The Road to Perpetual Motion

[Pirate88179]

@ Hans:

I just got back from reading the peswiki link that you gave earlier.  There are some pretty nice replication attempts there.  Thanks for posting it along with the information.

Interesting idea you have there for cutting out the middleman (electricity) in performing work directly.  The old machine shops ran this way. (Think Wright brothers machine shop)  They used mechanical energy as mechanical energy.  With this line of thinking, I can envision a central "power plant" in a modern home where generating electricity is but one of its many functions.

I just hope Lawrence does not see your topic or he will be telling us how you are "leading out" gravitational energy as he has predicted all along.  Hey, do you think this device might one day power a flying saucer? (Just kidding)

Seriously, I believe this device to be the most promising thing I have seen here on OU. com, or any other site.  I would wish you luck but I know that engineers do not depend on luck.

Please keep this topic going even if it gets bombarded by naysayers and the like.  As I said before, this will be difficult to replicate but the concept is so perfect.  This device must get built.

Anyway, take care and I will raise a glass of beer to your success.

Be well my friend.

Bill

[hydrocontrol]

Hans,
I think the reason that everyone thinks 'generator' is that electricity is the most 'portable' and efficient form of energy with distribution by  relatively fine wires as compared to bulky cables, pulleys and belts. The user base of mass produced items is driven by 'electricity' so why change the base. It looks easier to me to change the source of power hence the generator line of thinking. Looking at the comments of the 'witnesses' of the actual working unit indicates that the unit had very little torque for the size and it would appear the only way to compensate for this would be to 'scale it up'. The picture in my mind is a unit that is about half (or more) the size of a standard car in order to do usable work that would run a standard household even if it is only for heating and cooling. A unit with the bulk half the size of a car or bigger would not be very portable or practical for powering a mode of transportation so more of a 'fixed' mode of operation came to mind hence 'generator'. I am sure you are correct that if a unit does get built that works then a 'rethink' of applications is in order.

[Omega_0]

Cool design  !!!
But is someone building this ? or is it only on papers ?

[AB Hammer]

@Omega_0 and all

There have been several attempts at building this wheel from the original, so far with no runner. Now Hans has put it to a newer direction as well. I have also done different direction as well  which I have sent Hans copies of these designs so that Hans and I will discus. I have also posted them on BesslerWheel.com  Also others have posted there ideas on this wheel and Hans has stated you can reed all before there.

This is Hans string so I will not post my ideas here unless Hans thinks I should.

Here is other views of the original.

[hydrocontrol]

Cool design  !!!
But is someone building this ? or is it only on papers ?

A good collection of replication attempts is shown here :
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:BuzzSaw_Gravity_Wheel
As stated by AB Hammer there are no runners yet but it looks like some of the attempts could be modified with the information Hans has created that at least would try out his approach.