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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3288476, member: 66"]Whizzers date back well before the civil war.</p><p><br /></p><p>And on that last piece the attempted holes are really too close together to make a good whizzer. Optimum would probably be to have the holes about halfway between the center and the rim. Too close and it reduces the torque for the rotation, too far out and it will dampen the vibration that makes the "whizz".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3288476, member: 66"]Whizzers date back well before the civil war. And on that last piece the attempted holes are really too close together to make a good whizzer. Optimum would probably be to have the holes about halfway between the center and the rim. Too close and it reduces the torque for the rotation, too far out and it will dampen the vibration that makes the "whizz".[/QUOTE]
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