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hang a belt against gravity..
Re: The old "balance a belt on your finger tip" trick - how to build one? -- mobojen	Post Reply	Top of thread	Forum

Posted by: RKimball ® 05/29/2003, 23:51:05 Author Profile Mail author Edit

OK ... take an old diner fork, pass the belt through the tines with the fork right side up as when you eat. Make the belt pass up between the outer most two tines and the ones next to them, so the belt wants to go up through the outer two openings. Do this in about the middle of the belt. Now rest the handle of the fork (right side up) on a tall object. It appears to break the law of gravity, but only proves that the end of the fork is at point above the center of gravit of the belt. The belt should be fairly stiff. -randy- ** The worst suggestion of your lifetime may be the catalyst to the grandest idea of the century, don't fail to listen to suggestions. -randy-

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Posted by: Cragyon ® 05/20/2003, 20:31:52 Author Profile Mail author Edit

I never heard of it, could you explain what it looks like?

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Posted by: mobojen ® 05/21/2003, 11:22:37 Author Profile Mail author Edit

I have seen two different shapes.  One sort of looks like a piece pipe, the other looks like this shape below:                                        ____________                      |  \              |                       |                      |     \           |                       |                      |        \        |                       |                      |           \     |                       | __________ |              \  |                       | |                                                              | |                                                              | |                       _____________            | When you place between the triangle and big square, you can balance the block on your finger tip.

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Posted by: mobojen ® 05/20/2003, 14:22:28 Author Profile Mail author Edit

I just want to balance a belt on a block of wood.  Somebody must remember how to do it or know someone that does.  Anybody?

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Posted by: Kieran ® 05/20/2003, 16:42:42 Author Profile Mail author Edit

Sorry, I don't know, off hand, how to do this, nor do I know of any plans.  I'm only posting to tell you to have patience with this forum... as you can see by looking at the dates of the posts, this place doesn't see too much traffic. You might try another forum of a different focus even, that just has more traffic. -Kieran

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Posted by: mobojen ® 05/21/2003, 11:24:16 Author Profile Mail author Edit

I see.  Thank you.  I will be more patient in the future.

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