Week of 12/3

I spent this week machining aluminum flywheels to use on my gyroscopes, because the Acrylic ones I've been using aren't heavy enough to overcome the weight of the balancing rig, so in order to do any real balance testing, I need to make heavier flywheels so the rig can stay upright without support.

My original plan was to design flywheels with a groove around the middle, but the lathe in the shop wasn't able to do it, so instead I just made two flat discs.

Final flywheel design ^