Wishful thinking sometimes takes over.

OK! I have the James washer! (No pic available, alas). And there\’s a wheel! Let\’s assume it\’s the rear wheel of a bicycle.

Suppose I had enough space to set up a bicycle near that washer. I could attach one end of some kind of rod to the rim of the wheel, and the other end of the rod to the agitator handle of the James washer.  The attachments at both ends of this rod would need full 360-degree rotation — right?

This piston would also probably have to be as least twice as long as the wheel\’s diameter. Otherwise it would be useless!

I guess that, if I hopped into the saddle and pedaled, the rotation of the wheel would cause the agitator lever to move  back and forth? Or, would it be better to have two pistons, attached at opposite points on the wheel? Would that provide more power?

The catch here is that the agitator lever is at about waist level, and the bicycle\’s rear wheel is below that. Well, I can always dream. Dreaming and wishful thinking is how some great inventions/discoveries came about!