Newton's cradle

Jul 03, 2010 47 Replies

In message , Matty F writes

Large scrotal sack

Funnily enough, Roencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead is on t'telly ATM

- there was a newton's cradle a few minutes ago on't screen using terracotta pots. Needless to say - one broke

Just thought I'd share this gem with you

drill the fukkers - else you know full and well, it'll all fall apart

Drilled then

don't forget the advertising

In message , Mike Barnes writes

Demonstration to be seen by half the population of the southern hemisphere (except the sheep) and you want him to use jubilee clips and chewing gum?

Doomed, doomed, I say

Sack? I use a wheelbarrow.

That might explain your sexual problems

I've already considered steel balls. If they were the size of billiard balls or bigger, they would be very heavy and would squash the fingers of the unwary and OSH would be nasty to me. I have considered steel rods in wooden balls. I may go back to that seeing as the billiard balls are going to be more expensive than I thought.

How did you hear about those?

geoff :

They're not all like the ones we're used to

e.g. these in stainless steel:

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could DIY a slightly neater looking version I'm sure)

or these if the crimp marks could be concealed:

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any event clips would be good for quick non-destructive testing of the dynamic properties of various ball materials.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Gib Bogle saying something like:

That sounds unfeasible.

Not wishing to damage the balls makes things tricky... Getting a ring of individual rings to stay in the right place under the shocks may also prove interesting, the rings on the image you linked to show them displaced...

6 rings sized so that they just meet at four points when placed onto the surface for the ball? Suspension points taken from opposite points on one ring, stops the possible twisting problem.

Joining the rings might be fun, how about some netting with a 3/4" or there abouts mesh? Make into a draw string bag perhaps witha solid ring to make the "draw string" and provide suspension points.

Dave Liquorice wibbled on Sunday 04 July 2010 11:47

Tie wraps and a tie gun. Tighten the ties gradually and in a sequence to keep tension balanced on the rings. The wraps will lie *fairly* flat after the use of a gun and no-one will be nicking the balls (unless they cut the wraps).

I'm thinking metal curtain rings to match the balls might be a low effort method. I'm sure there would be some rings that would suit billiard balls or similar.

You might want to read up on Elephantiasis. but _not_ if you are squeamish.

Andy

Ship chandlers or sex shop. Not sure which will be the more over- priced.

Owain

"Daddy wouldn't buy me a spacehopper"

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... there's be enough for a freakshow edition of Come Dine With Me.

Apparently it's possible to D-I-Y with sterile saline injection.

Owain

And we have a new invention

Laydeez 'n gentilmin, I give you ...

Newton's Crotch

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Andy Champ saying something like:

That'd be a whoosh, then.

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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Owain saying something like:

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