Posted by grim (206.162.192.40) on August 21, 2003 at 05:00:16:
Finally got a line on some good open roller bearings, no grease resistance.
Meantime substituted a wooden roller for the bearing, mech performs and supports weight as did the "slop model"
mech. Won't be long now, I've gotten, well, to be quite frank....lazy.
Viper is correct, gravity can be made to make masses do some really strange things, including lift themselves.
Will release photos of actual construction as saga unfolds, as promised. No, there not CAD (Can't Actually Do it).
Regards to all
grim