Another YouTube Claim

[therealrasta]

Taking a closer look.. I don't think the bottom magnets are in a perfect circle.. I think the magnets near the bottom are a little farther out from the center than the rest.

I kinda tried it that way too.. but then you get this slant on the top disc and it rubs the center cd case axle  and stops even faster.

[capthook]

Not saying it IS faked .... but:

Check out his other stuff like this: (he states he's a 3'd/video guy)
http://uk.youtube.com/user/alan3djoseph
(or the one from his brother 'levitating' etc...)

it is a stop-animation 'robot' video merged into a video of a person struggling to look like 1 movie.

As mentioned before - best guess is a short loop of the spinning disks merged into video with clock.

(rather than a fake by electromagnet/hand magnet/airgun etc)

Another clue - someone saying they are using 'irridium' magnet (LOL) doesn't know much about magnets.

[squegee69]

ok - whiskey kicked in, and some interesting initial findings.

Using neo's here, square n48's and cylindrical n12's.  The n48's are some real knuckle-busters.

Tried various combinations of square n48's on the bottom (ya I know, major strong) with n12's on the top, kept throwing the top plate off the spindle, but when reversed to 48's on top and 12's on the bottom, I could make the 48's spin quite a while before oscillating to a stop - about 9 minutes so far.  Sorry, it's all I have here at the house, I need to get some of these smaller pill-shaped neos.

Does it look like the video shows less magnets per stack on the bottom?  There is definitely a correllation between wieght and force, just can't tell how significant yet.    Of course, it could be the whiskey talking, but definitely got the brain lubed and curious now.  Gotta love gravity!

Peace!
-Sq

[Vortex1]

This illusion is similar to Candle power

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=a8QVgR96lfI

Notice he carefully scans the leads of the meter at 8 minutes to two in order to convince you that the meter leads are indeed connected to the device. (thou doth convince too loudly)

Then it takes him to ten after two to start the device, a full eighteen minutes later. He needs that time to switch and dress the leads as close as possible to the earlier setup.

In that time lapse he connects a different set of leads to the meter. You can notice the twist and lay of the leads is different at this point.

Now you are not able to see where the leads that connect to the fine wires go. You assume they still connect to the meter. Rather, they go to a small pulser circuit that is off camera. (Some people like to inject the signal directly into the meter leads using pins, again off camera.) At the instant he spins the top assembly an assistant turns on the pulser.

In the candle power video, you are not shown where the clip leads go that hang over the board. This is off camera in the second shot. They go to a battery.

Watch both videos carefully, the clues become obvious. He should have at least had the good sense to reset the clock for a more convincing trick.

Not a bad illusion though....V.

[capthook]

Not saying it IS faked .... but:

Check out his other stuff like this: (he states he's a 3'd/video guy)
http://uk.youtube.com/user/alan3djoseph
(or the one from his brother 'levitating' etc...)

it is a stop-animation 'robot' video merged into a video of a person struggling to look like 1 movie.

As mentioned before - best guess is a short loop of the spinning disks merged into video with clock.

(rather than a fake by electromagnet/hand magnet/airgun etc)

Another clue - someone saying they are using 'irridium' magnet (LOL) doesn't know much about magnets.

RETRACTION: it is TOTALLY A FAKE

Watch it again full screen- in slow motion or just click the pause button a bunch to start and stop it....
(http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ox005EPI3mI)

It starts spinning clockwise - then switches to COUNTERCLOCKWISE. (over and over)  So not even a good fake loop....

LOL