stan,
reason i'd like to see it run is to prove it's not a hoax. i've always wanted to do something like this, i.e. build something with hoses, wires, etc., running everywhere and "hide" an electric motor of some kind inside to make a few components move.
when i worked at Silver Dollar City, i always loved to sit around the Harvey(guy who actually built it)Water Clock at the entrance to the park. you'd see couples stop and stare at it for minutes upon minutes. then you'd hear the guy seriously explaining to his wife exactly how it worked off of the water flow. liltte did he know it all ran off electricity!! all the lines were hidden and the clock DID operate, but it did so from the electric motors hidden inside.
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