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Uploaded by on Mar 10, 2009

A Trevelyan Rocker is a heat driven oscillator. The edges of the slot cause the lead to expand each time the pipe tips to the side. The expanding lead pushes the side of the slot away causing the pipe to tip to the other side. This process repeats itself.

See more experiments at sparkbangbuzz.com

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  • ARE YOU BY ANY CHANCE A RADIO HAM ?? 73 m0wem

  • i know you you are steven spielbergs little brother :D

  • until the1:07 I wondered what would happen!

  • Wow!

  • geto

  • thats sweet! everything has resonant frequnecies . you can sort of hear a few harmonics too as it vibrates, like 2 or 3 octaves above the vibrating frequency. thats really cool!

  • Amazing , never saw that before 5*

  • neat

  • @imgeek1337 Its a wheel weight from a car rim.

  • where did you get the lead? Can I melt down a fishing weight and cast it?

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