Working Magnetic Motor on you tube??

[CLaNZeR]

Now I think I have the Rotor Correct 

I personally do not think the size matters too much, the effect is the important thing here maybe.
I am going to use 3 * 6.35mm(1/4) cubes stuck together for each Rotor magnet place, as I have these here.



@JDO that would be great if you could do some DXF files, that we can then just turn into Gcode for milling

@Omnibus, Happy New Year!
This sort of ties in with a combination of the Kiss Motor and Gaby's ideas, weird how these things come together.
This time lets hope someone can replicate it!!

Cheers

Sean.

[CLaNZeR]

The 8 rotor magnets look like rod type not slab and by pasteing the image into PSP and knowing the radius I have calculated the size of the rod magnets to be:
0.54" or 13.78mm length
We know the thickness is 0.25" or 6.35mm

Hi Rob

13.7mm would be two cube magnets, I have used 3 for the moment, but I suppose the nice thing about using Cube magnets is that we can take or add to change the length to see the difference.

Lets hope the USA are quick with the Stator Magnet deliveries, if they do not run out of stock too quick 

Cheers

Sean.

[Jowik]

Here's something worth noting and may assist those who are trying to build one.

I built a rig similar to this and I discovered that by using a motor to rotate the magnet stator, I can get it to sustain a spin "gearwise" and "counter-gearwise".  The part that interests me is that any magnet I use will get the rotor to spin in either direction, and a variety of factors affect the speed such as how much of an effect the magnet has on the motor, etc.  No damper, just one rotor and one stator.

Given that I don't have any extra bearings, the next thing I had was a motor to test this out.  The other interesting thing is that this rotor is a POS.  I suspect that someone with a bit of resources and skill can set something similar and replicate.  I anticipate that the least amount of losses from friction, etc this thing may self sustain.  Thought I am not holding my breath... Time will tell.  I hope something good comes of this.

Cheers.

[CLaNZeR]

BTW, does anyone have a clear idea of how he had the rotor mounted? I'm still a bit confused by the original description.

He is just using flange bearings inserted into the Rotor and a Brass bar inserted in the base.

To cut my friction losses I have gone for top and bottom RC bearings with a Top Cross Bar.
I have also allowed for the Stator magnets to be slid on slots to vary the distance and also curved slots to position the Judson Dampers.



It will probably make more sense when the base has finished cutting out, will post a picture too show what I mean.

Cheers

Sean.

[Omnibus]

This is off-topic. Probably we should ask Stefan to merge the two or three threads discussing this topic or maybe some would prefer to have it separated--the technical issues in one thread and the rest in another. What do you think? Too many places discussing this important endeavor and one can miss something substantial.