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Hi Art,

Did you ever
1) make the plans for the "Bat" spring powered sculpture?
2) design a tabletop sculpture

Thanks,
Carlton

ArtF wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 11:28 am Still looks good. :) , no, doesnt matter as long as force is applied in right direction..

Art

Thanks Art, I got it going yesterday.

Hi All,

It's been a while since I've been on, hopefully it is still looked at. :wave: I made Scimitar about 7 years ago and the weight windings have long since broke and I forgot how to wind it on the pulley. I think it was 1 goes CW and 1 goes CCW. Does it matter which one? front or back? messages ...

Hi Art,

thanks for the info. I went back and oiled the bearings and remade the main shaft mount as the front side bearing captive hole was a little loose thus there was excessive movement in the shaft. That was robbing some of the power. It's getting there.. thanks

Carlton

Hi All,

Here is my first attempt at Scimitar. As I don't have a CNC (yet, :) everything was cut with a scroll saw. I'm trying to get it to run with just the arms on. there is about 1.5 lbs on the weight wheel. when i manually flick the vane assy. it only moves a small bit in the counterclockwise ...