Machine With Concrete

An homage to Arthur Ganson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q-BH-tvxEg). The Lego motor turns at somewhere between 200 and 300 RPM. Each gearing is 5:1. Therefore the first large gear is going 40-60 RPM and the last 25 minutes per revolution, if my math is correct.

Ganson's last gear is some number of trillions of years per revolution, which is why it's embedded in concrete

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• lego
• machine
• arthur
• ganson
• concrete

[911suckers]

hey this might sound stupid...

if this process is called geering down... if you stick the motor to the last gear... would this cause the sprocket to the left go at tramendous speed?

[desiredusername]

Mathematically, yes. But in practice, you can't take it very far. The speed times the torque (twisting force) has to remain a constant. So when the speed goes up by 5x at each stage, the torque is reducing by 5x. After just 2 or 3 steps of that, there wouldn't be enough force to turn the gear.

At least, that's what I think. Try it!

[freakoffer]

Wait! Did I miss something? Cause' all I saw there was a gear rotating, and another gear slugging along. Err, take electronics class next year?

[desiredusername]

Huh?

[foxfaction]

Needs more concrete.

[legoking97]

Very interesting how the gears closest to the motor take the shortest time for 1 revolution but as it goes down it slows. Suggestion: MAKE IT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE

[VictorVonFox]

reminds me of my electric box that counts the wats that a house uses

[MaxandFredsmum]

Crap

[37zeus37]

@trueflyingsheep

slowly pulling the testicles off a sleeping bull elephant

[Sekkiotto]

ULTRA SLOW



[streetcornerjames]

@freakoffer Too bad your gears aren't turning.

[MrYamahaRaptor700]

I hear crickets

[chubyceekcharles]

can you make a tut

[Benandbjshow]

i dont get it how is it concrete