I updated the geometric constructions page to have a circle intersection demo. Circle Intersection Demo I also added a few links to see the HTML/PHP code for the page as well as the javascript for the page. PHP is nice enough to supply a function for displaying the…
Continue readingI just got ten of these ball joints. I figured out that I needed four of them for the sculpture, but now I just need two. These are very cool, so I’ll need to figure out how to use a few more. The pen shows the size. These…
Continue readingI’ve got a more refined plan for the new RBS. This rolling ball sculpture will have a multi-stage lifter that has a 90 degree change in rotational direction. The top part in the video below will be rotated 90 degrees from the other parts below it, but my…
Continue readingI want to use some wooden balls that I have sitting around. They are 1.5 inches, or close to that size, so all of my track gauges are the wrong size. I’ll build some new ones for the new track size. Then I’m going to build another lift…
Continue readingI don’t have a tattoo. I’ve thought about it, and I certainly am curious about it. Does it really hurt? Can I take it? Who am I? What would I get written on me permanently? This?… The reason that I don’t have a tattoo is that I have…
Continue readingI named this “Where Peacocks Dare”, but Ubisoft/RedLynx rejected the name. Gee, I wonder why? This is my third, and most ambitious Trials Fusion track so far. I never played Trails Evolution, so I have not been at this very long. But this track seems to be getting…
Continue readingI didn’t like the picture of the rolling ball sculpture, so I “Photoshopped” it. I removed the power cord form the picture. Here’s the finished sculpture, with mechanical lifting levers/arms, after a bit of work on the image. It’s not the best work I could do, but I…
Continue readingThe latest version of Linkage 2 is available here. New or Different The arrow keys will now step the simulation forwards and backwards. The old [ and ] keys still work. Holding the shift key while pressing a left or right arrow will step the simulation 10 steps…
Continue readingI discovered that my code was using the screen zoom in one of the DXF export calculations, and that the math used to guess at a good connector radius was not quite right. After fixing those two issues, I also made a change to improve the solid link…
Continue readingI need to name these things somehow. I’ve been using the colors to name them, but this one is a sort of muddled blackened steel. This post contains a video of the finished sculpture as well as some historical photos and commentary on the construction of this RBS….
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