Clock and Strange Attractor

KIENINEER OBERFELL of Germany built a clock that requires the pendulum be in
perpetual motion. Rather than feed the pendulum with spring, it ignores it.
In other words, the movement cam was manufactured in the wrong direction.
How can I fix it? Flip the cam over probably. But I can't get the damned
thing off. I'm no jeweler. I've got it heating up on a kerosene lamp flame
right now.

I already busted the pendulum. I'm going to replace it with one of my stone
spheres. The movement twists a spring steel band, and when the rotation
returns it trips. The old band was twisted up, so I replaced it with an IBM
Selectric element tilt/rotate band, a little heavier duty than the original,
whatever.

The clock's not going to be on time. It will be a miracle enough if I get
it working.

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Tell the crouts I beat them. I got the gear off, but not the sleeve. The
heat was enough to loosten it. Solder wouldn't take and I lost my super
glue, so silicon caulk will have to do. Now it's drying.

I kind of want the white marble sphere for looks, but I think it's too
heavy.

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The movement needs adjustment. This clock is one surprise after the next.
Hell withit. I'm drilling through the face to get to the adjustment screws.
I can't get the hour hand off.

I know it works on the reverse motion, so the movement should work with the
ratchent gear reversed on the forward motion.

I mowed the yard this afternoon, kept getting the tractor stuck and the
blades jammed. When the belt starts to smoke, it's time to disengage the
mower, or buy a new belt.

My dad is up and walking around after his stroke. He even answered the
phone when I called. I think he's doing good. Mother encouraged me to
attend the YFNA gathering at Stillwater, but I doubt I'll go. There's
nothing I've ever experienced from YFNA that is worth celebrating. All I
ever got from it was heartache and grief. Nor am I any kind of beacon of
love to help others in need. People who go to YFNA come out of it worse
off. I don't have cause to even bother.

Last year I got a book from the library, "Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos," by
Steven H. Strogatz, Perseus Publishing. A meteorologyist came up with a
system of 3 differential equations to describe the weather, which converged
on unpredictability. It showed how to build a Strange Attractor.

Once there were 5 ducks. Now there is 1. It learned to hang around the dog
at night. The racoons will have to fight the dog to get to the duck.

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Jon G. wrote:

> Last year I got a book from the library, "Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos," by
> Steven H. Strogatz, Perseus Publishing.

Why haven't you returned it? Destroyed most of the pages, did you?

mike

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Jon G.	Clock and Strange Attractor KIENINEER OBERFELL of Germany built a clock that requires the pendulum be in perpetual motion. Rather than feed the pendulum with spring, it ignores it. In other words, the movement cam was manufactured in the wrong direction. How can I fix it? Flip the cam over probably. But I can't get the damned thing off. I'm no jeweler. I've got it heating up on a kerosene lamp flame right now. I already busted the pendulum. I'm going to replace it with one of my stone spheres. The movement twists a spring steel band, and when the rotation returns it trips. The old band was twisted up, so I replaced it with an IBM Selectric element tilt/rotate band, a little heavier duty than the original, whatever. The clock's not going to be on time. It will be a miracle enough if I get it working. --- Tell the crouts I beat them. I got the gear off, but not the sleeve. The heat was enough to loosten it. Solder wouldn't take and I lost my super glue, so silicon caulk will have to do. Now it's drying. I kind of want the white marble sphere for looks, but I think it's too heavy. --- The movement needs adjustment. This clock is one surprise after the next. Hell withit. I'm drilling through the face to get to the adjustment screws. I can't get the hour hand off. I know it works on the reverse motion, so the movement should work with the ratchent gear reversed on the forward motion. I mowed the yard this afternoon, kept getting the tractor stuck and the blades jammed. When the belt starts to smoke, it's time to disengage the mower, or buy a new belt. My dad is up and walking around after his stroke. He even answered the phone when I called. I think he's doing good. Mother encouraged me to attend the YFNA gathering at Stillwater, but I doubt I'll go. There's nothing I've ever experienced from YFNA that is worth celebrating. All I ever got from it was heartache and grief. Nor am I any kind of beacon of love to help others in need. People who go to YFNA come out of it worse off. I don't have cause to even bother. Last year I got a book from the library, "Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos," by Steven H. Strogatz, Perseus Publishing. A meteorologyist came up with a system of 3 differential equations to describe the weather, which converged on unpredictability. It showed how to build a Strange Attractor. Once there were 5 ducks. Now there is 1. It learned to hang around the dog at night. The racoons will have to fight the dog to get to the duck.

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Engineer	Re: Clock and Strange Attractor Dear alt.math.recreational users: The author of this post, "Jon G." has been harassing the soc.religion.quaker newsgroup by attempting to flood it with crossposted threads. He tried this with uk.rec.psychic, but they caught on to him and reguse to cooperate. If you reply to Jon G. PLEASE post your reply to alt.math.recreational ONLY. To trim the Newsgroups line, use your mouse to ckick on the newsgroups box at the top of your reply and then use your delete key to trim any newsgroups that mave nothing to do with math. Thanks!

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m II	Re: Jon and Strange Attractor Jon G. wrote: > Last year I got a book from the library, "Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos," by > Steven H. Strogatz, Perseus Publishing. Why haven't you returned it? Destroyed most of the pages, did you? mike