Boncuk
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Hi friends,
of course I also had some ideas to participate in the competion here at this superb forum and its outstandingly friendly members.
It had to be something useful built with the few allowed parts.
So I got the idea to combine practical use with ease of daughter or son.
Lets say you receive an invitation of an arabic Emir who resides at the North Pole or close to it. Their favorite meal is sheep meat. Getting served a soup containing the grease of a sheep the grease will form a layer similar to wax on the surface of the soup very quickly.
This device takes care of adequate temperature within the soup so that can't happen to you if you use it. Since you don't eat soup all day long the device might serve as a toy gyro for your kid.
The design is heavy enough to submerge in the soup and also to rotate freely for a considerable time.
If you want to built your own gyro-soup-heater be careful to place components very accurately. Otherwise the gyro will topple. The big electrolytic capacitor in the center is not important for proper function. It is just a handle to spin the gyro. Underneath the cap drill a 3mm dia hole and fix a prepared screw (3X10mm, preferrably brass) with cone shape at its end for resistance free rotation of the gyro.
Small balancing offsets can easily be compensated by some solder in the proper position.
Have fun
Hans
P.S. People try telling me that I'm full of sh..... That's not true! Is it?
of course I also had some ideas to participate in the competion here at this superb forum and its outstandingly friendly members.
It had to be something useful built with the few allowed parts.
So I got the idea to combine practical use with ease of daughter or son.
Lets say you receive an invitation of an arabic Emir who resides at the North Pole or close to it. Their favorite meal is sheep meat. Getting served a soup containing the grease of a sheep the grease will form a layer similar to wax on the surface of the soup very quickly.
This device takes care of adequate temperature within the soup so that can't happen to you if you use it. Since you don't eat soup all day long the device might serve as a toy gyro for your kid.
The design is heavy enough to submerge in the soup and also to rotate freely for a considerable time.
If you want to built your own gyro-soup-heater be careful to place components very accurately. Otherwise the gyro will topple. The big electrolytic capacitor in the center is not important for proper function. It is just a handle to spin the gyro. Underneath the cap drill a 3mm dia hole and fix a prepared screw (3X10mm, preferrably brass) with cone shape at its end for resistance free rotation of the gyro.
Small balancing offsets can easily be compensated by some solder in the proper position.
Have fun
Hans
P.S. People try telling me that I'm full of sh..... That's not true! Is it?
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