Curious device

[Welderpaul]

OK. I give up.

Thanks

 

[E T]

 

[Munkul]

This th

I've posted this before I think. The phrase is from the equestrian world. Horseracing isn't so much a sport as a betting game where fortunes can be made. Prior to a race, the apocryphal story goes a chap was seen squirting some liquid into the horse mouth.

"What was that then?" he is asked.
"Soup" he says. Yeah, right...

Its from the car world.
Back in the day, when you wanted your asthmatic V8 chevvy to go a decent bit faster, you bolted a supercharger to it.
"supercharged up"
.... "souped up"...

(ok, I know your version of the phrase origin is equally valid, no one knows which is more true)

 

[cheb]

You might or might not want to read about the origins of 'gingering up'. How to make a horse raise its tail.

 

[Dev]

I learned about that from Suzie Dent

 

[hotponyshoes]

You might or might not want to read about the origins of 'gingering up'. How to make a horse raise its tail.

Toothpaste.

 

[Screwdriver]

This th

Its from the car world.
Back in the day, when you wanted your asthmatic V8 chevvy to go a decent bit faster, you bolted a supercharger to it.
"supercharged up"
.... "souped up"...

(ok, I know your version of the phrase origin is equally valid, no one knows which is more true)

Problem with that idea of course is you can soup up a car without fitting a supercharger.

Not seeing how "supercharged up" is even a thing, "doped up" or "souped up" I can believe.

 

[Morris]

Problem with that idea of course is you can soup up a car without fitting a supercharger.

Not seeing how "supercharged up" is even a thing, "doped up" or "souped up" I can believe.

The phrase pre-dates the invention of the supercharger apparently so that's a non starter from the off.

 

[Prajna]

For your edification and delight:

 

[dobbslc]

How about people let his thread run its course without all this negativity & put-downs. Plausible?

Yeah man

 

[Gareth J]

For your edification and delight:

Wouldn't something with a lot fewer moving parts and a lot less friction to overcome fail less quickly/be more likely to work (depending on your viewpoint)?

Or, cynically, is there an ulterior motive for the size and complexity.

 

[Munkul]

For your edification and delight:

Looks cool. When are you going to build it?

 

[Prajna]

Wouldn't something with a lot fewer moving parts and a lot less friction to overcome fail less quickly/be more likely to work (depending on your viewpoint)?

Or, cynically, is there an ulterior motive for the size and complexity.

Hi @Gareth J, wow, it's pretty simple really, a lot simpler than previous designs. The tie rods will be dispensed with once I have done testing and adjusting. Anyway, this design is just to test the principle.

 

[Prajna]

Looks cool. When are you going to build it?

Working on it. A friend just bought me a 3D printer so I can continue development. Another friend just bought me the bearings. Will take about a week for the printer to arrive. I still have magnets to acquire.

 

[Dev]

Looks like a bi-stable mechanism to me but the proof is in the pudding, looking forward to your results.

 

[Seadog]

Looks like a bi-stable mechanism to me but the proof is in the pudding, looking forward to your results.

That's my feeling. I think that it'll stall after passing the first set of poles.

 

[PhillipM]

Wouldn't something with a lot fewer moving parts and a lot less friction to overcome fail less quickly/be more likely to work (depending on your viewpoint)?

if you put a lot of complexity and moving parts in it you can just blame the tolerances or friction levels when it doesn't work and then go "Oh but the *next* one I redesign will when I fix this"

 

[Prajna]

if you put a lot of complexity and moving parts in it you can just blame the tolerances or friction levels when it doesn't work and then go "Oh but the *next* one I redesign will when I fix this"

What is considered complex about this design? It looks simple enough to me. It has simplified considerably as the design has progressed. There are only two movements to deal with and synchronise - a rotation and reciprocation - and the synchronization happens just by the geometry of the device. What can be simplified?

 

[dave h 2]

Don't be ridiculous, you need onions too:

The ŠKODA OCTAVIA G-TEC runs on carrots and onions - Škoda Storyboard

Do you want a more environmentally friendly drive while having a combustion engine in your car? How about natural gas in the ŠKODA OCTAVIA G-TEC? Then you can use green fuel made from biowaste or vegetables. Find out how it works.

www.skoda-storyboard.com

Hence the phrase "souped up" presumably?

Wasn't 'soup' safe breaker slang for nitro glycerine back in the 50's

 

[Guineafowl]

What can be simplified?