Permanent magnet motor

[lumen]

The problem is not the shape, but the fact that it's a field passing through another object or a combined secondary field.
This leaves an open merge point where another field is attracted into the object.
There are no merge points in the field around a conductor, (essentially no attraction to an outside field)

[lumen]

I'm not sure why this could not be possible, but why not re-magnetize some small cylinder magnets by placing a strong current through them so they would produce a field like a conductor.

If the domains could remain in that condition then it might possibly produce the same field as a conductor with current, only without any current!
A stack of these magnets would then rotate correctly as in a Faraday motor.

This will be my next test after the one in process, unless someone knows why this is impossible to achieve.

[lumen]

To re-magnetize a small cylinder magnet to the polarity of a conductor with current, maybe a process similar to this.
1: Apply low voltage high current AC down the length of the cylinder magnet until the Curie temperature is reached and the AC has erased all previous magnetism.
2: Apply low voltage high current DC and simultaneously cool in water.

If everything works as planned and the domains are correctly magnetized, the circular field would be maintained without current.
If this was possible, we would probably already have free energy magnetic motors.

[lumen]

It seems the best way to demagnetize a neodymium magnet is to stick it to a piece of silicon steel and warm with a torch until it falls off.
One dead magnet!
Still no luck trying to magnetize them like a conductor but there are a few things to try yet before I move on.

[MarkE]

It seems the best way to demagnetize a neodymium magnet is to stick it to a piece of silicon steel and warm with a torch until it falls off.
One dead magnet!
Still no luck trying to magnetize them like a conductor but there are a few things to try yet before I move on.

You have to overcome their coercive force with a big enough field.  The field doesn't have to persist for long.  Capacitor discharge is the most common method used.  The size of the capacitor depends on how low you can get the inductance.  The only caution is that you should use a pulse rated capacitor, and the whole thing should be put behind an explosion proof barrier.