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Subject: RE: force gauge/transducer
From: "Jack Ivey" ivey@..........
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:37:28 -0500


Thanks for clarifying my post, I was even more cryptic than usual.

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Jack

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From: psn-l-request@.............. [mailto:psn-l-request@...............
On Behalf Of Jan Froom
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 4:20 PM
To: psn-l@..............
Subject: Re: force gauge/transducer

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Thanks Jack...=20
Had to think about it for a minute or two.... =20
I assume you're suggesting that you then put a sheet of paper behind the
strip, and then using a beam balance scale, calibrate the amount of bend
and mark that on the paper.  Simple and neat.

 Jan

Jack Ivey wrote:=20

How about a piece of "feeler gauge" material (10 mm X 50-150 mm strip of
thin springy steel), clamped at one end and hanging vertically.  You may
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be able to get some from an auto or machine shop supply place or
mcmastercarr.com.  You can get a nice little tool that comprises a bunch
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of these strips of different thicknesses, arranged to open up like a
fan.  That way you could just pick the thickness that works best and
take it
out of the set.
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Jack =20
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From: psn-l-request@.............. [mailto:psn-l-request@...............
On Behalf Of Jan Froom
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 3:12 PM
To: psn-l@..............
Subject: force gauge/transducer
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Anyone know of a simple... quick... force gauge or force transducer...
20 - 30 grams max with a resolution of .1 gram.   that I could make or
buy?
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I'm working on a wind tunnel for my grandson's science fair project and=20
we need a way to measure the lift and drag.
I  can measure lift with a beam balance scale... but the drag is in a=20
horizontal direction and because the force is so low, I hate using a=20
pulley arrangement to change the direction from horizontal to vertical.
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Oh... and did I say cheap?
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I'd settle for a spring gauge if I could find a source... that's=20
accurate at this low a force.
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Thanks.... Jan in Gilroy
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Thanks for clarifying my post, I = was even more cryptic than usual.

 

Jack

 


From: psn-l-request@.............. [mailto:psn-l-request@............... On Behalf Of Jan Froom
Sent: Monday, January 30, = 2006 4:20 PM
To: psn-l@..............
Subject: Re: force gauge/transducer

 

Thanks Jack...
Had to think about it for a minute or two.... 
I assume you're suggesting that you then put a sheet of paper behind the = strip, and then using a beam balance scale, calibrate the amount of bend and = mark that on the paper.  Simple and neat.


 Jan

Jack Ivey wrote:

How about a piece of "feeler gauge" =
material (10 mm X 50-150 mm strip =
of
thin springy steel), clamped at one end and =
hanging vertically.  You =
may
 
be able to get some from an auto or machine =
shop supply place or
mcmastercarr.com.  You can get a nice =
little tool that comprises a =
bunch
 
of these strips of different thicknesses, =
arranged to open up like a
fan.  That way you could just pick the =
thickness that works best and
take =
it
out of the =
set.
 
Jack  =
 
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Message-----
From: psn-l-request@...............
 [mailto:psn-l-request@webtron=
ics.com]
On Behalf Of Jan =
Froom
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 3:12 =
PM
To: psn-l@..............<=
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Subject: force =
gauge/transducer
 
Anyone know of a simple... quick... force =
gauge or force transducer...
20 - 30 grams max with a resolution of .1 =
gram.   that I could make =
or
buy?
 
I'm working on a wind tunnel for my =
grandson's science fair project and =
we need a way to measure the lift and =
drag.
I  can measure lift with a beam balance =
scale... but the drag is in a 
horizontal direction and because the force is =
so low, I hate using a 
pulley arrangement to change the direction =
from horizontal to vertical.
 
Oh... and did I say =
cheap?
 
I'd settle for a spring gauge if I could find =
a source... that's 
accurate at this low a =
force.
 
Thanks.... Jan in Gilroy
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