bessler wheel scissor jack

[AB Hammer]

Good luck P-motion 

It has to be reset and making it longer so it will fall will just make it even harder to reset. Each change causes another change to have to be done.

[AB Hammer]

P-Motion

The larger weight is 4 inches from the axle. The smaller weight is 12 inches from the axle. The smaller weight is 1/10 the weight of the larger one. When you add all this, it will seem like a leverage discrepancy but you also have to take in account of the weight of the scissor jack. Then you have to take in account of the leverage properties of the scissor jack itself. In this case you are definitely not going to get something for nothing. 

[markh]

Hey Guys

I appreciate all of the comments.  I think I'm just going to have to suck it up and build it, so I can see if it does anything close to what I'm thinking in my head.   I have a few ideas I want to try with a build, but I just haven't pulled the trigger yet.    I honestly am not that good building things, but I think that's really the only way to see what is going on with the wheel. 

peace
mark

[erickdt]

AB Hammer,

Perhaps utilizing higher leverage will solve the issue of having to have an extremely heavy "prime mover" weight.

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[AB Hammer]

@erickdt

Scissor jacks have some very interesting effects and to try to over leverage them you also over leverage any possible advantage. There is a way to use scissor jacks and I will show this off in one of my wheels latter, once I finish my show wheels.