Working Attraction Magnet Motor on Youtube!?

[hydrocontrol]

Wow Eric.. One screw done.. How many more to go ? Hope your fingers hold out.    I suggested before screwing several into a piece of wood then grinding them all at once. Maybe you are doing that.. Great to see a lot of replications already going on. Hope it is not too much a waste of time.

Later,
Tom

[Omnibus]

As for the screw ground into the shape of the PVC, I don't seem to see it. It appears to me that both the front of the head and the back are filed so that the screw can lay flat on the surface to a certain extent while the outer surface goes flush with the stem of the screw. What is relied upon is the fact that the thicker part of the (already flat) screw is attracted more than the thinner one. This is what @xpenzif also says in the video.

Okay, I grinded a screw. I held one against my grinding wheel and I grinded a bit of the whole side of the screw, not only the head. Now the part of the screw that is left, fits very well on the round PVC. I tried to make a photo but I cannot zoom in so I made this drawing to show what I mean.

Eric

Now, Eric, that side may be so. Couldn't tell. It seems, though, you should file the left side too and make it flush with the stem of the screw.

[erickdt]

I am now constructing the stationary post, or posts which house the repulsion magnets that line up with the ones on the drum. 

I think that using repulsion of the magnets will not work out. The ammount of resistance to the wheel moving forward will always be the same as the ammount of push you are recieing on the other end. The result is a null effect. Attraction on the other hand is a different thing all together. IMO

[Omnibus]

@Omnibus:

Yes, it is very simple, which is usually best right?  Someone mentioned the fact that the screws were not all in a precise allignement.  I also believe it is possible that it is this non-precision that possibly eliminates or greatly reduces the sticky spots.

I am not using screws on my device and I don't consider it a replication.  I have magnets around a drum mounted on my good old hard drive spindle motor in a helix pattern, similar to the screw layout.  I am now constructing the stationary post, or posts which house the repulsion magnets that line up with the ones on the drum.  Thus far, I have to say that I still feel sticky spots when experimenting by holding posts in my hand. It runs for a 1/4 turn before finding equilibrium. I am going to mount the posts and experiment with polarity and angle changes to see what happens. I'll try to post some pics tonight.

Bill

As I said, I'm not in favor of trying modifications but let's see what will come out of your experiment. Crossing fingers.

[Omnibus]

@Omnibus:

Yes, it is very simple, which is usually best right?  Someone mentioned the fact that the screws were not all in a precise allignement.  I also believe it is possible that it is this non-precision that possibly eliminates or greatly reduces the sticky spots.

I am not using screws on my device and I don't consider it a replication.  I have magnets around a drum mounted on my good old hard drive spindle motor in a helix pattern, similar to the screw layout.  I am now constructing the stationary post, or posts which house the repulsion magnets that line up with the ones on the drum.  Thus far, I have to say that I still feel sticky spots when experimenting by holding posts in my hand. It runs for a 1/4 turn before finding equilibrium. I am going to mount the posts and experiment with polarity and angle changes to see what happens. I'll try to post some pics tonight.

Bill

I've left them for a while. If this turns out to be real not only Steorn will be gonners.