Robert, I enjoy your videos and inventive enthusiasm. I just wanted to share with you an idea that I keep thinking about that could adapt to the pull cord flywheel generator you constructed recently. This would be a generator on a long axle which would also have on it several sprockets. The sprockets all on the same axle would have one-way cogs which freewheel in one direction and engage in the other. The device is mounted up high on a platform (or in a tree or the side of a house or on a balcony) with long chains over each sprocket and draped to the ground with a weight at the end (any weight like bucket of water, concrete brick etc.). The idea is to hoist all the weights to the top and let the first weight pull the sprocket, axle and geared (geared to maintain constant speed) generator into rotation. When the weight reaches the ground after several minutes it then triggers a catch mechanism which releases the next weight to pull the next sprocket. Several weights and sprockets could be added to allow an hour or more of generator time before each weight would need to be cranked back up to the top. It would be very much like the mechanism of powering a cuckoo clock. I don't have the capability to 3D print or manufacture such things but others do. I wish I could make it and test it. It seems like it could work and actually be practical. What do you think?
@baware80
Жыл бұрын
One of your best inventions Rob, great job.. you have created something that is actually usable and produces real results.
@steve_jabz
Жыл бұрын
Tbh if you put everything rob's made from free scrap material together you could probably light the neighborhood, and he's not even trying
@steve_jabz
Жыл бұрын
He knows how to make super efficient generators but he's always been pretty honest about the fact that's not his goal, he's more an ideas guy
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
cheers mate
@limmoblack
Жыл бұрын
Begs the question, how long did bulbs stay alight after one pull?
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
a while - it's a flywheel
@limmoblack
Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering A mile- 1760 yards, a while- ????
@hempev
Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering A quantitative while or a qualitative while?
@ravenmad9225
Жыл бұрын
A wheely long time.
@Reman1975
Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering Is that an imperial while, or one of them new fangled metric ones? 😏
@eded8045
Жыл бұрын
the rectifier diodes, capacitors, and 3 pin regulator can easily be found in old CRT TVs from 70s 80s 90s and Japanese TVs you can find quality brand capacitors, Nichicon ect
@ryanjamesloyd6733
Жыл бұрын
So what immediately comes to mind is the pull cord assembly from any small engine. Dead string trimmers or chainsaws or blowers or whatever are free-to-cheap and easy to find, so it seems like it would be a good option to scavenge that (with the added bonus of them being self retracting), and the related clutch bearing. Don't know how tricky they would be to adapt, but it seems like a good option to explore for people who lack a 3d printer and wanted to build one of these.
@unicornadrian1358
Жыл бұрын
Would be super easy to adapt. Use a couple of discarded 20kg weight plates and you could set it up like a rowing machine. Would be a fun build
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
Adrian is right mate - that would be an easy build and fun
@lelandcarlson1668
Жыл бұрын
I love how he really enjoys his work. His laugh at the beginning is infectious!
@tonyrebeiro
Жыл бұрын
It is also, at times, idiotic too.
@JesseCotto
Жыл бұрын
I believe his laugh has a deep meaning. Just think about it.
@isaaccorneliuspritchard
Жыл бұрын
Sir that is it. Our lives have improved, because you used your time to teach us. Rural lighting has changed. Your inventions help us help ourselves. Thank you greatly
@adamalexander5216
Жыл бұрын
What would be cool is to the see the pulley, recoil after release, ready for another pull 👌🏾
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
easy peasy
@OKFrax-ys2op
Жыл бұрын
Grab one off the neighbors push mower, located in his backyard shed 🤔🤣
@reinori8322
Жыл бұрын
I noticed your gears are a bit noisy. And this is not a criticism in any way shape or form, but I thought I would relate a bit of old tech. I had a cousin that was a tuner for Harley-Davidson in the 60s for flat-track racing. At that time, H-D was still running flat-heads against the oncoming onslaught of the Japanese OHV and OHC motors. So H-D was looking for any edge. My Brother's 1st job was to break in gearboxes. He would run the gearbox for 24 hours on an electric motor with valve grinding compound in the oil under a moderate load. This lapped the gears perfectly. Then disassemble the gearbox, replace the bearings, steam clean the gears, and reassemble. The result was that 60-hp motors were able to compete with 70-hp motors...... Of course, it is all different now. With machining down to a millionth of an inch... But a simple old-school trick that worked. I wonder if a bit of graphite on a PLA gear would not be similar? Love your channel and your delight when something works.... Blessings to you and yours. Rei
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
that is an awesome tip - thank you for sharing - love it!
@Reman1975
Жыл бұрын
I'm watching this, and wondering about the viability of using a larger gear reduction, and driving the generator from a susspended weight (Like a grandfather clock type arrangement). Run the power to supercapacitors, then to a low power led lightbulb for a simple off grid light source. When the capacitors get close to flat, just go pull the cord again to raise the weight back up........ It would give the kids something to do during a power cut. :D With a mains powered solenoid lockng the gears it could even be a funky electro mechanical emergency light that automatically starts working when mains power dies.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
you are ahead of me lol
@brokenbravo83
Жыл бұрын
I often came back to the idea of old coo coo clocks with the chains and weights. Instead of a clock, a simple LED light bulb. Pull a chain down, which pulls up a weight, which will turn light on. Idea came up again during Power outage few days ago due to snowstorm and a simple pull of chain would provide at least a basic light. Perfect for camping or grid down
@brokenbravo83
Жыл бұрын
@Kris Pea patents are ridiculously expensive and nearly unobtainable for people unfortunately
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
it's a gravity battery mate - I have done videos on this
@thebytespider
Жыл бұрын
Deciwatt did this, called the GravityLight
@brokenbravo83
Жыл бұрын
I have very limited internet here... I know what rabbit hole I'm about to travel down next. Thank you all for the direction
@Reman1975
Жыл бұрын
Damn it. Almost exactly the same idea occurred to me, so I just mentioned it....... And then saw that you'd beaten me to the punch by 10 whole hours. 🙄
@StevenDixonVids
Жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff as usual, only issue I had was following the tinker cad audio / vid section, slightly out of sync.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
cheers mate and thanks for letting me know
@Rouverius
Жыл бұрын
So great to see the complete system. It works quite well! You said that the one way bearing is a bit loud but that could be an advantage in some situations. If it was adapted to be human powered by hand crank, treadle or bike pedal, then that bearing noise would be a simple alert that you need to pick up the pace.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
indeed especially if you used small children lol
@ravenmad9225
Жыл бұрын
I don''t understand the need for a one way bearing.A normal bearing would be fine.
@unicornadrian1358
Жыл бұрын
@@ravenmad9225 the one way bearing is the drive mechanism. The pull start disengages after the pull so you can rewind the pull cord. Otherwise you would have to wait till the whole thing stops to add more spin.
@paulbrouyere1735
Жыл бұрын
Every old citybike has a one way bearing that could be used
@smokeymoe842
Жыл бұрын
I wish your intellect would be as contagious as your laughter and positive attitude. You're an inspiring teacher Mr Robert!
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
thank you mate - and to a degree it is - mostly intellect is abut thinking and I have been told the videos make folks think - which is super cool
@Azamyth
Жыл бұрын
I think the audio was desync'd in the cad footage but it looks cool, i want to build one myself
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
yes it was a little - ah well - go for it mate
@11Sam11
Жыл бұрын
Use rubber weights instead of metal to minimise noise and vibration. Rubber is an effective shock absorber and cheap
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
cheers
@markwritt8541
Жыл бұрын
If you can start a lawnmower, you can start a lightbulb!
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
yep
@perpetual4958
Жыл бұрын
How many Watts/Lumens from these four bulbs? Regular 230V E27 or E214 bulbs?
@Buzzhumma
Жыл бұрын
i like it for sure but i feel a higher gear with a 15kg weight that can come down from your highest reach point or even the top of your stairs would be a great use of our own bio mechanical advantage and what a great reason to go upstairs!
@Xonikz
Жыл бұрын
and for those without legs, just need a basketball hoop net closed at the bottom. Shoot hoops to light the barnyard 🤣
@grendel1960a
Жыл бұрын
put the weight on a line around a pulley at the top, and you can haul the weight back up to the top, though I see you will need to rewind it on the generator pulley, what if the generator pulley was the top pully and you did a single loop around the pulley, coming back down to a smaller weight to keep the tension, then once you had released the weight it would drop, then pull the smaller weight down, (the ratchet would allow this) to reset the pulley ready for the next drop.
@Buzzhumma
Жыл бұрын
Actually this start an interesting conversation about efficient resetting of the rewinding ideas and the use of our human ability and what ideas can be created .
@Buzzhumma
Жыл бұрын
@@grendel1960a i really like that idea. maybe would need some rubber on the pulley to get the string to grip
@Xonikz
Жыл бұрын
@@Buzzhumma a pull start mechanism from a small engine has line retrieval via a spring, that should work. Otherwise, just make it a looped chain which you could hoist weight by winching in one direction and release the weight to generate power once the weight was at it's pinnacle. Hoisting a flag could be a parallel to describe this action visually.
@briansmithenergy248
Жыл бұрын
You are amazing. Loving it. Amazing energy to you and to flow. Unconditional love respect and gratitude 🙏 pushing forward. Gods speed. Time is now. No fear. In the light 💡
@robertgaines-tulsa
Жыл бұрын
Maybe, you should take apart an old lawn mower and use it's pull starter to charge super capacitors for a light. I don't even know why you can't buy such lanterns when you can just use off-the-shelf parts. Just give it a pull every now and then. It's not like you have much else to do during a power failure.
@Electrodoc1968
Жыл бұрын
Hi Rob, have you ever demonstrated a fluorescent bulb or tube, Earthed at one terminal or end and the other terminal or end close to an over head power line.? LOL.. That sounds like I'm trying to dare you into an accidental demise.. Obviously I'm not if any readers are now looking at me in a suspicious manner. Thought it might be a good Tesla free lighting energy subject for mobile home users.? Especially if overhead wires are fairly close by.. I'm aware that being within the Faraday shield of a metal caravan wouldn't allow for this but maybe a "Wireless Pickup / a Short Antenna" positioned outside.? Be extra extra careful if you're going to feature this.. As mentioned, many many suspicious eyes are now upon me. LOL. All the best & keep 'em coming. :)
@samuelfellows6923
Жыл бұрын
Small petrol/diesel engines have pull-starters on them for safety and convenience ~ you can buy them as spare parts, and readapt your thing to have one
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
nice
@vraibois
Жыл бұрын
Your work is amazing and I appreciate your efforts -- I have a little trouble following sometimes, am I not understanding or is the voice overlay out of sync with the cursor movements when discussing the CAD diagram breakdown?
@jeremiahbullfrog9288
Жыл бұрын
I wonder how much capacity you'd gain by using a buck/boost DC-DC converter instead of the linear regulator
@ilikethattshirt
Жыл бұрын
So , in the circuit diagram , the 2200uF IS the 'reserve power' capacitor so to speak , or is that placed after the regulator and not shown on the diagram? Couldn't quite understand.
@leemart44
Жыл бұрын
So now you just got to employ a latter-day punkhawallah (think, It ain't half hot mum) to sit on the veranda pulling the cord, which I guess could have some kinda spring-loaded return, so he could just sit there merrily passing the time before he needed to 'pull the string' again. Brilliant.
@solarsystemsurf
5 ай бұрын
I enjoy all of your videos. You present everything in a welcoming and lighthearted way that makes the videos fun to watch.
@ClownWhisper
Жыл бұрын
I am kind of medium weak on electronics I mean I can do Arduino projects I've done even a complex one and it turned out pretty good but what happens if you pull it in those capacitors already fully charged can you destroy capacitors by overcharging them? Forgive my naivete
@jasonpip5417
Жыл бұрын
Hey Murray,, could you power it from itself? And still produce enough power for lights?
@MovieTicketRecaps
6 ай бұрын
Using this pull cord method and your magnet flywheel it would spin forever
@pedrojorge4684
Жыл бұрын
You could print a gear system to convert torque into speed, this would make pulling the rope much heavier, but then you could just let the rope hang and put a weight on the end of it, and then gravity would pull that weight and so on you would have an interesting generation of energy. I keep thinking something like "if this gearing system were long enough to the point that this weight takes a long time to fall, it would reach an absurd level of efficiency" because as long as the weight is able to overcome the friction of the parts, it doesn't have limit for the size of the gear system, being able to connect several in series.
@takakol
Жыл бұрын
Can you Sir or anyone else who knows the answer tell me if there is a possibility for doing double Serpentine coils winding? make the gap larger, the windings of the first Serpentine narrower and make room for another similar winding but with a shield or electrical tape to separate them from contacting each other? and by that practice, I look for a bigger or more efficient magnetic field generator. if it doesn't work, how else can we upgrade this? by putting another Serpentine coil winding inside of the primary one?
@sydneyhunt6681
Жыл бұрын
You're talking is out of sync with the video but get on buddy
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
little bit yeah
@eded8045
Жыл бұрын
for some viewers 3D is cost prohibitive, maybe another video showing common accessable parts from say a ink jet printer, scanner ect for parts ?
@replikvltyoutube3727
Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing someone make a gravity battery light this way with crazy ratio gearbox and a 10L water bottle as weight on string
@SolarLantern424
Жыл бұрын
How about a simple gravity powered light that could be powered from the weight of a bottle of water and power a light for 30 minutes or so? Would love to see an easy project to make one.
@davidspsalm1
Жыл бұрын
I have a solar lamp post and a tree in very close proximity. When the wind blows this device would be perfect to maintain the built in battery of this lamp.
@MarcoCjOrg
Жыл бұрын
lovely stuff! I would like to also see a version to mount in the ceiling with a round chain and a bucket of sand. just hook the bucket to the top of the chain at the start of the evening. as it reaches the floor you'll be ready to sleep.
@honestlee4532
Жыл бұрын
I had a problem printing out the magnet holder and the big gear. It is hard to notice but both parts are slightly tilted to one side. You need to make sure that these parts are flat on the surface before you slice them or they won't print correctly!!!
@stevenwilliams7410
Жыл бұрын
Magnetic clutch using magnets and a copper plate for resistance. Inductance creates the friction. The faster you turn, the greater the resistance...
@Afro408
Жыл бұрын
Hmm🤔 I’m old enough to remember the ‘pedal wireless’ generators used by the Coast Watchers in New Guinea in WW2 and then later as part of our School of the Air for remote education. Add a foot crank to this one and hey, we’ve reinvented it! 🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
yep lol
@ToninFightsEntropy
Жыл бұрын
Thought you were dressed as the pope or something for the first half a second there 🤣 Also, I'm tempted to make one of these just for personal use!!! I love (and prefer) the supercapacitor solution here, but I wonder, with pendulums involved in a less noisy generator (e.g. a gravity battery, I wonder, if the pendulum's movement could allow/disallow access of a flywheel to power the generator, based on a hard limit, with additional energy diverting to lifting a weight, instead, which also goes down, instead, if the hard limit isn't reached. You go so fast Rob, I'm still working on the gearbox for my leaf generator, but I'm tempted to give something a go with pendulums and flywheels soon if you think it'd be worth the experiment. Though I should probably look into the workings of a grandfather clock first.. right?
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
you are ahead of me mate - guess what is coming up next lol
@ToninFightsEntropy
Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering You've been my teacher for years mate. I've still got a lot to learn lol. No idea what you're doing next though but can't wait to see it whatever it is! Nothing boring happens on this channel.
@keithfloyd1178
Жыл бұрын
I have a Solar Powered Hand Crank Flashlight- Rechargeable LED Cranking Light With Clip By Stalwart (For Emergency Hiking Camping and Survival Gear) I got at Walmart. It's a mini one wothout the flywheel. It's my most favorite flashlight living off grid. Great video mate!!!
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
nice mate
@jasonpip5417
Жыл бұрын
Sorry, me again..how small could it be made, to be of use?
@fire17102
Жыл бұрын
Change up the gear ratio put it on a wall, add a big sandbag, and you got yourself a gravity light, beautifully done
@daniellapain1576
Жыл бұрын
I think this setup would improve a weight battery
@andyfraser5876
Жыл бұрын
At 1:55 the wires you clip on don't seem to be connected to anything, then get pulled into the mechanism when you spin it up.
@freelancedentist9480
Жыл бұрын
I wonder if you could put some type of felt on a wind turbine to build up static and then somehow capture it
@8ank3r
Жыл бұрын
That's awesome. How about a pull cord from a push mower?
@BigManAlaska
Жыл бұрын
Someone forgot to align the audio with the video 🤦
@jonbutcher9805
Жыл бұрын
I miss the hands on stuff. I find the computer 3D builds deadly dull. Topic is interesting but the delivery of comp. Generated illustration for me just doesn't hold water no more. More and more I'm finding myself skipping off to other channels. I know it's the future of things, but the Hey Presto it's done printing and here it is, click it all together Ta Da done. Is just not for me. On the occasions when you actually build things I'm right there with you till the end. But watching MacGyver on TV 3D print his solutions just wouldn't be the thing that makes it fun to watch. And you sir are an awesome MacGyer.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
I am glad you like the builds mate but you are also right - it is the way things are going and you have to remember the principles are the same - ah well - we all do what we do
@lorenbush8876
Жыл бұрын
That must not be the regular household LED light bulbs. Why is that so noisy, because you didn't use ball bearings? Is that just those cheap Chinese 500 farad super caps? Actually I had the idea to do that when you did your seat belt video but with auto retracting crank cord, that's strange you did that , that's really great, thanks I'm glad you got your 3D printer, you use it quite frequently. I can't believe you god that much energy out of that one serpentine coil.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
got to keep plugging at it mate lol
@ristopoho824
Жыл бұрын
My current "wind turbine" has a cheapo emergency radio as the generating part. Just slapped some wings on the crank handle. And yep it works, and pretty sure a toddler could do it. Produces some 2 watts of power at maximum. But yea charges a phone just nicely.
@ristopoho824
Жыл бұрын
By the way the wings are cardboard. Not rainproof but i do plan on painting them with waterproof paint. Or replacing them with plastic spoon thingy i think i learned from you. The project has as a parameter that it should be completeable by really inexperienced people and the journey should be fun and easy. Goes to an arts and crafts group.
@davidmills4063
Жыл бұрын
"There are FOUR lights" Captain Jean Luc Picard, Star Trek oh Sory wrong Sci-fi
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
lol
@edantonuk690
Жыл бұрын
I do not understand alot of what he has to say but I really like to watch what he makes
@salimufari
Жыл бұрын
So when I mentioned a Treadle or spring pole design this is more or less exactly what I saw. LUL Love it Robert. The Time sync of the audio & video in the Cad blow up segment seems quite a bit off. May need to repost after a bit of editing?
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
cheers mate
@coachgeo
Жыл бұрын
well that didn't go as planned..... not sure about others... but on my end the speach is wayyy off sync with the tinkercad diagram explanations... many seconds off so its near impossible to follow. Just thought you would want to know.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
I do - cheers mate
@scoopy1917
Жыл бұрын
I can't find this on tinker cad, does someone have the link?
@grendel1960a
Жыл бұрын
old printers have freewheels (and electric clutches) as part of their mechanisms for those that wish to make similar machines without access to a 3d printer, just ask round your family and you will be inundated with old printers that provide a wealth of axles, gears and other parts (including motors)
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
I didn't know that thank you for sharing mate - I will.look out - but we already did this with a bicycle you know
@terieffo8
Жыл бұрын
Interesting but will it do a Sunday roaste.
@AlienLivesMatter
Жыл бұрын
The noise can be minimised with the use of different materials
@docink6175
Жыл бұрын
I thought it had a freewheel clutch, it looked like its wasting a lot of energy spinning the gears and pull cord, that would also be noisy
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
it does have a freewheel clutch
@docink6175
Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering I thought it did, I guess the pulleys are using their own stored energy.. maybe you could use that as well, even if its a small amount of energy
@ozarkarky
Жыл бұрын
Just think of at the wasted energy when people go to the gym for workouts. Why hasn't these gyms put generators on all the equipment to capture that wasted energy and sell it back to the utility grid?
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
good question
@stephaneislistening6103
Жыл бұрын
The desired output is well the light and not the sound ? 🙂
@401ksolar
Жыл бұрын
Well, if someone added a buoy above an anchor connected to a shielded sealed cable with a return spring as a recoil, wah-lah you just created a wave Shoreline generator.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
nice
@maxkennedy5073
Жыл бұрын
Another 1 way bearing on the pull cord pully and a spring rewinder so you can pull several times to accomplish higher rotational speeds.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
nice one mate - cheers
@TheWorldBelow360
Жыл бұрын
From one pull?! Astonishing. And a serpentine winding?! I am aghast.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
cheers mate
@stephen1475
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. I feel like this sort of demonstration is very useful to the layman.Whilst I appreciate your only playing with POCs Its more useful than talking miliwatts and leds because it gives a more concrete understanding of how much power is generated by the apparatus, and therfore motivation to go pursue the thing. Have you considered lost PLA casting for ridgid geometry that's easier created as 3d print but not strong enough in plastic. I've seen gears made this way but didn't think the result was great.
@Xero1of1
Жыл бұрын
2:22 You need a spring on your pull cord so it'll retract. :D Then you can do repeated pulls to get the speed to where you want it... additionally, you could potentially make the cord shorter if you did that.
@Xero1of1
Жыл бұрын
3:51 Ehh... you're saying you're moving things away, but nothing is actually moving... lol. Edit: Ahhh, I see. The timing is off between the video and narration.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
a return spring would be nice but seriously how much trouble is it to wind a string lol
@Xero1of1
Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering I understand your view. And for what this is supposed to do, I understand that it's definitely overkill... but... if you wanted to quickly get your flywheel to top speed, quick, repeatable pulls would be much easier than a long pull, followed by 2 minutes of rewinding and another long pull. Plus, if you need this in an emergency and there's no power, no lights, and it wasn't rewound after the last use, can you wind it well enough in the dark? Plus, if you wanted to dampen the sound, you'd want to enclose it all and apply some sort of noise barrier to the inside. How easy/difficult would it be then to rewind it manually?
@grendel1960a
Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering if you wind the centre of the cord several times around the pulley, then you will have a return cord to automatically rewind (as the freewheel will operate during the rewind process) a slight amount of back weight on the loose end of the cord will keep it wrapped tight (in fact you could use the back weight as the return mechanism
@allsortsabouteverything
Жыл бұрын
When the narrator is totally out of sync with what they are trying to describe🤣🤣🤣🤣
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
same as when the commenter has never made a video lololol
@davidsoulsby1102
Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering I looked away for a few seconds a got tottaly mind bent........
@David_Walker16-3-51
Жыл бұрын
In this round, I will be answering the question before last 😊
@andyjones4673
Жыл бұрын
Any chance that you could research and explain what on earth is the thunderstorm generator proposed by Malcolm Bendall. I'm dubious about it's claims and hoped your knowledge could shed some light on how this plasmoid technology is supposed to work. In life I've found that if something looks to good to be true then it is. This for some reason,maybe because of some of the great minds mentioned whose work was suppressed, has my attention. Cheers
@DustySplinters
Жыл бұрын
So, in theory... IF you had enough capacity to store more energy, this in run could power a motor to keep the stator moving and you achieve over unity right? Why aren't we doing this in a larger scale so that there is one in every home???
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
we are doing this on large scale mate
@DustySplinters
Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering Who and where can I get one for my home?
@paprjam
Жыл бұрын
Now go the next step. Build a recoil for the cord so you can pull it three or four times whenever it slows down.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
a return spring would be nice but seriously how much trouble is it to wind a string lol
@thomasking5970
Жыл бұрын
Okay; it is AC. This is great!!!
@ericblenner-hassett3945
Жыл бұрын
If you wanted to recycle to make it, look at your neighbors for chain saws and lawn mowers. There will be a lot of metals to go to recycling and hopefully the coil spring and covers to go with the pull chord. The ' next step ' one of my brothers thought up was connecting a car alternator ( as generator ) to the chainsaw to assist in jump starting vehicles. It was very dangerous until he added a bicycle chain guard over the chain that attached the two. Edited to add that particular alternator still had the car regulator in it's circuit so it only had a ground and V+ cable with large alligator clips.
@MiniLuv-1984
Жыл бұрын
That's novel! Yes, pretty dangerous, but the appropriate safeguards applied circumvent all that.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
nice way to go if you want a recycle build mate - a very good suggestion - cheers
@WilliamTythas
Жыл бұрын
best/easiest way to add a clock spring to the pulley to wind the rope back up?
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
sure
@jamesstoffel6835
Жыл бұрын
Love how you are building upon the last video/build! Will you be continuing this 'build' per-se into a 'home made windmill' with supporting 'storage'? Thank you for your time in creating these videos; they are great!
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
That's the plan!
@hippie-io7225
Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering It's a lovely plan. This would really smooth out intermittent wind.
@jamesstoffel6835
Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering - Thank you for taking time to reply! And your efforts in educating us in this field! Looking forward to every future vid!
@xLenny22x
Жыл бұрын
Wow! What is the power output on this?
@aaronsj80
Жыл бұрын
Don't put your tongue on the terminals of a charged super capacitor.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
that would most definitely sting lol
@kreynolds1123
Жыл бұрын
What if one skipped the gearing and simply wrapped a pull cord onto a small pully directly attached to the clutch? The gearing would be the same would it not? In the context of a pull chord, why would one need a clutch? All on needs here is a pully with a pull chord, an axel with a magnetic rotor, and stator coil. I think a clutch and gearing is good for peddled and or cranked power. 😁
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
this is cranked generation mate - just because you use a string and pulley doesn't make it any different from a pedal or a handle - you can just attach pedals straight to the wheel if you like - the victorians did exactly that - you might be missing the boat on this one mate
@kreynolds1123
Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering I respect the hard work you do, and I don't mean to come of as disaprovingly critical. Contrarily, I'm very approving. And I can be wrong from time to time in my critisim. I agree that the fundamental important parts are the same. And I'd like to acknowledge that often your freqently big picture. And it's must be tough getting critisim that is often unwarranted. I also want to acknowledge demonstrating a clutch and gearing principles is great to let the rotor continue spinning. and there is nothing really wrong with demonstrating it with pully and pull chord to power it. But my only and very insignificant point was if all one wanted was a pull generator as stated you were going to build in the beginning, then a clutch and gearing are unnessesary. And If one wanted a hand crank or foot pedal power, then that a clutch and gearing is more than great. That is because it lets one take a break while the rotor continues to spin, and one won't be injured when they are ready to continue.
@Twotimepyro
Жыл бұрын
Can you make a peddle bike with that? And make it worth it?
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
done videos on that mate
@benrudge
Жыл бұрын
Wouldn't it be cool if you could hook up one of those dog treat dispensers to this. So when your dog wants a treat, he pulls on a lever and a treat comes out, but that lever also gives the flywheel a spin and sends a bit of charge into the batteries.
@raloed.363
Жыл бұрын
Out of curiosity could you hook a motor up to the pull card section and feed the motor with the output to attempt a self loop system.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
you could if you wanted and maybe on the first of April I will do it to show a magic free energy device use for the fun of it
@woodworks2123
Жыл бұрын
Great build rob. I'm trying to figure out how adapt this idea into other ways to spin to generate and basically it's the flywheel and freewheel that is the key, the bigger an heavier the better. A hand crank with 50/1 gear ratio or more attached to a large flywheel and freewheel or the old bicycle on a stand connected to a DC motor but if the bike powered a large flywheel which then powered the motor/generator it would be vastly improved.
@anthonygregory3022
Жыл бұрын
I have 17 microwave capacitors. Is there an address to send them.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
that is a very kind offer mate but I have quite a few already
@bunyslayer
Жыл бұрын
About how long do those lights stay on with 1 pull?
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
a while - not really sure
@smithgamer0767
Жыл бұрын
1:26 tinker cad
@Red9GearHeads
Жыл бұрын
What a great machine Rob. Loud little sob.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
cheers mate
@rayadagio
Жыл бұрын
I'm excited about solutions like this that can be easily implemented by anyone. The only somewhat complicated step and thus a kind of hurdle for me would be creating the coil. Could the flywheel instead directly be connected to a nema stepper motor as a generator? Could that also be an efficient solution?
@Gaark
Жыл бұрын
anyone else finding that the tinkercad parts explanation audio and mouse movements are incredibly out of sync?
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
lots of people - my bad - sorry
@Gaark
Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering All good mate, just a little taxing for my peanut of a brain to keep track of :D
@1337Gareth
Жыл бұрын
THERE. ARE. FOUR. LIGHTS!
@matthewellisor5835
Жыл бұрын
"... the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. " Helluva performance by Sir Patrick and a faithful homage to George. It is too bad that these lessons must be learned again every eighty years or so. Four lights, four turnings; seems appropriate.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
?
@jimdaly5077
Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering ref-star trek 🖖
@1337Gareth
Жыл бұрын
@RobertMurraySmith star trek tng, S06ep11; the excellent David Warner plays tortuous captor who's interrogation of Picard has him broken to believing there are 5 lights above him, not the obviously 4 that are really there. Basically, you are in league with the Cardassian's Rob! ;)
@1337Gareth
Жыл бұрын
@matthewellisor5835 thank you for linking that for me I never made the connection and its doubleplusgood.
@johnrutledge3892
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@fraydnot
Жыл бұрын
Cool beans. Thanks for the upload
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
cheers mate
@tomwilliams-ln2on
Жыл бұрын
Attach this to a tall tree with a Coil spring to recoil the cable.
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
cheers mate
@antoniopacelli
Жыл бұрын
2:10 Suddenly Transfomed in Emperor Palpatine for a Second.. "The Force of Energy is Strong in this Lights Bulbs... They will not pass to the Dark Side.."
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
lol
@franzschmidt6199
Жыл бұрын
My respect on the use of your 3D printer via Tinker Cad. 👍 The noise can be alleviated with the use of a spring clutch. What a wonderful demonstration of the use of a flywheel this small and the Super capacitors. If only they would not be so expensive. Does anybody know of something cheap that contains super capacitors as part of its circuit ?
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
cheers mate
@spikeccx
Жыл бұрын
Gravity one to pro long the generator run time !
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
yep
@freemanrader75
Жыл бұрын
Wow! That is impressive! So Earth is a giant physical flywheel and everything physical in the universe is creating either light/gravity or electromagnetic force. Electrons are attracted to centripetal momentum. I am imagining a heavy neodymium socketed flywheel in the mid drive of my e-bike that serves as a generator and possibly gyroscopic balance. Also have you seen the documentation on gyroscopic levitation? It allows objects with a lot of weight to act as if they are very lightweight!
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
I haven't seen it - I must look it up - cheers mate
@Absfor30
Жыл бұрын
Has anyone ever volunteered to edit your videos for you? Is that some that could interest you Rob?
@ThinkingandTinkering
Жыл бұрын
people have offered mate but I am afraid I am not really interested
@Absfor30
Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering that's fair enough, I really love what you're doing with the generation side of things at the moment, will you or luke be doing anything further with pyrolysis?
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