Potatogunman's newman machine

[hartiberlin]

when I looked at the top pic   i notice that the batter leads are connected to the same part of the shaft ...  would this cause it to short?

Well, the picture above:
new5.jpg
is badly drawn.

It is only a principle circuit to show a commutator, not the real wiring.

The most simple commutator is a On Tap switch , which switches on
the coil at the same angle location inside the coil at every revolution
for a few degrees and gives it just a push this way to rotate on.

[potatogunman]

yess that is what im using a  tape switch  works great!!!

here is a clip of my replication 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8qXyvT2GnQ

[RunningBare]

Great work, but if you want spaghetti check out mine 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgjTShgptjU

I'll rate yours as soon as Youtube gets its act together and finishes maintenance!

[potatogunman]

very nice RunningBare !!  Im  still unsure that i have  my  wiring correct ?  how is your wiring configured?  i  might have to   change mine  a bit . Can  some one  help  me  with the  wiring ?    much help needed  thxxx

[RunningBare]

It looks like your commutator arrangement is incorrect, first off there is only one wire from battery to commutator, the other terminal of the battery - goes straight to one of the coil connections.

the lead from battery to commutator should be directly connected to a conducting part of the shaft, then the other lead from the coil is placed against the part where you have the adhesive tape (I assume the tape breaks the contact while rotating), you should know that as the wire comes off the contact part onto the insulation tape that arcing will occure and will cut through the tape eventually.

very nice RunningBare !!  Im  still unsure that i have  my  wiring correct ?  how is your wiring configured?  i  might have to   change mine  a bit . Can  some one  help  me  with the  wiring ?    much help needed  thxxx