Re: The Egg Works - Well, Almost

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Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

At 11:10 AM 10/5/2006, you wrote:
> Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Congrats on the power up spinning of the egg! I couldn't make out 
> detail very good in the video (my pc sucks), but I could certainly 
> see it spinning. I doubt the hollow egg is the cause of not spinning 
> up completely. If it is the "weight" of the egg that is the issue, 
> you could always drill a small hole in the top of the egg and insert 
> a liquid to weight it on it's bottom end (water or oil would 
> probably be fine). This would be similar to a fluid damper used on 
> engines for balance. Just a thought.


Except that a liquid will keep it from spinning due to the frictional 
losses (the old spinning a hen's egg to determine if it's raw or hardboiled)...

I'd drill a tiny hole and feed solder in and melt it.