Do Nothing Machine

A Meccano motorized version of an ellipsograph with its fascinating slider's movement.In fact in order to draw an ellipse the slider's connecting tod has to be extended and a pen attached to its extremety

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Entertainment

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• Meccano
• Erector
• Construction
• toy
• Mechanism

[edvga]

Have you noticed that, no matter how long you watch it, one slider will never colide with the other on this busy cross section?

[swanbrown]

Theat's great!

and to think I've been doing all my nothing by hand.

I bet I could get a lot more nothing done with one of those.

[edvga]

The trajectory of any point of the handle is an ellipse.

In the middle point between sliders this ellipse = a circle .

Holding it at this point you can motorize it easilly.

Thanks for the commentary

[okayillgonow]

This specific mechanism is called a nothing grinder.

[edvga]

The first time I saw this movement as a toy was 48 years ago.

I was told that it was called the "b. s. grinder".

Not far from the name you called it.

Thanks for the commentary.

[uprightgirl]

I can watch that for hours!!!~~~ Wheres the 10 hour loop?!?!? lolzzz

[henryguitarhero]

you spin me right round...

[strozer123]

CHOO CHOO

[anglerfly]

it does to something, It moves!

[stiskavac]

It wastes electricity....:P

[1chrisdaman1]

that thing is cool!

[youtship]

@youtship

Sorry I overlooked your full description which has mentioned about elipse drawing already.

Anyway, Great Idea!

[youtship]

I think it could draw some eliptic locus if you put a pen to one of the side arms

[solareskid987]

i a meccano set but i dont know how to make the sliding connections, how do i make them?