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153 chuck Cassel
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Jun 1, 2003
7:13 am
hi gang, i have my own design also.i have also bought several machine for my shop to build this design.mostly i joined this group because it is trying to build...
154 Eric Vogels
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Jun 1, 2003
8:46 am
Hi Miles. I can picture what you want to try. But in what direction are the North and South poles pointing? I guess it's through the 10 mm thickness. I believe...
155 Eric Vogels
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Jun 1, 2003
9:04 am
Hi Chuck. Building a motor that does not work as planned is still very useful. Because every new model has a bit of the experience from an earlier model in it....
156 Eric Vogels
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Jun 1, 2003
9:17 am
Hi all. I want to tell about an interesting side effect of a failing experiment: I made a wheel (like the models I'm building now) and it was not too good...
157 Eric Vogels
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Jun 1, 2003
1:41 pm
Hi all. Just for information: Not all handwork is used for building wheels. I made a balance to check my counterweights. The new counterweights are made of...
158 Ralph Lortie
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Jun 1, 2003
4:40 pm
Eric, My statement about using a gravity wheel in conjunction with magnets is well worth pursuing. Having thought of it I think so anyway:-). For maximum...
159 chuck Cassel
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Jun 1, 2003
5:41 pm
hi, thanks for the encouraging words eric. a thought on the bessler wheel/minato combo-if you build this out of ballance and it is a slow but steady moving...
160 chuck Cassel
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Jun 1, 2003
5:45 pm
http://www.greaterthings.com/News/FreeEnergy/Directory/GravityMotors/photos/index.html here it is.too bad it not vidieo.just still pictures,but it looks good...
161 Ralph Lortie
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Jun 1, 2003
6:45 pm
Miles, Your paddle wheel idea is not new, but it’s always that individual change or “what if” that can make a difference. We recently had a discussion on...
162 Ralph Lortie
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Jun 1, 2003
9:17 pm
HI Chuck, The link you posted has received a lot of controversy lately. If you follow the links on your post you find a string of debates a mile long. ...
163 Eric Vogels
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Jun 2, 2003
7:39 am
Hello Chuck, Ralph and all I started to make a model to see how it works. It's an easy design (did not Bessler write that his design was very easy?) and you...
164 MILEHIGH3D@... Send Email Jun 2, 2003
4:46 pm
Hi Ralph and group- My college had a large stainless steel vessel donated. I think it was used for some kind of plating metals. The large magnets were in the...
165 MILEHIGH3D@... Send Email Jun 2, 2003
5:09 pm
Head Office and Manufacturing Location (15 minutes from the Los Angeles International airport) Magnet Sales & Manufacturing (established 1955) 11250 Playa...
166 dclmt
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Jun 2, 2003
8:55 pm
Hi all, This post has indeed raised a lot of controversy! Not the least of which I might add is that I think I can see a possible reason why it "should" work! ...
167 Eric
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Jun 3, 2003
7:59 am
Hi Dan, all. That thought that maybe the jumping springs create some kind of harmonic wave that makes everything work made me decide to test with real springs...
168 Ralph Lortie
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Jun 3, 2003
1:27 pm
Eric and group, Ralph LOrtie here First off I am happy to report that I appear to be back in the group with no more bouncing. I got kicked out of all 12 of the...
169 Ralph Lortie
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Jun 3, 2003
1:31 pm
Pendulum, device consisting of an object suspended from a fixed point that swings back and forth under the influence of gravity (see Gravitation). Pendulums...
170 Eric Vogels
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Jun 3, 2003
7:28 pm
Hi Ralph. Using those wires is a great advice. I just managed to stop my order to a Swedish spring factory. Do you have an idea for the 4oz. lead balls as...
171 Ralph Lortie
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Jun 3, 2003
8:41 pm
Eric, Glad to be of help on the spring cable. As for weights lead is probably your best bet for drilling and or machining. Knowing that you are all ready set...
172 Eric Vogels
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Jun 3, 2003
11:04 pm
Hello Ralph. Melting lead is what I'm going to do. I can melt the lead around the top of the spring. I use the small lead weights used for balancing car wheels...
173 Eric
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Jun 3, 2003
11:12 pm
Hello all. I always use bicycle wheels for experiments and I always thought that a lot of grease in the ball bearing in the hub was good. But I replaced the...
174 Ralph Lortie
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Jun 4, 2003
1:40 am
Ralph Here Heavier grease is definitely a friction problem for prototypes, I use a spray silicone such as WD-40. Ball bearings are better than roller type. My...
175 Eric Vogels
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Jun 4, 2003
7:31 am
Eric and all, At your suggestion I have opened a new address and redirected my account and profile with yahoo. It is ralphlortie @yahoo.com You mentioned...
176 Ralph Lortie
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Jun 4, 2003
3:48 pm
Subject: Emailing: combo Here is an interesting attached link. Another attempt at combining magnets with gravity. I attempted to send this when my mailing...
177 Eric Vogels
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Jun 4, 2003
6:39 pm
Hi all. Am I happy that I thought about safety before I started to melt 1.5 kg lead. The water hose was close by, I was working in the open air, I had safety...
178 Ralph Lortie
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Jun 4, 2003
8:19 pm
Eric, One thing you did not describe is , what type of material is your mold made of? could moisture such as morning dew or high humidity effected your mold?...
179 Eric Vogels
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Jun 4, 2003
8:36 pm
Hi Ralph. I did not describe the material because I could not find the English word for it. But we call it gips. It's the same material doctors are using to...
180 chuck Cassel
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Jun 4, 2003
9:16 pm
hi eric, hope you didn,t get hurt.i've poured metal before.mostly babbet and aluminum.i always heat up my molds before pouring.hot and dry.very important.nix...
181 Ralph Lortie
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Jun 5, 2003
12:56 am
Eric, What you are calling Gip sounds like what we call plaster of Paris or something similar of gypsum base. You were on the right track but yor desire for...
182 Eric Vogels
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Jun 5, 2003
6:57 am
Hello Chuck, Ralph. Okay, I will try the plaster of Paris one more time after reading Ralphs very good instructions (my wife and the kids start their holiday 2...
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