Posted by Darren (65.35.121.174) on June 10, 2003 at 21:59:10:
In Reply to: Number of components in Bessler's wheel posted by John Collins on June 10, 2003 at 12:25:26:
: Darren, I think, said there were 21 moving parts in his wheel but that could increase to 102. In my current design there are 40 moving parts but there are some additional pieces which comprise each moving part - and yet the design is extremely simple in theory - but not so easy tp put together!
Ahh... you've named my pain.
: I'm puzzled that Darren should arrive at the figure of 102 since that is divisible by three but not by two. You might be constructing your wheel with three or six weights Darren? Interesting.
37 can also be viewed as "30 divided by 2 with 7 left over" :-)
Darren