it, i fould that the "roller-bar" gets in the way of the repell effect. so alas.....  Archer and Tri-Force may not be compatible..?? or i may jst not see quite how it could be done..

anyhow.  by "L" i mean the L-shaped Tri-Force configuration, that mimics your Corner Gate.
think it was on Clanzer's site, before he crashed it.. 

Have you given any thought to investing in GeoMag stock?? lol,  they're 08' profits are going to be off the chart!!

[purepower]

Again we see the difference between the real world and Purepower's school world.
last time i checked, construction projects were the biggest projects in the world, and I'm pretty sure that it would be VERY easy for someone to not only work, but to finish high on the "corporate" ladder without being able to spell "someone, or project".  likely make a pile more money in the long run than an engineer working at a company where you are just a number, and expected to be a "yes" man to ensure the advancements of their superiors.
But hey, thats the real world, right?
In fact, I even personally know a guy that was in 2nd year of med school in georgia, before it was found he was mostly illiterate, so that's how good the american school system is. 
But again, that's the real world, not something that is only read about in a book.

ciao,  Dirt

Ya, construction, like the huge facilities my company designs in over 50 countries. So Im guessing you are on the building side, not the design side. Its okay, the world needs worker bees too!..

Again, where do you work? I like how you dodge the question first time around...

-PurePower

PS I like how you say "the difference between the real world and Purepower's school world," but then refer to my job as "thats the real world." So do I live in a "real school" world, meaning I am a part of this physical world like everyone else but understand it better than most? I can live with that...

[sm0ky2]

@ Exx,

here's the problem. These linear bearings (while they work better than ANYTIHNG i can find on the market) are a pain in the ass to assemble. as i found out today...
and small ball bearings are hard to find cheaply..

i ended up E-baying 30 bearings for about $25 (after shipping) which is cheaper than everything else i found. that gives me enough for 8 bearings. (6 to be used here unless i go for 4 arms).
On top of that, the bearings came split in two different sizes,
which makes this REAL FUN <-- thats me faking a smile...

so at this point ordering another 24-30 bearings would just be rediculous... noones even gotten this damn thing to work  yet...

im muling over wether or not to use the neos..  that would give us a shorter push distance, but greater weight capacity, AS WELL AS - faster response time. which has PROVEN to increase RPM.
also the neos, being small, can be attached in multitude for added power.
downside is hard to adjust/easy to OVER adjust...  STRONG tension forces on parts of the wheel.
'hammering effect' when it hits the rod-stops. this has to be cushioned if i go neo.

on the other hand, most of the ferrites i have push further, and are more constent, steadily changing throughout their fields. makes for easier tuning, more consistent results.
the downside is the slow-action of the rods, lower weight capacity, and they are a lot larger/heavier.


stepping it down to 2 rods  i could split them, but my mind wants to take me in the other direction...
4-12++ rods? i dunno..

using 1 bearing per rod-half would require some sort of support - which adds friction. defeating the entire purpose of using this linear-bearing.  So now you see my dilema.......
i totally get all the why's that led archer to this latest development, it makes perfect sense, i cant believe noone else thought of it before he did...  just another ++ to the effect. i SOOO want to use that, but i can't see how i can now... 

Best i can come up with, i move the mounts close in towards the center, and put the mags at about half radii ??  if we get some wheels spinning, then i could see sinking a bunch of $$ into making a really good one, and i'd have someone make these damn bearings in a machine-shop where they know what the hell they're doing, and/or have the equipment to do it right.

i'm over here using 2 bearings opposite each other of one size, and the other 2 sides are slightly smaller. of course different I.D. too, so i have to add a cut piece of tensioner-pin to make up the gap.
hack-saw brass rod into tiny 13/16th inch sticks. cutting tiny wood squares, hand drilling them to accept the brass, fitting it to the rod, then glueing it all together..

i'll add pics later, possibly do a bearing-demo vid after the paint dries...



we had that talk about Friction earlier.  Friction only "doesnt matter", when you dont have much to deal with. THAT's how i like to build things..   

i see stuff like the front surface of Dusty's wheel, or the scratches in the blue paint on Clanzer's "saw-blades"  and i can "feel" the friction!!!   like nails scratching down a chalkboard.

i can BREATHE on my wheel and it tries to spin around....

i want the rods to be that way too. which, with these linear-bearings, may actually be possible.
 
and if/when i get this thing to work, i have a crate full of "frictionless" A/C generator/motors torn out of misc. appliances (mostly microwave fans) ready to belt on.

[sm0ky2]

Ya, construction, like the huge facilities my company designs in over 50 countries. So Im guessing you are on the building side, not the design side. Its okay, the world needs worker bees too!..

-PurePower

So, are you an "intern" while you are at school? or are they footin the bill? (both?)
what exactly is it you "do" there?

[MrKai]

A secretary?s job is not just to sit on your lap; they normally do the typing and grammar for you. This is what my last secretary wrote.

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

1. Your secretary didn't write this; you are a liar Why do you people insist on lying to make a point (badly)? Sheesh. However bringing up THIS particular example really sends home the message of how you alterna-guys can really be easily duped/wrapped up into utter BS and confirmation bias.

2. This particular piece of junk science has been floating around for awhile. The fact of the matter is that the particular letter substitutions that are presented are completely readable, and has nothing to do at all with the "Amazing" powers of the human mind.

Essentially, enough letters are in the original positions, which makes that work; it is quite readable for what it is.

Contrast with:

A  ysscertae obj si tno sujt ot ist no oyru pla; htye lnolryma od het noytipg nda ngamram ofr ouy. Shti si atwh ym stal yscertae towre.

Keepin' it Real in 2008,

Mr. Kai