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Subject: Re: feasible maximum mass for a Lehman seismometer
From: "tdick" dickthomas01@.............
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 16:27:43 -0500



  I have two running now and am preparing to make changes. I used =
speaker magnets plus a five lb piece of lead on the boom which is over =
30 inches long and 5/8 thick. I am thinking of imbedding a ball bearing =
in the end of the shaft, adding another 5 lbs of lead and putting the =
coil of wire on the boom instead of on the base, making the magnet =







 
I have two = running now=20 and am preparing to make changes. I used speaker magnets plus a five = lb piece=20 of lead on the boom which is over 30 inches long and 5/8 thick. I am = thinking=20 of imbedding a ball bearing in the end of the shaft, adding another 5 = lbs of=20 lead and putting the coil of wire on the boom instead of on the base, = making=20 the magnet stationary.

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