Thor's Hammers
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Uploaded by kenkineticart on Aug 27, 2008
Mixed Media Kinetic Sculpture. This piece is in motion for up to ten minutes when pushed by hand. It is silent and meditative. See more details at www.KenKinetic.com
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Looks more like Loki's hammer.
1 year ago 21
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@Lotum4n I don't locate the balance points mathematically I use a tool I developed to find the points. There are too many strange shapes and variables to do it accurately with math. So no formula is used, they just are where they are.
5 months ago 9
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PINK FLOYD
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ratio of leghts and mass, please.
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Can you connect a turbine to this to make renewable energy?
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Reminds me of an iCarly episode. Im not sure if i should be ashamed by that...
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is this random, or is there an actual algorithm going on here....?
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I wonder how many hammers it takes to make it fall over...
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@MrJohnDevour you may have a point but the counter weight is a sledge hammer. Wouldn't they a stronger airflow than indicated by the back cloth?
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Not exactly perpetual I presume, as to be expected, but really close. I'm impressed.
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how do you start it
rocker6219 2 months ago
@rocker6219
Start it by giving it a push. See "Waltzing Hammers"
kenkineticart 2 months ago
the backdrop is moving a lot, I suspect someone is using airflow to influence the device and make it seem to move more or longer than it would on it's own...
MrJohnDevour 2 months ago
@MrJohnDevour
I wish that were the case. I'd like to be able to get these things to move in a breeze but they don't. The reason it moves at nearly a constant speed is due to the inertia stored in the hammers and the low friction of high quality ball bearings mounted in perfectly aligned hubs. No tricks.
See "Waltzing Hammers" for more information about how they work.
Ken
kenkineticart 2 months ago 7
does it need batteries
futsalfred2 3 months ago
@futsalfred2
No batteries, it runs on inertia.
KenKinetic
kenkineticart 3 months ago