New Wheel Design

[noonespecial]

Hi all, Now I could do with somone telling me where I may get some weights from, weighing 1 - 6 ounces because I need the following weights:

two of 1, 2, 3 ,4 ,5  and 6 ounce weights (for test purposes) 3 ounces with probably be the best but I want to make sure...

Edit: Once I have the weights, then all I need to do is make just one more thing and the wheel is done, I could possibly have it done for monday. Some of you here could probably build my wheel within a day

Thanks

Alex

Hi Alex,

Without knowing exactly how the weights will be used, you might try some bolts with combinations of washers and/or nuts for these size weights. I don't know if this fits in with your scheme or not.

Regards,
Charlie

[Alexioco]

Hi Alex,

Without knowing exactly how the weights will be used, you might try some bolts with combinations of washers and/or nuts for these size weights. I don't know if this fits in with your scheme or not.

Regards,
Charlie

That, sounds like a good idea, nuts might be good for using as weights, what are the most heavy ones you can get?

Edit: I just found that in my back garden we have led, so I can cut the weights out of that...

Alex

[erickdt]

I'd strongly advise against messing around with lead. Lead can be extremely toxic.

No one special's suggestion to use washers is a good one.

[Alexioco]

I'd strongly advise against messing around with lead. Lead can be extremely toxic.

No one special's suggestion to use washers is a good one.

Is lead safe when its just dry? or should I not mess with it at all? if so then I will use washers...

Edit: Stuff the lead, I just read a bit about it, no thank you!!!

So what weight of washers/nuts and bolts are available?

Alex

[Low-Q]

Of course gravity is conservative. That however does not mean it isn't capable of producing work.

That is the exactly point in conservation. Conservation means no change. No change means no work.
If gravity was dynamic, however, like it increased and reduced all the time, it would do work, but that isn't the case in real life.
So bottom line; A conservative force like gravity cannot do work, are not capable to do work, and will never do work.

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