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RE: Feedback on the Airtech Claw Rig (8868)
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lugnet.technic
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Sun, 22 Oct 2000 13:57:49 GMT
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Ran wrote:
> > Of course, I don't know anyone that would toss a lump of dirt into a washing
> > machine to test a theory, other than a scientist or researcher, although if
> > you have young kids it is possible you will be tossing in heaps of caked-on
> > mud, which, essentially, is dirt ... ;-)
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> Actually, I'd pick "young kids" as the most likely to perform the
> experiment. With "engineering undergrads" a close second, and "a
> scientist or researcher" a distant third ;-)
You've got the order wrong, the engineering undergrad is most likely...
> I'd be leery of using a clothes washer: it seems likely that the
> agitation would bash the pieces against one another, causing
> scratches and edge/corner dings.
I'm not sure where you live, but remember that European clothes washers
are generally front loading and have no agitator. The clothes tumbling
upon themselves (with controlled amounts of water) provides the cleaning
action.
Only North American washers have a top loading tub which is filled with a
wasteful amount of water and then agitated with an incredibly complex
bit of machinery and mechanical transmission.
I think I recall someone trying to make one out of LEGO, come to think of
it.
Anyways, I think the European machines would be a bit gentler...
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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