Earl Brunner on mon 30 jan 06
Maybe if you could get the rope to act like a yoyo where it "sleeps" at the end....
Earl Brunner e-mail: brunv53@yahoo.com
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From: Ann Brink
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:28:38 PM
Subject: PS: re: Lee Love's korean kickwheel
Well, during dinner, I told my husband Bill about my hasty conjecture about
the rope-propelled wheel, and he pointed out that there would be a sudden
reversal of rotaion each time the rope was pulled...DUH!! So it would be a
potter's wheel from hell. It was fun to visualize, anyway.
Ann Brink in Lompoc CA
Ann Brink on mon 30 jan 06
Well, during dinner, I told my husband Bill about my hasty conjecture about
the rope-propelled wheel, and he pointed out that there would be a sudden
reversal of rotaion each time the rope was pulled...DUH!! So it would be a
potter's wheel from hell. It was fun to visualize, anyway.
Ann Brink in Lompoc CA
Maurice Weitman on tue 31 jan 06
Hey, Ann,
Hasn't Bill ever used a lawn mower with a pull-cord starter?
All you'd need is a ratchet/friction drive with a spring return.
You feed Bill too much.
Regards,
Maurice
Ann Brink wrote:
>Well, during dinner, I told my husband Bill about my hasty conjecture about
>the rope-propelled wheel, and he pointed out that there would be a sudden
>reversal of rotaion each time the rope was pulled...DUH!! So it would be a
>potter's wheel from hell. It was fun to visualize, anyway.
Ann Brink on tue 31 jan 06
Hi Maurice,
You're right; with that modification we can market combined pottery
studios/weight-loss franchises...you know people will pay big bucks for the
privilege of excercising!
Ann Brink in Lompoc CA
> Hey, Ann,
>
> Hasn't Bill ever used a lawn mower with a pull-cord starter?
>
> All you'd need is a ratchet/friction drive with a spring return.
>
> You feed Bill too much.
>
> Regards,
> Maurice
>
> Ann Brink wrote:
> >Well, during dinner, I told my husband Bill about my hasty conjecture
about
> >the rope-propelled wheel, and he pointed out that there would be a sudden
> >reversal of rotaion each time the rope was pulled...DUH!! So it would be
a
> >potter's wheel from hell. It was fun to visualize, anyway.
Richard White on tue 31 jan 06
Not too far off from one of my hairbrained schemes (so hairbrained I never
took it seriously myself...). Start with the Leach treadle wheel concept
which uses a swing-arm bar latched to a crank in the wheel shaft. Skip the
crank and put in a bicycle rear wheel cog/freewheel hub. Now attach a length
of bicycle chain to the treadle bar, a half turn around the cog gear, and
the other end of the chain to a bungee cord. Power on the kick stroke and
the bungee pulls the chain back against the internal ratchet mechanism in
the hub. Stop kicking the treadle and it freewheels until the momentum is
spent or you're ready to kick it again. Then you can impress your friends
with how much bigger one leg (on the treadle side) is than the other...
dw
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:40:37 -0800, Maurice Weitman wrote:
>Hey, Ann,
>
>Hasn't Bill ever used a lawn mower with a pull-cord starter?
>
>All you'd need is a ratchet/friction drive with a spring return.
>
>You feed Bill too much.
>
>Regards,
>Maurice
Lee Love on wed 1 feb 06
On 2006/02/01 13:19:21, tgrcat@verizon.net wrote:
> Not too far off from one of my hairbrained schemes (so hairbrained I
> never
> took it seriously myself...).
The actual wheel (maybe in Mel's photo) is very simple: A wide belt
goes around the base of the wheel and the belt is connected to a hand
cranked wheel at the other end of the loop. The assistant simply turns
the small wheel and the belt spins the potter's wheel.
--
Lee Love
in Mashiko, Japan http://mashiko.org
http://seisokuro.blogspot.com/ My Photo Logs
"Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art."
--Leonardo da Vinci
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