[TheForge] [OT] Re: Variable-speed motor & controller

[Bruce Freeman]

Sounds like a Faraday disk!

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:36 PM, James Binnion<jbin at well.com> wrote:
> On Jul 22, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Mike Spencer wrote:
>
>> While I'm here with OT: the heap of junk also included what appears to
>> be an electric brake -- 10" cast-iron wheel on bearings faced with a
>> copper
>> disk (sort of like a clutch-plate lining) and two electric coils.  I
>> don't think it would go on a power hammer but I might be able to put
>> it on the 24" bandsaw somehow.
>
> That is the variable load, used to adjust the difficulty of the workout
>
> James Binnion
> jbin at well.com
>
>
>
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-- 
Bruce
NJ

The total lack of evidence is the surest sign that the conspiracy is working.