Roll on the 20th June

[ramset]

Archer dusty is talking about putting magnets at the 1 o'clock area on his board  Is this necessary with electromag at 7 o'clock also?   Chet

[exxcomm0n]

Dang.

Beaten under the wire by Dusty (Nice build man! I look forward to your progress!).

But so as to show a few other concepts and not be left behind............

http://www.youtube.com/v/U_QfZlgF14s
http://www.youtube.com/v/d7i29Vxn53M
http://www.youtube.com/v/QAugoQHvGRU

Just a toy. Isn't that the same as mental masturbation?
Maybe it just feels as good.

Play with your mind. How else to you expect it to grow big and strong?

[b0rg13]

Dang.

Beaten under the wire by Dusty (Nice build man! I look forward to your progress!).

But so as to show a few other concepts and not be left behind............

http://www.youtube.com/v/U_QfZlgF14s
http://www.youtube.com/v/d7i29Vxn53M
http://www.youtube.com/v/QAugoQHvGRU

Just a toy. Isn't that the same as mental masturbation?
Maybe it just feels as good.

Play with your mind. How else to you expect it to grow big and strong?

kool, so if you place repeling magnets at about 7 does it push the rod up and start the rotation?.

[exxcomm0n]

Nope.

Basic design flaw.

The rods are too long and not allowing sufficient weight displacement for clockwise to be heavier and the magnet is doing better at pushing UP, rather than in (not enough travel). I'm also thinking  about stronger/longer neomags on the rod too as the attract field was pretty close at 7:00 and sometimes you can tell.

Right now I'm debating on cracking open the already mounted rods, or making a new wheel.

Further progress will be slow as since it's a toy, I DON'T want to have to print "batteries not included" on the box and am opting for the "grail" route of permanent (neos). I'm waffling on the idea of gating the attract/repel neomags with copper or aluminum and using a "sympatheticly" driven wheel or piston with the repelling magnet(s) mounted to it.

We'll see what tomorrow brings...............

[The Eskimo Quinn]

I was not going to post any further on the wheel, however as you all seem to be trying the permanent mag route. I did give instructions for this.

so without getting into a Newtonian debate in physics, each of you go out to you car or shed put you finger on the outside of any wheel  and turn it, now put your finger closer to the centre and try.

it is harder or you cannot do it. nothing changed simply position.

the magnetic wall is in perfect proportion to the weight you are trying to move at that point in the wheel, you need over rotation. you need the hard point or the wall to stay where it is but have the weights extend out past that point.

draw a square letter Y on a piece of paper the long length is the rod with magnets on end the short section is the weights, now extend that 33 percent past the end of the wheel.

if you use you current weights, less the weight of the new extension part, you can now turn the wheel from the easy point, the outside, and the wall is now on the inside.
Exactly the same as the wheel you turned before, same wheel less power required, amazing what you can see right in front of you. Anyone that says their wheel on their car turns with the same force from the inside as the outside, has the worlds most amazing wheel.
I don't have the time to explain that any further, am really busy at the moment. but it should keep you going. Slots in the tubes
As I said before, there is no spoon, there is no circle only 1000 1mm arms in a 1 metre circle
That is why you have the leverage effect when you move your finger in or out of the wheel.
Please God let them get this.