Howard Johnson Replication Tube Claim

[PaulLowrance]

Also, it's very possible mylow's Al disc is responsible for demagnetizing the stator hard steel PM at the correct location/time.

My present long term magnetic viscosity measurements are showing that even the type of steel makes a huge difference in the magnetic viscosity. One type of steel may require seconds to fully magnetize, while another type of steel may require hours. Maybe someone who knows for certain they have alnico can do the same experiment to see how long it takes to magnetize alnico.

An recent example, I placed a PM on a drill bit and within seconds it was magnetized; i.e., it remained magnetized. The ongoing test over the past several days on my horseshoe PM (probably alnico) took ~ 30 minutes to magnetize.

PL

[Omnibus]

@billmehes,

First off, as Stefan says, larger diameter disc is necessary. In this way the periphery magnets would more closely approximate the known working, if not in a closed loop, linear models. Second, there's a particular pattern of clustering the magnets in Mylow's case which isn't seen in yours, let alone the shape of the individual magnets.

[chrisC]

@billmehess

Nice Job.  I wanted to add and point out this article about mylow:

http://pesn.com/2009/03/20/9501532_Mylow-replicates-Johnson-magnet-motor/

Most importantly (about the middle of the article), notice the 3 and one 4 magnet arrangement.  You should try something like this. Good luck.

@JuanDelaTorre

Thank you for the link and related reading on Mylow. It's interesting to read, and I quote "He told me he actually cried.". If people are wondering whether this guy is a hoaxer, I've not read or met a crying hoaxer!

cheers
chrisC

[Omnibus]

@chrisC, if he’s showing a fake magnetic motor saying on video it works why believe him about the tears which we don’t even see him shedding in a video, @sterlinga’s article notwithstanding?

[billmehess]

Hi Omni

What I am doing is very different from Mylow, I am using his configuration design but I wanted to see if I could get rotation using the magnets on hand. I will go to a larger disk and play with the spacing. The video that influenced me the most was the one where he was able to
move the stater magnets past the rectangular magnets. I felt this was a critical test. Since he could do this then I fail to see why these u shaped magents are so important. After all in the final analysis it's just all about moving the disk.
Your input is always appreciated.
Bill