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by rlortie
Wed Dec 18, 2019 4:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Special request for Ralph
Replies: 3
Views: 3762

re: Special request for Ralph

@ Justsomeone. My years of research has lead me down many paths an of course none of them lead to fulfilling the endeavor. I see there are some "newbies" on board and this forum is the best example of PM, same routine found a decade ago and it just keeps spinning over and over! I noted a r...
by rlortie
Sun Apr 28, 2019 9:25 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Happy birthday Ralph
Replies: 16
Views: 9411

re: Happy birthday Ralph

Thank you all for your so-long wishes! As long as Windows 7 is usable I will be popping in occasionally. Since bidding my farewell I have sold off $3,245.00 worth of tooling, about 1/2 of what I paid for the lathe. Looking at approximately $150.00 to rid myself of the 15 years of bone yard material ...
by rlortie
Mon Apr 22, 2019 7:05 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Happy birthday Ralph
Replies: 16
Views: 9411

re: Happy birthday Ralph

A belated thank you for the birthday recognition's! Due to age and accelerated loss of health, I will be retire-ring from this forum and wheel research. Selling and in some cases giving away my machine and carpenter shop tools, not limited to Grizzly 40" gap bed lathe and powered bench mill-dri...
by rlortie
Sat Feb 16, 2019 9:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: In the beginning was the Word....
Replies: 47
Views: 7205

re: In the beginning was the Word....

I question Gil's description of a tetrahedron. It has not six sides but four. Volume: (√2)/12 × a³ Number of faces: 4 Number of edges: 6 Number of vertices: 4 Surface area: √3 × a² Base shape: Triangle Side shape: Triangle For more info: https://www.google.com/search?client=f...
by rlortie
Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Energy creation
Replies: 70
Views: 9066

re: Energy creation

A superheterodyne receiver, often shortened to superhet, is a type of radio receiver that uses frequency mixing to convert a received signal to a fixed intermediate frequency (IF) which can be more conveniently processed than the original carrier frequency. Superheterodyne receiver - Wikipedia https...
by rlortie
Sun Feb 03, 2019 1:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hints everywhere
Replies: 149
Views: 17863

re: Hints everywhere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BvU3oi_Q2k https://www.google.com/search?q=Alemania+Bessler&tbm=isch&source=univ&client=firefox-b-1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs9e3QtJ7gAhUCHTQIHYJmDCkQ7Al6BAgGEBM&biw=1282&bih=657 https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1&q=Alemania+Bess...
by rlortie
Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:55 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: How Difficult can it be?
Replies: 492
Views: 650095

re: How Difficult can it be?

by rlortie
Sat Oct 27, 2018 9:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SELF-EVIDENT universal proof of Self-Rotating Wheel Concept -drawing 091018
Replies: 52
Views: 14142

re: SELF-EVIDENT universal proof of Self-Rotating Wheel Conc

"6mm ID ball bearings on 5mm diameter steel axle"

Check if axle is not turning inside the inner bearing race, it axle is not of polished steel it may be what is causing your problem!
by rlortie
Sun Oct 21, 2018 1:49 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Donald Trump 2016?
Replies: 586
Views: 264863

re: Donald Trump 2016?

Two seat airplane crashes in cemetery, CNN reports that 26 corpse's have been retrieved!
by rlortie
Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Blood From Stone
Replies: 572
Views: 51171

re: Blood From Stone

Fletcher writes: Maybe we are looking in the wrong direction to augment the lifting of OOB weights (either height or speed) ? Can there be another way to cause a wheel to accumulate momentum so that augmented lifting or falling is unnecessary, if not a redundant concept ? They did waste energy with ...
by rlortie
Mon Aug 20, 2018 5:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gravity is only a theory ...
Replies: 95
Views: 20947

re: Gravity is only a theory ...

Yea! I too was circumcised shortly after birth, really ticked me off! I could not walk for almost the first year of my life. Just a side note to let those of interest know I am still here and kicking. Been a a while since I have posted anything. As for research, story from parents state that I start...
by rlortie
Sun Jul 15, 2018 12:12 am
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: Website not secured?
Replies: 19
Views: 18373

re: Website not secured?

Things started happening when the new alleged web security went into effect. I am not a computer guru, but know that some people ran into different problems, all starting when https: //www.besslerwheel.com/forum/index.htpps://www. was added to most addresses. Without the https: added it is no longer...
by rlortie
Tue Jul 03, 2018 6:15 pm
Forum: Fraud
Topic: peter lindemann's mechanical engine design
Replies: 2
Views: 8807

re: peter lindemann's mechanical engine design

Peter Lindemann's design was thoroughly covered here on this forum and "OverUnity. Consensus agreed that it would not work. Peter was given a referral to me, I did not do a complete build as I knew it was a waste of time and effort. http://www.besslerwheel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2734&hig...
by rlortie
Mon Jun 25, 2018 6:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: T-Pendulum under stress
Replies: 14
Views: 4885

re: T-Pendulum under stress

Reminds me of the simple "Grasshopper" clock escapement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFbfe0DFu8Q

Unfortunately you still need and outside force to keep running, either springs or weights.
by rlortie
Sat Jun 02, 2018 6:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: emblem or decoration ?
Replies: 73
Views: 17894

re: emblem or decoration ?

(They also show a pyramid...created from a traingle (3) of 5 grapes. And if it is a full 3-dimensional pyramid, it would contain 55 grapes. Heard of similar numbers before? See: Tetrahedron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahedron In geometry, a vertex (plural: vertices or vertexes) is a point whe...