Kyle, I have a construction suggestion. If you haven't already thought of this, try using double sided tape to position the rotor magnets instead of glue.
Harry ----- Original Message ----- From: Kyle Mcallister <kyle_mcallis...@yahoo.com> Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009 4:45 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Latest from Mylow > > --- Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I could easily design such a hoax: Batteries > > connected to a solenoid > > triggered by a Hall effect gate such that, between > > the gap of the > > rotor magnets a pulse is triggered providing enough > > bump to keep the > > rotor going. All hidden in the "woods" so to speak. > > While I think this thing probably will not work, I am > building an attempted replication with my wife. We're > heading back to the workshop now to continue, rotor is > ready, and we'll make the stator. It is entertaining > her, so that counts for something :) > > I wonder about the aluminum U channel. One could hide > a few AAA's in there, and a small 'kicker' solenoid, > and some control circuitry. A 555 would fit in there, > if you really were careful about soldering to the > pins, and made everything linear. It could be done. > But what the hell, I'll give this a shot. > > Oh yes, assuming the cat that Mylow had in some of the > videos is essential, my wife has several. We can > always let them roam around the workshop while the > thing is being tested, and hopefully the feline > influence will bend the laws of thermodynamics a > little. Yes, I am just kidding. > > ...or am I? <cue lightning bolts, organ music> > > --Kyle > > > > >
