Roll on the 20th June

[capthook]

if you have to much weight you can't push and pull the rod up and if you don't have enough weight you can't break the magnetic field so for this to rotate the weight has to be perfect which is cool but once you put a load on it it stops why because now you have to increase your weight to move the load and the weight is to much to push pull the rod but you can't add weight as its going so again it will stop because gravity has to much to do and can't break the magnetic field.
This is how I see it and why I think it will not work

I second your motion Rusty - turning is one thing. Doing so with a load is another one alltogether.
But hey - the builders are building - let's see what happens!

@ Clanzer: thanx for the bearing pic....

[Rise of Raven]

Hi All
This is the point I have been trying to make, weight matters if you have to much weight you can't push and pull the rod up and if you don't have enough weight you can't break the magnetic field so for this to rotate the weight has to be perfect which is cool but once you put a load on it it stops why because now you have to increase your weight to move the load and the weight is to much to push pull the rod but you can't add weight as its going so again it will stop because gravity has to much to do and can't break the magnetic field.
This is how I see it and why I think it will not work, I could be wrong time will tell but thats my thoughts.
Take Care All
Graham

This is why I'm saying to use both sides of the wheel, why waste all that area for nothing? As far as how load/drag effects the wheels rotation all you would have to do is engineer it to where you know it has more than enough reciprocating mass no matter what size generator you decide to use with its given load demands on any system.

[sm0ky2]

the magnets are NOT turning the wheel, all they do is move the rods.  the rods are already in their place in the unused area.  gravity turns the wheel, because the rods are always imbalanced.

[Rise of Raven]

an example would be if you knew a generator took at least 100ft lb to turn you would need a wheel that made well over 100 ft lb after it got spinning to where the load of the generator would not stop it. Once the wheel got spinning I would hope its easier for it to enter the gate than it is initially to get the wheel turning

[Rise of Raven]

the magnets are NOT turning the wheel, all they do is move the rods.  the rods are already in their place in the unused area.  gravity turns the wheel, because the rods are always imbalanced.

I understand that smoky, thats why weight should matter