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Re: The Egg Works - Well, Almost



Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>

BB's are not copper. They may be sopper or silver
colored, but they are ferrous.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: "Bill Wilson" <wtw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> If you want to add a moving mass to the egg try
> puting drilling a
> small hole in the egg and putting in some bb's.
> Truckers put golf
> balls inside their tires to balance them as they
> spin. I only see one
> problem with this solution. An egg is oval shaped
> the additional
> moving weight may keep the egg horizontal and not
> let it stand up.
> You could also fill the egg totally with bb's and
> then top it off
> with some liquid epoxy to keep the bb's from moving
> then you would
> have a solid mass of brass/ copper
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list"
> <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 11:34 PM
> Subject: Re: The Egg Works - Well, Almost
>
>
> >Original poster: "huil888" <huil888@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Bart -
> >
> >You definitely don't want to use any type of liquid
> to add mass or
> >redistribute mass within the egg. As you noted, the
> viscous damper
> >used on engine
> >crankshafts is there to absorb energy (torsional
> vibration).
> >
> >A great example of internal fluid damping is to try
> to spin a raw egg and
> >then a hard-boiled egg. The raw egg can't be spun
> (unless you cheat and
> >freeze it), while a hard-boiled egg can be easily
> spun and will "stand-up"
> >instantly just like a toy top.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Scott Hanson
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list"
> <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 11:10 AM
> >Subject: Re: The Egg Works - Well, Almost
> >
> >
> >>Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson"
> <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >>Congrats on the power up spinning of the egg! I
> couldn't make out detail
> >>very good in the video (my pc sucks), but I could
> certainly see it
> >>spinning. I doubt the hollow egg is the cause of
> not spinning up
> >>completely. If it is the "weight" of the egg that
> is the issue, you could
> >>always drill a small hole in the top of the egg
> and insert a liquid to
> >>weight it on it's bottom end (water or oil would
> probably be fine). This
> >>would be similar to a fluid damper used on engines
> for balance. Just a
> >>thought.
> >>
> >>Make sure you do a good write up of this
> experience!!! I plan on building
> >>one (after you figure it all out);-)
> >>
> >>Take care,
> >>Bart
> >>
> >>Tesla list wrote:
> >>
> >>>Original poster: "Cameron B. Prince"
> <cplists@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>
> >>>Hey guys,
> >>>
> >>>I was able to power up the egg last night and
> after figuring out I had one
> >>>pair of coils out of phase, I got it working. The
> egg spins up as you can
> >>>see here:
> >>>
>
>>>http://www.teslauniverse.com/images/egg_of_columbus/MOV00628.MPG
> >>>
> >>>Notice the egg spins, but never stands all the
> way upright. I am not
> >>>certain
> >>>whether this is due to lack of field strength or
> if it's caused by the
> >>>hollow egg's poor center of gravity. I am going
> to wind another layer of
> >>>12AWG on each coil and see if it improves. I'm
> looking for another egg
> >>>too.
> >>>
> >>>Here are some better pictures of the setup:
> >>>
>
>>>http://www.teslauniverse.com/images/egg_of_columbus/DSC00624.JPG
>
>>>http://www.teslauniverse.com/images/egg_of_columbus/DSC00625.JPG
>
>>>http://www.teslauniverse.com/images/egg_of_columbus/DSC00626.JPG
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>This is a schematic of Harry Goldman's driver
> along with a picture of his
> >>>system he sent me:
> >>>
>
>>>http://www.teslauniverse.com/images/egg_of_columbus/hg_egg_schematic.jpg
>
>>>http://www.teslauniverse.com/images/egg_of_columbus/hg_driver.jpg
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Gary Lau pointed out that the black cylindrical
> AC caps I had could be
> >>>non-continuous duty motor starting capacitors. I
> confirmed this last night
> >>>after running the egg for about 10 minutes and
> finding them to be rather
> >>>hot. It does look like Harry is using these also
> by the photo. The silver
> >>>MOT like AC caps run cold and I'll use those from
> now on.
> >>>
> >>>Harry was right on with the values in the
> schematic. I am using actually
> >>>16
> >>>ohms, because 8 is too low and the resistors I
> have are 4 ohm. I do notice
> >>>that the set of coils the resistor drives runs
> hotter than the coils
> >>>driven
> >>>by the capacitors. This makes me wonder if there
> is still too little
> >>>resistance. More experimenting and maybe testing
> with a scope will
> >>>hopefully
> >>>help with this.
> >>>
> >>>More later,
> >>>Cameron
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>
>
>


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