Posted by Mike (199.60.107.1) on August 21, 2003 at 15:27:15:
In Reply to: Re: Update posted by Mike on August 21, 2003 at 12:01:38:
: I've gotten a little lazy too. Mostly from the tedium of applying a finish to the materials.
: Grim, before you post your pics are we still going to talk? No pressure, just curious.
P.S.
Actually Grim I've given it some thought and from the looks of things maybe what we have isn't the same after all. If we have the same base idea, but different designs, then I'll say your a bloody genius-from what you've posted.
It's an interesting but expensive hobby isn't it? A lot spent on machinery.
Mike
: Best regards,
: Michael
: : Meantime substituted a wooden roller for the bearing, mech performs and supports weight as did the "slop model"
: : mech. Won't be long now, I've gotten, well, to be quite frank....lazy.
: : Viper is correct, gravity can be made to make masses do some really strange things, including lift themselves.
: : Will release photos of actual construction as saga unfolds, as promised. No, there not CAD (Can't Actually Do it).
: : Regards to all
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: : grim
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