Is your neck strong enough to lift a pint
How do you mean? I still have good neck and head movement.
A gyroscope frame to hold the pint maybe. ???
How is you hands - do you have any control with them - or your feet?
My hands are pretty useless to me. I can move the joystick on a wheelchair but I couldn't lift a cup or hold a pen.
That's the nature of what it is. You lose your strength and fine motor skills. For example I could hold the tv remote if it was placed in my hands but I can't press any of the buttons.
I have good movement of my feet.
I wonder if this would allow all of the movements needed?
You'd need @emaherx on this one. But my farmer brain on this, thought of a concept like this container tipper. If you can control the handle, it may work.
Obviously it'd have to be specially made and designed for a pint glass.
God love you Ginger83 and fair play and respect for asking the question on here.
It would need to tip and raise or he'll never get to the bottom of the glass without getting wet, maybe with a counter balance so it raises as the pint empties.
@Ginger83 how finely can you control the joystick? Would another joystick be an option to control a couple of stepper motors, it could control tilt and up/down and in/out positioning if needed (depending on if you can sit forward unassisted). That's potentially 3 axis and a joystick can only work two, so a button/switch or scroll wheel may be an option if 3 are needed.
It's a pity you didn't ask the question here a few weeks ago I would have suggested it could make a good Young Scientist project.
This site has some interesting lifting and tilting robotics;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXo4UpmFGCc
This I'd what I was thinking along those lines but would have no idea how to plan it out
I wonder if the Big Life Fix team are still contactable.
Thanks. I have seen some very impressive solutions for farming and someone suggested asking here for ideas. It's a frustrating issue not being able to do something so simple.
The link below shows a wheelchair very similar to mine but the joystick is identical. Sometimes I may need help lifting my arm up to it but I can drive it no problem
https://www.invacare.ie/power-wheelchairs-scooters-alber/outdoorindoor-power-wheelchairs/invacare-tdx-sp2-power-wheelchair
As a non Guinness drinker does drinking through the head pull some of it in with the stout when you are drinking it?
I'm probably missing something obvious here, but a larger/wider straw/straw type device?
TBH, I don't understand what is meant by drinking through the head. Do you mean by using a straw all your getting is the froth of the head?
You obviously don't drink Guinness 😀. You can't drink with a straw. You drink the head and liquid at the same time.
When using a straw you are drinking from the bottom of the pint effectively bypassing the head
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I think the joystick option could work well, be the very same principle as a tractor front loader, if a third axis is needed a foot switch could be used to change over.
Each axis could be built using parts that are readily available for building CNC machines / 3D printers.
Could probably get away with just 2 axis if the contraption is free standing with just an up and down movement and pour, but manoeuvre the chair to get to the right position.
The arc of pint glass might be difficult to replicate. You can't put it on a hinged platform and raise\lower it with a cam or worm gear as the rim position will change both vertically and horizontally.
Your also need to take future ability into consideration.
Have you tried experimenting with a straw that has a one way valve (available online)? Put the straw into a float which sits on to of the head. Perforate the straw just below the float so inside the head. Varying the size and number of perforations could give a drinking experience close to the real thing - possibly! Thicker straw would be better.
Obviously the straw depth into the stout needs to be shorter than I've drawn. But maybe something along these lines should be considered before complex mechanisms and electronics are looked at.
From a practical point of view you are probably right, but it kind of "sucks" the joy out of the pint.
Plus, would the float sink through the creamy head to the liquid below.
What you need is a stand with a holder for the glass that can be operated by you feet.i think I ve seen something on tiktok with fellas have made a thing that can tip a beer can hands free while they working.
I used to have a sprayer with a suction hose that floated 2 inches under the surface with the filter facing up. you could throw it into any pond with out it sucking in dirt, great comfort with it,
You probably could suck the guinness head with something similar
Sorry, wrong thread
Maybe it's the glass that needs re-engineering?
Might go against the design of the traditional pint glass but I think it better than straws.
If the bottom of the glass could be kept pushed up so the head is always at the rim. Like an inflatable balloon which @Ginger83 can control pushing up a false bottom then the glass could be kept stationary with only a slight tilt and always available to sip from the top.
That would depend on the buoyancy of the float material - a lager surface area could be used to increase stability - the last thing you'd want to see is it slowly sinking into the pint like the Titanic!
Hopefully some people are actively working on this rather than chewing the fat on here.
The Gunterers following this thread my be interested in some of the lots in the latest Bord na Mona auction
If you come across the video would you mind sharing it
Not the most tec savy but maybe someone else can link it.it's "stain free beer can holder"on YouTube short s.took me a long time to find it as I thought it was on tiktok
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