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    Euler's disk scientific educational toy - video

    Euler's disk scientific educational toy used to illustrate and study the dynamical system of a spinning and rolling disk on a flat or curved surface. 2:01 video.




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    Important enough to warrant an article in Wikipedia...

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_Disk

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    This is one I made. I copied the dimensions from one I got at the Craftsmanship Museum in Carlsbad.

    Euler's disk  scientific educational toy - video-eulers-disk.jpeg

    (And yes, I do have a drawing.)

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    Thanks for the drawing, but you need two components. Is that part you made the base and you use a coin or similar as the spinning disk?
    Last edited by hemmjo; Oct 24, 2021 at 07:19 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hemmjo View Post
    [B]ut you need two components. Is that part you made the base and you use a coin or similar as the spinning disk?
    The part I made (and in the drawing) is the Euler's Disk. The video shows a disk spinning on a parabolic mirror, which makes it spin a bit better than if it was on a flat surface. With the heft of my piece, I am leery of using a glass mirror.



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