Howard Johnson Replication Tube Claim

[Cloxxki]

Mylow's alu rotors are roughly 2-dimensional. Flat and round.

Supposing these dampening effects are indeed what makes his setups to allow for optimal magnets layouts resulting in spin...should the rotor not be a shaped to pin-point that dampening effect exactly where we want it? I'm thinking of a roughly fan shaped rotor, the thick blades offset from the rotor magnet groups.

[BEP]

Maybe so but I'll stick to making it work first 

[pinestone]

author=BEP
That requires the flow of electric current

You are wrong. A magnet will induce torque. The only difference between an electromagnet and a magnet is you can turn off an electromagnetic field with the flick of a switch.

Yes, but how can this produce a non-zero torque on the disc?

A magnetic field wants to be at rest (conserved). Think of a ball rolling downhill. Torque disappears when the affected domains reach their lowest magnetic potential.

I love that person's work but until I see how those photos are produced I can only assume it is for the same reasons magnetic fields look weird on a particular TV screen. This is fine for showing the separation called the Bloch wall but [I suspect] it also requires the application of moving charges.

I'm that person, and you are viewing my work (and the work of others).
My lens is a simple, passive device that responds to magnetism at the molecular level using nanotechnology. The images are un-touched, using only a digital camera.

And, a micro-grid CRT (TV) is basically a particle accelerator. Quite useful for studying magnetic fields.
http://www.particlephysics.ac.uk/news/picture-of-the-week/picture-archive/the-particle-accelerator-in-your-home.html

I'll agree this may be possible. The magnetic-only equivalent of a worm-drive? There have been a few published experiments indicating a simple magnetic dipole is a vortex like structure. Howard wasn't the only one. All indicated it was still static, no rotation.

Again, this image I'm referencing is one taken through a Flux Resonator.
This is a special lens I built for a grad student in Kentucky.
http://www.nanomagnetics.us/photonic_dipole_contours_v17u7b.pdf

He's performed many experiments for his fellow students, instructors & professors. The torque from a magnet is real. You are viewing the lowest potential of the field.

The only place where rotation is apparent is during the transition between the Bloch and Neel walls. Since that has only been seen at the micro level I'm having trouble applying the concept here.

My lens is rendering the field at the molecular level, not the micro level.
Look again & you will see how this new technology reveals more detail at another level...

Magnetic torque is quite apparent in this microscopic view of chains composed of ferro-nanoparticles move with the field.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n1_6x3kEP8

The reason for my rant remains. People need to understand the fact that the magnetic flux is not produced by a magnet. The field is but that is like saying you are measuring a measurement. The lines don't exist unless you throw iron filings or some other such material in the mix. This solves the paradox and explains how permanent magnets are magnetic without current flow from one end to the other.

I agree. There are no 'lines' of flux. There are only concentrations of the field at specific distances from the Bloch wall.

There are great and widely accepted arguments to counter my statements. No need to repeat them here. We all understand them. To me, the fact remains a magnet to the magnetic flux is the same as a lens is to light.

Your statement is one reason there has been little progress in the understanding of magnetism. If you think everything has already been figured out, you're wrong.
NOBODY knows what a magnetic field is. It remains one of the mysteries of our universe.

[dixiepnum]

now that we're all following 3 threads (pita)....

I emailed sandsmachine.com to see if they could machine a base to go with their aluminium plates, and package them for sale...

we'll see what happens...

[pinestone]

now that we're all following 3 threads (pita)....

I emailed sandsmachine.com to see if they could machine a base to go with their aluminium plates, and package them for sale...

we'll see what happens...

sorry for the rant...I'll stay on topic