tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post6557358074303838486..comments2024-03-28T21:04:16.189-07:00Comments on The Blog of Phyz: Tagging the monkey wormDean Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681829220589441713noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-47152714278763927822009-09-17T20:56:06.738-07:002009-09-17T20:56:06.738-07:00That may be what is known in the trade as a "...That may be what is known in the trade as a "Gauss Encounter of the Third Kind." Just trying to be helpful.stevieraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-56533637110711548182009-09-17T10:35:56.717-07:002009-09-17T10:35:56.717-07:00On the Pasco "monkey dropper," the hyste...On the Pasco "monkey dropper," the hysteresis is such that the magnet will hold the monkey when no current is passing through. The signal from the control box (activated by a photogate beam break) sends a pulse through the dropper to neutralize (maybe even repel a bit) the attachment point. So I've lost the residual magnetism on the electromagnet.Dean Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681829220589441713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-80571866030595215662009-09-16T22:39:43.379-07:002009-09-16T22:39:43.379-07:00I guess you won't be using THAT magnet to LEVI...I guess you won't be using THAT magnet to LEVITATE the monkey later during your Uri Geller is a Charlatan lecture series.<br />I wonder if there is a corroded or loose connector somewhere limiting the current through the coil? <br />Who ever heard of a hunter shooting paper clips anyway but a good "save" nonetheless ('ye of little phaith).stevieraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-56615123015470089142009-09-16T18:11:50.291-07:002009-09-16T18:11:50.291-07:00I'll have to check with Pasco on that. I went ...I'll have to check with Pasco on that. I went all out with a very elaborate "Monkey Gun" setup--all Pasco. And it's worked well for nearly a decade. The demo launcher (their projectile launcher on steroids) is no longer even sold!<br /><br />@Eric: When I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I mark the date on the calendar and celebrate the rarity annually. So now there's this and that one time in 1974. I can take it. (P.S., what do you think Brownie Points are all about?)Dean Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681829220589441713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-30477163558606468392009-09-16T07:45:00.341-07:002009-09-16T07:45:00.341-07:00Congrats to the kids! That looks even cooler than ...Congrats to the kids! That looks even cooler than the traditional monkey demo.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13622107839376919585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-44337832842146974922009-09-16T06:58:36.072-07:002009-09-16T06:58:36.072-07:00That is excellent! I know getting the monkey to be...That is excellent! I know getting the monkey to behave can be tricky, I never would have thought to substitute something so small. Good shootin'. The question now is, what's up with the magnet?Laurie T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06647296649447503217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-22031456430662976002009-09-16T02:20:02.004-07:002009-09-16T02:20:02.004-07:00"They were right; I was wrong!"
I think..."They were right; I was wrong!"<br /><br />I think this account has been compromised. This doesn't sound like the Dean Baird I know.Eric W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17266823523660676253noreply@blogger.com