Howard Johnson Replication Tube Claim

[wattsup]

@Rosphere

I admire your methodology but what string are you talking about?
I won't go through the whole thing so let's just take one place in the following video.
(NEW VIDEO #19) Magneticmotor1 (Mylow) Magnet Motor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLzh5cibTKE&feature=channel_page

At 1:25 he takes the stator bridge to put it back into place without any attempt to deviate through any "string" going out from the left. He just lowered the bridge into place. If there was a string coming out the left center, it would have been stuck between the bride and the 2 by 4. He then normally slid the wheel to the right because it was obviously to far left.

Sorry but I don't buy it. Too easy. No string. All his actions are just actions that anyone would take when manipulating and taking apart things.

Where would you put things that were already on the glass table if you wanted to use the table for a demo. Well, putting things on the sofa would be my first choice.

Walking from the right instead of the left. WOW. That is stretching it pretty far. Now a video has to be shown with a guy walking from both sides.

Lifting his foot. Sorry he did not make any more or less effort with his feet throughout the whole walk around. Just feet trying to find footing while turning around a table with a video in one hand. Try it some time and see.

All in all very interesting but not a shred of real factual evidence. An invisible string is not evidence and human mannerisms of the type you are describing are not out of the ordinary.

[lumen]

Maybe whatever used to be on the table is what he is walking around?

I was thinking of the earlier Stonehenge setup but you must be kidding, a string?
Don't you think any of the clear line would pick up a glare off the lighting while it was bouncing around and you would see it on the video.
If it was a very thin black thread it may be possible to not see it but the background glare off the glass table would show some artifacts.
The whole concept would be much harder than you suggest and at this point would have been risky for Mylow to have his fraud revealed.

Just repeat after me..... WOW it works, WOW it works.  Isn't this easier?
If it's a fake and he hides it now, you will wonder forever. If you let him go, you will know the answer in time.

[Rosphere]

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At 1:25 he takes the stator bridge to put it back into place without any attempt to deviate through any "string" going out from the left. He just lowered the bridge into place. If there was a string coming out the left center, it would have been stuck between the bride and the 2 by 4. He then normally slid the wheel to the right because it was obviously to far left.
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Did he lower it, or slide it in from behind?

I think the fishing-line, invisible to the camera, was just in front of the left stator support, up high near the rotor plate.  Leaving plenty of room to lower/slide the left stator support's front-base leg under the fishing line.

To be fair, I looked and looked for some glint from this supposed fishing line and I saw none.  So, you could be right.

Why were all of his rotor assembly adjustments from left-to-right before starting the device and right-to-left when taking it apart?

Also, if he is standing on the left side of the camera why would he walk, so many times, ~270 degrees around the table to the right when he could have simply walked ~90 degrees to the left.

wattsup, as God is my witness, I wanted to believe.  I believed that this was for real for a few days.  I was so excited that I almost purchased materials today for a replication attempt.  Now I can continue to pay down my debits.

[joe_1001101]

Regarding video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLzh5cibTKE&feature=channel_page


At 0:50~052 he appears to be moving the string out of the way as he mumbles something about putting, "it right there," as he touches the left stator support for some strange reason.  (Whoops.)

I watched that section over and over when it first came out.  I was going to say something, but I didn't think of a clear fishing line type of string at the time.  It is a little puzzling.

Joe

[RunningBare]

Not really, it's an old trick to take fine glass paper and dull cat gut line, wash it off with water and your left with a non reflective partially translucent line, then add to that the video goes through compression, we all know how much detail can be lost in Youtube videos.
Is it string driven, I do not know, but it was asked that people show possible ways this could be faked, but despite some very plausible demonstrations they are not being accepted, how can anyone convince others of a possible fake under these circumstances?

Maybe whatever used to be on the table is what he is walking around?

I was thinking of the earlier Stonehenge setup but you must be kidding, a string?
Don't you think any of the clear line would pick up a glare off the lighting while it was bouncing around and you would see it on the video.