June 30, 2018 And the build goes on....................

Each day new things come into the light. There were really only a small quip from Karl, the Landgrave of Hesse Kassel, where Bessler had built one of the large wheels. Something along the line of.. YES, the machine is genuine and the other I cannot understand why no one has thought of this before. There was another it's a clever us of levers and strings. A clever use of levers and strings allow for so much latitude in design that it just boggles the mind. How can you envision a clever use of levers and strings. If you pull on a string whatever you have attached on the other end is going to be drawn toward you. If we line the perimeter of the wheel with pulleys wherever the string leaves the circumference and heads toward the center of the wheel is the point where the motion of the string will act, so we cannot allow the weights to pull us backwards on the rising side of the wheel. That.... has always been the dilemma for me, I can have this wonderful action on the descending side and the rising of the opposite side just takes too much power. THEN there must be a way to work past or "work around" as John Collins puts it.... so that the action on the rising side of the wheel is barely felt.

One day, working with a little cart I discovered something about its movement that was just so different than anything else that I had ever done it really shocked me. I could not get it to stop its movement and it was so sudden, and so powerful that it scared me. I have worked for years to be able to use this action to help with the weight inventory and its position on the wheel. This latest effort is to address that action and use it. After weeks of fabricating parts I was finally able to see if my work had merit, and yes its action and alignment is exactly what I was looking for. Now the task is to get it on the wheel and time the natural event for the benefit of the whole.

And Oh yes, the clever use of levers and strings will help to move the power to another segment and not allow it to reverse the rotations. It seems so simple now, but aren't the best devices always that way.

WOW its hot in Texas over 100 during the day and with the building roof heating up as the sun does its thing, the shop is a mind numbing place to stay very long. So........ I have to limit my time inside and try and bring individual mechanisms into the house dining room table for assembly. My wife has been so very patient with all of this, but there is always a point for us all where .... that age old question ..... Is this all really worth it ......... comes into play I believe that it is and am always motivated by my short visits to the porch where the song birds and humming birds fill my heart with a love for them and this planet.

There is much to say, and ever more to do............. so its time to get out there while its cool

I am still seeking

For I am a PERPETUUM MOBILIST

GRAVITTEA