I show how I built the demonstrator for my systems & stability video. It's an electromechanical pendulum, and it's kewl -- or it was, until I broke it making this video.
"Couldn't help it come apart in my hands"
The story from many a youngster :-)
I tell the story in the video, but basically it has a very fiddly bearing in there. I got it working and glued it in place, but had to break the glue joint for the tear-down. Then I failed to fiddle it back into working again.
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Maybe I'll replace the ball bearing with a flexure, as I recommend in the video. Or, maybe I'll just put the damned thing on the shelf and cook up another video!!
Too many toys and too much free time :)
This one kind of turned into an unhealthy obsession.
I strongly disagree! I think you learn the MOST on "pet projects" where you aren't arbitrarily constrained by a client's notion of what it should do, how it should work, what it should cost, when it should be finished, etc.
Your money, your time, your imagination! Nothing to get in the way...
Good video Tim - interesting stuff. Thank you.
I recall seeing you post about production issues some time back - the video & audio quality are fine.
Thanks -- the posts were very helpful.
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