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Kinetic Spinner

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 10:56 am
by Dan Mauch
  I am having too much fun with my Laser and Gearotics Motion! Here is a video of my latest project https://youtu.be/VZ3yz_iO6No  . The mechanism is very unique in that I haven't seen one that can run for hours on a single start. You'll notice that there was a slight pause after I manually spun the outer spinner to work my magic. Any guesses? I plan to incorporate it into a larger piece which is my version of John Hansen's Iris.

Dan Mauch

Re: Kinetic Spinner

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 6:53 am
by Mooselake
A battery is too obvious and doesn't account for the pause, although that could have been time to turn on the switch.

I'm stumped

Kirk

Re: Kinetic Spinner

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:00 pm
by tweakie
I think you have a little hamster wheel in the back and the initial spin is just to wake-up the little fellow.  ;D

Tweakie.

Re: Kinetic Spinner

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 6:38 am
by Dan Mauch
Thanks tweakie but if I had Hamsters back there  shouldn't I have included the Hamster Dance Song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qN72LEQnaU
;)  ;D

Re: Kinetic Spinner

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 1:15 pm
by BobL
This must be the high speed mode song for those hamsters..lol

Re: Kinetic Spinner

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:41 am
by Dan Mauch
Actually, it is battery operated and the spinners are on a counter rotating shaft attached some gearotic gears and and driven by a motor.
Dan Mauch


Mooselake wrote: A battery is too obvious and doesn't account for the pause, although that could have been time to turn on the switch.

I'm stumped

Kirk