Posted by MrTim (205.188.208.9) on July 03, 2003 at 16:12:14:
In Reply to: Re: Getting closer... posted by grim on July 02, 2003 at 20:46:09:
: : Looks like everybody is trying to beat that July 4th deadline!
: : Just the other day I found something SO simple that it just _might_ work. Won't know, of course, until further testing is completed....
: Go for it Mr. Tim! The only real way to know with all variables included is the physical construction.
: Got one "principle piece" done the other day, took 5 1/2 hours for final machining. Another 5 1/2 hours and
: I'll have two. Test at that point because the "slop model" had two only.
: Sorry, forgot to mention there's more than one "principle piece"!
: If it works out ok, got a good friend that's willing to build it also to verify.
: Fourth Of July? Got a pound of FF4 and ten feet of cannon fuse. Gonna make two
: wheels roll with a slight PUSH!
: Good luck to everyone's endeavors, let's get this "Scooby Doo" mystery solved!
: Regards
: grim
All I have to do is find the optimum balance point for a lever in the mechanism and I'm set. (It's NOT that easy to find though, as other factors are involved too.)
Karl said it was 'very simple'. If this is what I THINK it is....
Well, I guess we'll just have to wait and see then, won't we? ;-) (tease, tease)