Thread: FCG via hook?

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That's exactly what it does.

I hoped you would understand my terrible drawing.

... and of course my bed (bad not bed - I think I should go there soon :-) - the sun is going down) english.

Have you got another answer? Maybe I can explain it a little better or I can find a solution that's right for your needs.

To your 2nd message. that's exactly what happens to me. If I'm not able to hold it in my hands sometimes it's difficult to understand it. So I've to make my own experiences.

Peter

So... if I were to want to hang it from an already done source (say 3 hooks already in the balcony ceiling) I wouldn't need a crossbar then... all I would need to do is a washer with 3 holes in it and the motor, then simply have the motor somewhat close/central to the FCG and that would do the same thing?

Yeah, you got it. In this case the ceiling is your "crank".

But don't forget the motor arm! It's necessary! The way the ghost moves up and down is determined by the length of this arm! Shorter arm = shorter way up and down, longer arm = longer way.

Sorry that it lasts longer when I answer you - some (by me) unknown words I've to find by google.

Peter

So... how would one attach the motor arm from the motor to the ghost? I would've thought that the washer with the 3 holes would do that? (sorry, I feel like an idiot asking questions like this)

...and Vielen Dank.

As a suggestion.

Built a model out of cardboard. Only a plain sheet, mark a point as motor (for example near the middle, pin a needle through it, then make 2 little holes in the top corners and one in the middle of the bottom. Cut a small stripe of cardboard, on one end make a little hole and stick it over the neddle. (So you can just spin it around). On the other end of the cardboard stripe you make 3 little holes. Run 3 threads through the holes in the strip an through the holes in the cardboard sheet. Now you have a model. Spin the stripe and look what happens. It'll be the easiest way to find out and to modify it, because when you're done you can throw it away - Saves much time and money.

Peter

One end of the motor arm should be fixed at the axle of the motor - the other end is for the washer (make a hole, run a machine screw through it, save it with a locker nut, then after the screw cames the washer with the holes, then another locker nut. The second nut you should not tighten firmly - the washer must be able to spin - otherwise the line would be coiled over the screw and the arm. And than you're right the ghost will be fixed through the lines on (or at?) the washer.

I'll try to draw it separatly.

Peter

....ya know, I never would've thought of that, that's a good idea. lol

OOHHHH, so the arm is merely coming out of the motor, the washer is attached to the end of the arm, the lines/washer doesn't move at all, the arm moves in a circular motion... the bigger the circle, the bigger the movement... so if you were to use a fan, you could cut 2 of the 3 arms off and use just one of the fans, attach a washer at the end of it and runs the line through, right?

Not the smartest solution but possible.

Peter