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

Fri May 16 13:21:01 2003

Thanks Bob:

For some reason I have very poor luck with boolean searches. I entered every
variant of scottish/scotch/scott/scotts, etc. yoke I could think of with and
without spaces, capitals, ands, ORs + signs, etc. Got zippo.

A search will probably work dandy for me now. <sigh>

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

Meadow Lakes, AK.

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

> Frosty,
>
> Search for scotch+yoke. Here's a nice one.
>
> http://www.brockeng.com/mechanism/ScotchYoke.htm
>
> bob S
>
>
>
>
> >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
> >------------------------
> >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,
> >>
> >>
> >> Charles
> >>
> >
> >
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