Working Magnetic Motor on you tube??

[ken_nyus]

@All,

I see in http://www.ospmm.com/whipmag/ the magnets on the rotor are arranged NS SN NS SN NS SN NS SN.  Was that discussed before, is that the right arrangement for the working motor in the video?

That was my understanding.

From what I can see in the many videos (original, lightened, slowed down, even a parody!), that is what it looks like.

[hydrocontrol]

Here is a second picture.. Can I join the replicators club now 

Real nice work hydrcontrol, you joined the first moment you started your replication, I'm really envying all those with the resources to make such neat setups.

Thanks. I bettered my pathetic machining skills by learning how to use the rotary table for the brigeport mill correctly. Still has some flaws. I had to wrap a bit a tape around a couple of rotor magnets to keep them wedged in place. The stators can stand some improvement. The bearings I used are smooth and rated for 56,000 RPM but you can feel the effect of the stator magnets on them. I think I will try to put a few steel washers under the stator magnet to kill the magnetic field to the bearing. Not sure if it will work but is a easy try. I used a Rubbermaid cutting board for the materials. A roller blade bearing for the rotor. Using a air compressor I can get it spinning fast. So fast I am afraid the magnets are going to fly off. I got a Tach on order. I am also looking at a way to computerize tach readings from a couple of points. This is an interesting project and even if it does not work at least I am improving my machining skills a bit. Still wish I had a CNC machine like others here    Anyway I should have another stator done tomorrow night along with the Aluminum parts.

[Rosphere]

Don't we all remember what happened last time Mythbusters "replicated" something from the free-energy world (Bedini's Free-energy generator, original design from 1984) they purposely sabotaged the experiment and discredited the inventor.

Thank you.  I was waiting for someone to bring that up again so I could state that:

I once loved Adam and Jamie.  If they ever rushed through some episode and the fans let them know via email then they would often revisit the topic and try it again.  This was the ONLY EPISODE that they asked for NO EMAIL on a topic,... my favorite topic.  Wouldn't you know it, the first time that I was about to write to them about anything and it was deemed VERBOTEN before I could reach my keyboard.

On second thought, it is probably better that they never revisit this topic.  We are dealing with a metastable female force that requires patience and finesse.  She can ignore you your whole life or rip your heart out in one moment.  She cares not that your precious episode goes to air in a week, or even two.  They downloaded some plans off the internet, they rushed them together, nothing worked, and now they never wish to speak of it again.  HA!  I hope they never try again.  They just do not have the time:  "It'll never work.  We'll never make it.  We're doomed."--Glum, Gulliver's Travels, Banana Splits

MYTHBUSTERS: Strike one more item off my short and shrinking list of, "must see tee vee!" 

[cub3]

Hydro

any chance you could post smaller pic's

Ive only got dial up 

Den

[Butch]

Mark has been told that the bearings for the rotor are to big and that they have to be changed to the 1/2" bearings to get the same result as the video on youtube. We all have our doubts about this, but Mark found a source for free material for the rotor and is making three new ones tonight. Not to worry, Mark said he can make a rotor in around one hour. Mark is one of the most gifted machinists I have ever known and our group is lucky to have him aboard. His contributions to design have been very valuable also. We want to have the motor as close to a perfect copy as possible to the one in the video.
This bearing change will accomplish that.
Thanks,
Butch LaFonte