Re: model bell

[OldMalden <oldmalden gmail com>]

Actually, a stiffer bearing would not make it go slower, it just wouldn't 
go.

What might be better, if only a little mechanical, would be to
motorise a system such that the whole of the bell movement can be
controlled, a little bit like the simulation on
http://www.anzab.org.au/info/onebell.html

Kerry

On 6/7/05, James K Whiting <whiting mit edu> wrote:
> I think the main problem with small bells is that they are very hard to 
> ring the
> same way as large bells. If we get a bell with the slider, stay, and rope
> attachment of a real bell, it will take a lot of practice to be able to 
> ring it
> correctly. That would be like the model bell at advent. For ringers, I 
> think
> this is fine because even if we can't ring the bell we know enough about 
> how it
> works to show someone. For non-ringers, I think we would want a bell with
> stiffer bearings so that it will ring slower and have less of a tendancy 
> to go
> out of control as soon as you pull it off. The wooden one might be good, 
> even
> if it has to be turned by hand. It obviously isn't a real bell, but it 
> should
> show how a real bell works.
> 
> James
> 
> Quoting Laura Dickerson <lauradi erols com>:
> >    The new education/docent coordinator/outreach person at Old North
> > (I've forgotten her name and title) would like us to have some sort of
> > model bell that the docents leading the behind-the-scenes tours can use
> > as part of the demonstration.  Kerry suggested the one  offered for 
> > sale
> > at Pam Copson's site:
> >
> > http://www.copson.btinternet.co.uk/number_one_bell.html
> >
> >    I have been trying out (clinking my ring against) the various flower
> > pots at the Salem Street Ace Hardware and am intrigued at the idea of
> > trying to make a little bell on a wheel. I suppose it would hang down 
> > in
> > front of the bookshelf.  We'd have to move the wood block out of the
> > way, and (more difficult) make the mechanism.  I am planning to email
> > David Town, who makes small wheels, to get his advice. Remember that
> > mini-rings don't necessarily have sliders and stays. This would make it
> > easier to design but less accurate for showing the tourists what we do.
> >   Any ideas?
> > Laura Dickerson
> >
> >
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