Members whinewine Posted July 28, 2009 Members Report Posted July 28, 2009 Ok, another stupid question/request from me... I used to have a piece of wood, shaped kind of like a curved pipe, that if you put a belt on the larger end, you could put the small end on the edge of a table & the belt and piece of wood would seem to defy gravity by hanging off the edge of the table without falling off. I can't find mine, nor can I find a pattern. Does anyone have a clue what this is called or have a pattern for it, or even know what I'm talking about? While it looks like it is defying gravity, it really has to do with angles of suspension & engineering. Thank you for any help. I think this would be a neat method of drawing people into one's booth. Quote
Members TigerPal Posted July 28, 2009 Members Report Posted July 28, 2009 When I was a kid "back in the dark ages", we used to whittle those out of the wooden ends of cigar boxes (how long ago was that? lol). Only name I ever remember hearing them called was a "whimmy diddle", or somethng like that. We used to make them about 4 or 5 inches long and about 1.5 or 2 inches high, curving down to about 1/4 inch high at the end that sits on the table. The notch sloped from the top towards the bottom outside end, at about a 60 degree angle, if I remember right. Probably need to do some experimenting - a good bit depends on the width and weight of the belt, and you have to play with it a bit to get the weight of the belt balanced on each side (nearly impossible with a buckle attached, unless its very light weight). It should be flat on the bottom to help with balance. If I can help more, please PM me. Quote
Members whinewine Posted July 28, 2009 Author Members Report Posted July 28, 2009 Tiger: I finally did find a picture of what I was looking for, although a whimmy diddle is something different- it's a notched stick with a smaller stick at the end- when you stroke the notches with a pencil, the small stick spins. But thanks to you, I did a series of google & bing searches & finally came up the actual thing I need to make. Thank you for your help- it is well appreciated! russ Quote
Members dbusarow Posted July 28, 2009 Members Report Posted July 28, 2009 Tiger: I finally did find a picture of what I was looking for, although a whimmy diddle is something different- it's a notched stick with a smaller stick at the end- when you stroke the notches with a pencil, the small stick spins. But thanks to you, I did a series of google & bing searches & finally came up the actual thing I need to make. Russ, Can you post a link? You got me curious about this thing. Dan Quote
Members whinewine Posted July 28, 2009 Author Members Report Posted July 28, 2009 Russ,Can you post a link? You got me curious about this thing. Dan Dan, look under laserkerf.com Quote
Members TigerPal Posted July 28, 2009 Members Report Posted July 28, 2009 Here's a quick, very rought sketch of the "belt hanger" --- about 1/4 inch of the small end sits on the edge of a table, and the weight of the belt pulls the outer end up and keeps it from falling. All depending on the angle of the notch and the weight of the belt. Quote
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