[TheForge] Re: Oh great minds of theforge, gather around

[Jerry Frost]

Charles:

While I was trying to figure out how to make a crank/connecting rod drive
compact I "invented" this really cool gizmo. I got really excited about
coming up with the idea even though I KNEW somebody had to have thought of
it earlier. Well, I was hanging out at the local coffee shop with graph
paper, drawing implements, patent drawings and a few copies of cad drawings
I was brainstorming over. (I do this a lot. The folk at the coffee shop
think I'M eccentric! See following example of local coffee shop character.
<grin>)

One of the local conspiracy/Tesla/mystic-science guys walked by and while
saying hi took a look at the drift of paper I had on the table. He
recognized the patent drawings and asked what I was doing. I explained (in
boring detail I must add) and proudly showed him my connecting rod
replacement idea.

Without blinking he said, "That's a scottish yoke." Then proceeded to
explain all the pros and cons of the things and how they applied to hydrogen
powered engines and other (shall we say less than practical?) things. (In
boring detail. <sigh>)

Okay, sorry for the long story (I probably spend too much time hanging at
the coffee shop with the local characters) but I've failed to find anything
searching the web for Scottish Yokes. Is there an official name/designation?
A URL? Do you know of any good nuts and bolts kind of references?

Thanks,

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.



> I may build my own mechanism with a scotch yoke,
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> Charles
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