sympathy for discarded furniture - Page 2

xoxoxoBruce · 08-22-2006, 06:21 AM

"We" are happy to have almost anyone stay in the Cellar, even slinkies.

No, I'm not calling Flint a slinky....or anyone else for that matter, just saying there's room for every point of view, and any topic.

glatt · 08-22-2006, 09:27 AM

I dug a VCR out of the neighbors trash a few weeks ago. Opened it up and started taking electrical components out of it for fun. Plus, you never know when you will need something like a little motor. I think I even posted a picture in the close-ups thread of one of the motors I got.

Anyway, just this last weekend, I found a use for the playback head drum. For any who have seen one before, they are shiny cylindrical things that spin with almost no resistance. High quality ball bearings in there. My wife asked me to make one of those spinning prize wheels like they have on Wheel Of Fortune for her pre-school. I wasn't sure how I was going to do it. I was thinking about using a bicycle wheel, or maybe just a bolt as an axle. Well, I remembered the VCR playback head. That thing worked perfectly. I did a quick test, and the board I bolted it to keeps spinning for about five minutes! This game prize wheel is going to rock.

dar512 · 08-23-2006, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I did a quick test, and the board I bolted it to keeps spinning for about five minutes! This game prize wheel is going to rock.

If it really is five minutes, you may have problems with the attention span of preschoolers.

glatt · 08-23-2006, 10:21 AM

Yeah. I'm going to put a clicker on it. That will slow it down and make a fun noise too.

Flint · 08-23-2006, 11:00 AM

Exactly. The low resistance of the wheel itself means that the spin time can be fine tuned based on the variable of how much resistance is offered by the "clicker" mechanism (and, of course, the force provided by the wheel pusher).

I knew there was a reason I saved that box of VCR parts... Nice job finding a use for yours!

08-22-2006, 06:21 AM	#16
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	"We" are happy to have almost anyone stay in the Cellar, even slinkies. No, I'm not calling Flint a slinky....or anyone else for that matter, just saying there's room for every point of view, and any topic. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-23-2006, 11:00 AM	#20
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Exactly. The low resistance of the wheel itself means that the spin time can be fine tuned based on the variable of how much resistance is offered by the "clicker" mechanism (and, of course, the force provided by the wheel pusher). I knew there was a reason I saved that box of VCR parts... Nice job finding a use for yours! __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-22-2006, 09:27 AM	#17
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I dug a VCR out of the neighbors trash a few weeks ago. Opened it up and started taking electrical components out of it for fun. Plus, you never know when you will need something like a little motor. I think I even posted a picture in the close-ups thread of one of the motors I got. Anyway, just this last weekend, I found a use for the playback head drum. For any who have seen one before, they are shiny cylindrical things that spin with almost no resistance. High quality ball bearings in there. My wife asked me to make one of those spinning prize wheels like they have on Wheel Of Fortune for her pre-school. I wasn't sure how I was going to do it. I was thinking about using a bicycle wheel, or maybe just a bolt as an axle. Well, I remembered the VCR playback head. That thing worked perfectly. I did a quick test, and the board I bolted it to keeps spinning for about five minutes! This game prize wheel is going to rock.

08-23-2006, 10:21 AM	#19
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yeah. I'm going to put a clicker on it. That will slow it down and make a fun noise too.

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