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<p>[QUOTE="hamptonauction, post: 1181646, member: 62"]If you look at the last photo, on the left side you see a tiny little hole on the bottom center of the vane, the vanes are tilted such that the ant-freeze /water empties from each cell to fill the other cell, trying to achieve equilibrium, but the weight in the rear ads enough torque to offset the equilibrium. The knurled knob on the rear shaft is used to wind the string from the weight counterclockwise so as to rotate the cylinder in a clockwise direction. I hope that I was able to describe its operation correctly. It's a pretty clever design.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hamptonauction, post: 1181646, member: 62"]If you look at the last photo, on the left side you see a tiny little hole on the bottom center of the vane, the vanes are tilted such that the ant-freeze /water empties from each cell to fill the other cell, trying to achieve equilibrium, but the weight in the rear ads enough torque to offset the equilibrium. The knurled knob on the rear shaft is used to wind the string from the weight counterclockwise so as to rotate the cylinder in a clockwise direction. I hope that I was able to describe its operation correctly. It's a pretty clever design.[/QUOTE]
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