An idea for the next compass tube was conceptualized. The basic concept was the have a cylinder in the bottom of the tube which had 3/4 of it's mass trimmed away like a pie then remove a cylindrical portion from the center as well. The next step would be to add an arrow on the base which indicated where the 1/4 pie was located inside. These would have been doable but unnecessarily difficult and time consuming.
While sketching the first idea a simpler idea occurred. Instead of making a cylinder to fit inside the tube then cutting it away with two more pieces a simple cube could be added which would extend beyond the tube but that extension would act as a pointer instead of being trimmed away. A cylindrical piece would still be removed from the center to make room for the spinner's axle.
To do:
The rest of the posts for this project have been arranged by date.
First diagram
While sketching the first idea a simpler idea occurred. Instead of making a cylinder to fit inside the tube then cutting it away with two more pieces a simple cube could be added which would extend beyond the tube but that extension would act as a pointer instead of being trimmed away. A cylindrical piece would still be removed from the center to make room for the spinner's axle.
Top down view diagram for new spinner tube
To do:
- Install larger bearing
- Cut/bend hanging bracket for spinner
- Add direction arrow to base
- Buy spongy material for spinner to land on
- Design bottom for compass to land on
- Test + Evaluate hanging tubular compass
- Redesign, Rebuild, + Repeat
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2015-02-15 (Su)
2015-02-15 (Su)
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