A Better Windmill Barring

In this article I want to talk about an idea of making a barring using liquid. As of writing the article, I do not know of any other idea on it. The only tests and experiment I know of are the ones I have done.

The Idea.

The general idea is to use liquid to make a barring. Instead of the metal ball barrings you have a float in a container of liquid. The liquid keeps the float from touching anything except itself. The attempt is to have a lower friction barring.

Experiments Done.

I mentioned that I had done some tests. One test was when I took a wine bottle cork and built a wind mill out of it. What I did was stick a nail in the cork as a shaft. And made a blade out of cardboard on the end of that. Then putting water in a cut off coke bottle for the barring.

When the wind mill was in place on the barring , the shaft was horizontal and parallel with the ground. I had a problem with the weight of the nail. And it rested on the coke bottle.

I tested it by sticking the wind mill in front of a fan. It worked well, but I didn't have a way of making a better model. There was a problem with it making contact with the back and side edges. It seemed like my windmill wanted to turn around with the wind in a 180 degree turn.

The Liquid Barring For Windmills.

I think this would be best used for windmills. But that would depend on having enough liquid to hold the moving parts. It seems possible, but the problem with the shaft wanting to travel with the wind would have to be solved.

Solving the rotation.

I believe using magnets to hold the float away from the edge could be done. This would kind of make a levitating barring. A shaft floating in liquid held in place by magnets.

Summary.

My idea is to use the liquid to float the shaft and keep it from touching anything solid. If its true that this would be at a lower friction than metal ball barrings, then maybe this would help make windmills more effective.

Another benefit could be having a longer lasting barring. Sense there would be no friction except on the liquid. The friction wear would be from the float moving in the liquid.