Re: Tempest Spinner Question

Really? Ok, that makes more sense. That must be why it sounds like a
saw! A saw blade with lots of little holes in it cutting through a
plastic optical sensor! :) So once again I ask...

Where are the bearings???

On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Technoid wrote:

> It's usually from the encoder wheel hitting the optical sensor. Which could
> be caused by worn out berings, etc.
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> Thanks,
> Jay Wilkinson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Franklin Bowen <fbowen@balt.checkfree.com>
> To: vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu <vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 1:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Tempest Spinner Question
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> >I always thought that sound was from worn bearings.
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> >"Miranda K. Collins" <miranda@angel.com> on 02/09/99 03:01:27 PM
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> >Please respond to vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu
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> >To: vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu
> >cc: (bcc: Franklin Bowen/MD/CheckFree)
> >Subject: Re: Tempest Spinner Question
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> >While we are on the subject of Tempest spinners...
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> >Does anyone know why Major Havoc seems to not move at all when you spin
> >the spinner too fast??? Is there any way to correct this? Does anyone
> >else experience this? Also, has anyone figured out where to get
> >replacements for those little teflon thingys that I assume is the cause of
> >the grinding sound when you spin an old worn out spinner really fast?
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> >Miranda
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Received on Tue Feb 9 20:20:22 1999