<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The Spice of Pi - Blog Doug 8</title><link>/challenges-projects/design-challenges/pichef/b/blog/posts/the-spice-of-pi---blog-doug-8</link><description>I have finally assembled the complete mechanical system. Both the carousel rotation mechanism and the jar lifter mechanism have been mounted on the bamboo base plate. The video below shows the first operation of the complete mechanism. players.brightc</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: The Spice of Pi - Blog Doug 8</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/pichef/b/blog/posts/the-spice-of-pi---blog-doug-8</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:56:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:a5406922-2e01-4aef-b901-3abc149bf4c5</guid><dc:creator>DAB</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Good starting point.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You might get some issues with fuller jars due to the change in momentum with the extra mass.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You might also need some additional gearing to get the torque levels more consistent for a smoother rotation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DAB&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4353&amp;AppID=183&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: The Spice of Pi - Blog Doug 8</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/pichef/b/blog/posts/the-spice-of-pi---blog-doug-8</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:32:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:a5406922-2e01-4aef-b901-3abc149bf4c5</guid><dc:creator>three-phase</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Nice video showing the operation. I also had a problem viewing in within the blog, I got to 15 seconds and it then stopped, but it played fine when viewed directly on Youtube.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kind regards&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4353&amp;AppID=183&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: The Spice of Pi - Blog Doug 8</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/pichef/b/blog/posts/the-spice-of-pi---blog-doug-8</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 14:49:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:a5406922-2e01-4aef-b901-3abc149bf4c5</guid><dc:creator>genebren</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Doug,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Great job!&amp;nbsp; I don&amp;#39;t know if I am having a slow internet day, or if there is a problem with your video, but I could not get past the 10 sec mark of your video.&amp;nbsp; I will try again later.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gene&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4353&amp;AppID=183&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>