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Haas_man

Dec 29 2004, 02:12 AM

I drove down to Sarasota to see on of these in action. Hard to believe , even in person.

EDIT : This was my Guru post....YEAH !!!

pjgibbs

Dec 30 2004, 02:33 AM

Haas_Man
That site on kinetic machines is awesome! thanks I just might visit this guy next time I go to conn.
Peter

Haas_man

Dec 30 2004, 02:43 AM

I'm not sure if he has a gallery at his home / workshop , But the city( NY) is not far from CT,I lived there for a few years. I thought it was worth the drive! Made my wife happy too! Where are you located ?

brainchild

Dec 30 2004, 05:04 AM

Nice

Gemini

Feb 23 2005, 09:15 AM

Would it be safe to say that these are perpetual machines ?

araczynski

Feb 23 2005, 03:04 PM

QUOTE (Gemini @ Feb 23 2005, 03:15 AM)

Would it be safe to say that these are perpetual machines ?

i would say no, mainly because these are describes as "long running" implying that it will stop eventually.

nice to look at however, even if a 'bit' on the pricy side.

Mikey P.

Feb 23 2005, 05:12 PM

They are powered by a spring. You wind them up like a clock and they run from 3 to 12 hours depending on the model.

Squalish

Mar 16 2005, 03:41 AM

QUOTE (araczynski @ Feb 23 2005, 10:04 AM)

QUOTE (Gemini @ Feb 23 2005, 03:15 AM)

Would it be safe to say that these are perpetual machines ?

i would say no, mainly because these are describes as "long running" implying that it will stop eventually.

nice to look at however, even if a 'bit' on the pricy side.

I would say no, mainly because it's physically impossible

QUOTE

In this house, we obey the laws of THERMODYNAMICS!

-Homer Simpson

And yeah, amazing stuff, though it's priced to the art-sculpture market

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