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[allcanadian]

Holy shit I think I got it in 2 days-
a magnetic shield that will not let magnetic fields pass but will have neutral forces to the permanent magnet= paramagnetic/diamagnetic laminate.
Take paramagnetic materials and diamagnetic materials in thin layers to form a laminate which neither repels nor is attracted to magnetic fields, thus no magnetic field can pass through it and it is magnetically neutral, brilliant!
This has got to be it, what you describe in your post.
Google these materials match materials vs thickness to magnets used.Bingo

[konduct]

Hey canadian...lol...I love you man...  I was about to say that you were off track, but I had to look up "paramagnetic" first. =)  Turns out you are right on track and maybe even a better one!  However, I haven't seen any diamagnetic materials that seem strong enough to really affect the 1/2 neo rods I'm using...but..."paramagnetic" is all we need.  No laminate other than some very small air/non-permeable layers.

I didn't actually use the term paramagnetic in my research though...might have helped it along.

Any suggestions for premium paramagnetic materials?

[thevorlon]

My idea is to keep on tinkering with the magnetic fields until a path is made through the "sticky point" that the rotor can slide through but get more energy out than used going in. It would just require testing configuration after configuration. Eventually, you would find such a configuration. However, there would be tons and tons of variables to test.

[konduct]

It's all in the distance...you can test your configuration early by hand holding the mags you plan on using and measuring the distance of the field drop off. 

[thevorlon]

I'm more interested in how different shapes and sizes of magnets can manipulate the flux of each other. Just feeling the fields by hand with another magnet is certainly possible, but some visual aid like magnetic viewing film might help too. What are some of your ideas about getting a magnet past a sticky point?

For example, lets say you have a rotor magnet and a stator magnet that both have their north pole facing each other. How can you manipulate the flux of either the stator or the rotor so the rotor can slip through the sticky point easily and then gain speed on the way out?