How can this work?

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Without something to hold the body from rotating?

Reply to
DerbyBorn
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One of the feet looks different from the other two, so presumably has enough drag to make the legs turn, rather than the body?

Reply to
Andy Burns

Who cares? It's another stupid, pointless, kitchen gadget that will end up gathering dust at the back of a cupboard.

Reply to
Huge

Yes what do you call a Japanese girl with a food processor on her head. Blenda. Brian

Reply to
Brian Gaff

That's not a very DIY approach, it should be removed from the kitchen and do at least one turn as a paint tin stirrer.

G.Harman

Reply to
damduck-egg

*grin*

If you want such a thing, buy a bloody lab magnetic stirrer.

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Reply to
Huge

I use an old twin paddle kitchen mixer for smaller tins of paint (up to

2.5l) it works very well, especially on old tins of cellulose which would take forever to reblend with only a stick to stir with.
Reply to
MrCheerful

Except it works quite well.

YMMV

Reply to
Fredxxx

Once variable speed drills came along I used a stiff piece of steel rod with the business end bent to form an open triangle.

Reply to
Tim Lamb

The rod from a broken sealant gun can make a useful stirrer , many are hexagonal section and get gripped nicely in a chuck once the flat pushing end has been removed leaving the bent hook end as the stirrer. often a building site skip will contain a few donors especially towards the end of a project. I like to keep a few ready to use ,don't bother cleaning them for use between different paints/colours just throw them away . They can be useful for other purposes , setting one in a flower pot of cement makes a hook point you can stick in the ground and tie string around if you live in a windy area and want to reinforce eg, a row of runner beans with some guy strings.

G.Harman

Reply to
damduck-egg

£15 or 50p for a wooden spoon
Reply to
rick

Good idea ..

Reply to
rick

Time to hold the spoon - priceless!

Reply to
Fredxxx

For a "linear" example, the simplest is a frictionless railway carriage with a gun at one end. Fire the gun, the recoil starts the carriage moving. When the bullet hits the other end, conservation of momentum means that it stops. While the bullet was in the air, the carriage has moved a small distance. Same idea can be applied to rotation.

In the real world, the interaction of friction with the dynamics of structural parts provides other mechanisms. In this particular case, assymetry in the legs means that fluid dynamics could also be involved.

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newshound

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