Monthly Archives: August 2012

The Wheel

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Things work in finite cycles.
Things work on different energy levels.
Do we understand them?
Will we understand them?

This are the issues looked at in this optimistic version of “The Wheel”
The next version of “The Wheel” will be bolder and will be part of a trilogy.
The next member of the trilogy is 75% completed.
If things go as they should, it will be finished by the end of 2012.

Features:
Four wheels spinning inside each other:
Wheel diameters:

  1. 2060 mm
  2. 1600 mm
  3. 1200 mm
  4. 800 mm

Seven hubs
Each wheel has 9 spokes of unique design.
Total weight: 800 kg

Materials:
Eucalyptus crebra
Steel X4140 (axle)
Sealed roller bearings
Brass (Cu + Zn)
Grade 314 Stainless steel (tyres on all 4 wheels)

Work completed in 1998.
Location: Australia – in private ownership.