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DRWhitten (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I love the low cost concept and I am very impressed. At the same time the smurf blue would get a big NO from my wife (hehehe). I'm glad that you posted this video, it lets me see the possibilities of engineering with limited parts, materials, and capital. Great job.
1dennydog (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Nice idea but why don't you use some real bearings? Those cheap things aren't going to last. You can hear how loud they are in the video. If you want something cheap that is going to last and not be so noisy use a couple spindles from the front end of a car or truck. They use tapered bearings that would also carry the side loading that your current bearings do not.
circusboy90210 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
tell your neihbors 2 mind their own beeswax, oh get land u cando anything with land of your own & no real neghbors. ;-)
utanja (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
LOL
akbrin (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
sir this things can be really noisy, & the neighbours wont like that, is there any other way u can recomment me/us to make one, Sir i am trying hard to find the best alternative energy for our homes if u can help thanx
Pigcowgreen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
beautiful... seems like those iron metal barring would freeze up for you and rust. Ever try a slick polymer or polymer barring? Try Teflon rings with silcon greese or use a rouder for teflon barrings. Ive never tried graphite but I am sure silcon greese would work well.
embeddedprogrammer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Ok, I see you found part 2 where we get power from it.
SteelLyfe (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
great idea but how are you going to get power from it??
JamboyStu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I've drawn up some plans for my own design. I'll make a video and reply to yours if you'd like? I'm thinking about only making a smaller version as a prototype, and then if it works as well as I hope, then you might find it useful. :)
embeddedprogrammer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thats a good idea I have heard more than once. Do you know a design I can implement for this? I have neodymium magnets and would be willing to cnc something to do this because it would be nearly frictionless. |
