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Marking the Beams
Posted: January 2nd, 2020, 5:26 pm
by MoMoney$$$;)0)
Hello. So while I was designing/prototyping my lever I was wondering how you guys figure out the marking on each side of the lever (which you use for the calculation of the ratio's). Thank you.
Re: Marking the Beams
Posted: January 2nd, 2020, 5:51 pm
by shrewdPanther46
just choose something and make sure you can cover the entire range of mass ratios
Re: Marking the Beams
Posted: January 2nd, 2020, 5:58 pm
by MoMoney$$$;)0)
shrewdPanther46 wrote: ↑January 2nd, 2020, 5:51 pm
just choose something and make sure you can cover the entire range of mass ratios
Can you please be a bit more specific on the "something". Thanks.
Re: Marking the Beams
Posted: January 2nd, 2020, 6:27 pm
by shrewdPanther46
yea sure. I said "something" intentionally, Im basically saying you can arbitrarily use any setup for the entire lever system, as long as you mathematically can reach equilibrium at any of the possible mass ratios (with some buffer to be safe)
Re: Marking the Beams
Posted: January 21st, 2020, 10:05 am
by CPScienceDude
MoMoney$$$;)0) wrote: ↑January 2nd, 2020, 5:26 pm
Hello. So while I was designing/prototyping my lever I was wondering how you guys figure out the marking on each side of the lever (which you use for the calculation of the ratio's). Thank you.
I made a paper ruler and taped it onto the lever arm, were 0 cm is where the fulcrum connects through the lever
Re: Marking the Beams
Posted: January 21st, 2020, 10:26 am
by Creationist127
CPScienceDude wrote: ↑January 21st, 2020, 10:05 am
MoMoney$$$;)0) wrote: ↑January 2nd, 2020, 5:26 pm
Hello. So while I was designing/prototyping my lever I was wondering how you guys figure out the marking on each side of the lever (which you use for the calculation of the ratio's). Thank you.
I made a paper ruler and taped it onto the lever arm, were 0 cm is where the fulcrum connects through the lever
I and others I know made our levers directly out of meter sticks, so marking them is covered already.
Re: Marking the Beams
Posted: January 21st, 2020, 10:28 am
by CPScienceDude
Creationist127 wrote: ↑January 21st, 2020, 10:26 am
CPScienceDude wrote: ↑January 21st, 2020, 10:05 am
MoMoney$$$;)0) wrote: ↑January 2nd, 2020, 5:26 pm
Hello. So while I was designing/prototyping my lever I was wondering how you guys figure out the marking on each side of the lever (which you use for the calculation of the ratio's). Thank you.
I made a paper ruler and taped it onto the lever arm, were 0 cm is where the fulcrum connects through the lever
I and others I know made our levers directly out of meter sticks, so marking them is covered already.
Well I tried to do that, but I installed it backward (don’t ask how lol, idk)