Ed wrote: wrote:@Ed, am sorry about having ignored you but I was very frustrated with how things were going.
No problem James (or do you go by Jim?). I learned a valuable lesson, "Don't necessarily think someone is crazy, they might just be ignoring you". What threw me was you kept using my name, like you were seeing my posts but just didn't like what I was saying.
Yeah an aircraft carrier would be one of the most interesting ships to be on. How much time did you spend on the Kittyhawk? Does Dayton have many Wright Brothers exhibits?
Ok, good luck with building. I'm definitely interested to hear how it goes. :-)
Ed,
I think that is one of the problems with the internet sometimes, the pace and which people can go is a bit quicker than is needed sometimes.
There is a Carillon Park in Dayton that has a full scale replica of the Wright Bros. first airplane. Can't get to close to it though, I guess being a museum piece and all.
The picture is of where I'm at right now with the pump. I think the levers are about the only thing left before it'll be ready for it's first test.
I'm going to duct tape plastic for the tube. I've done it before and it actually works quite well.
I usually go by Jim. there is one other things as usual. After I got out of the Navy, I went to work at the Boeing airplane Co. in Seattle, Wa. I took a lot of off hour training in anything from machine shop operation (had already worked as a machinist) to CATIA, that's 3 dimensional interactive design programming. Basically, how to draw a part in 3D. For a 2D view, you'd have to do a cut out.
So I do have a lot of experience and some schooling in reading, designing and working from blueprints. I think that helps me a lot with Bessler's drawings.
@dwyztble, I know what you mean about Pocahontas. Who knows, maybe a happy ending would be for her to return home to her people.
As for what you say about water, it does have properties that allow it to work differently. Basically because it has viscosity, that's just a fancy way of saying it can flow.
And one thing that allows is for water to respond to pressure and not leverage. Leverage is used to increase the pressure acting on the water.
Basically that's called cheating.
edited to add; With Bessler's comments in his quote, by working with multiples of 2, a 4 weighted wheel would be easier than going with only 2.
With the pump shown, it's base can be converted into a pump similar to what Bessler has shown in his drawings like Mt's 156, 126 and 127 among others.