A SQUARE MAGNETIC RAIL -- ROTOR 360 ROTATION

[magnetman12003]

Hi Again,

The wood covered rail box with a red rectangular polarity painted on it has the same magnets inside it as you see on the other 3 sides of the box rail forms. This is a complete 4 rail magnetic box setup as illustrated on the drawing I made.  Dont let that covered magnet  rail box fool you into thinking this has ony 3 sides.

Tom

[nightlife]

 Have you got it to work?

[magnetman12003]

Not yet.

Looking for help fabricating a rotor that will keep on spinning.  The box rail one way magnetic forces are there. Its just how to make good use of them with regard to rotor development.
Tom

[Light]

What we really have here â€" 4 rails with open ends each, within length of  which there’s a magnetic polarity. Metal ends of the rotor following this magnetic “stream”, but not hitting the “sticky” points, because they’re at the very ends. And since rotor’s spikes are odd, it helps to overcome attraction when spike leaves the rail. Very clever.
But does it really turns?
In my believe the rotor will turn freely if push it (but not self-running) because of compensation of magnetic forces of all rails.
It seems better to put magnets at the ends of rotor (under 90 degree to rail) and they will follow the “stream” of the rails, hoping able to jump from one rail to other.
But thank you, very smart approach.

[nievesoliveras]

@magnetman

I understood. No round magnets.