got over the sticky spot

[ScottClarke]

Oh dear, I'll just toddle of now if you don't mind.

[Mad Scientist]

Further - An anomally occured when I was tidying last night. Gave the wheel a spin (you know - check it's real) and it failed to clear 300 degrees. The 3 balls are identical but after swapping bits around it was clear something was different about this ball. Ferrofluid showed nothing of interest........

The only thing I can think is that whilst at rest 2 of the balls can sit in a position surrounded by poles whilst the third is in the free zone and fully subject to the onboard neo's effect only.

Thats what I put it down to - saturation - though it can't simply be that or the FF would show it.

Obviously something going on here - can anyone enlighten me please?


Scott

Unmagnatized metal will become magnetic if kept in the proximity of a magnetic field for a long enough time. Which is probably what has occured. The only successfull magnet motors that have been built rely on this for their operation. Once the nonmagnetic material becomes magnetized the motor will stop running and the metal objects either have to be replaced to heated red hot and then replaced to get the motor to work again. Most of these motors do not run for very long. But it's still a good start in my opinion. SO don't get discouraged by it. If this is indeed what you have, then you are not the first to build such a motor. What you have is a difference in potential between the unmagnetized material and the magnetized material. All things tend toward equilibrium and once the metal has been magnetized then an equilibrium has been attained and the motor will not work anymore. But like I said, if this is what you have you should be very proud because it's my opinion that this is the ONLY type of permanent magnet motor that can be built. I would love to have been able to build a permanent magnet motor even of this type even if the magnets/steel balls had to be replaced every few days, it would still have it's uses in my opinion.

[Omnibus]

"Scott has NOT ACHIEVED ANTHING AS OF YET THAT I HAVE NOT ALREADY ACHIEVED MYSELF. NOTHING!!!!!"

Seeing is believing. Show a video as Scott did and then we'll talk.

[hartiberlin]

@ Mad Scientist
Scott has probablyonly just removed the 3rd magnet from the 3rd steel ball.
Probably if he just puts it back onto the ball, the device will keep on spinning !

He is afraid of showing this video to us.
What was the first video of ?
As he has deleted it already, I have not seen his Movie11.wmv
Can somebody please upload it over here ?
Please just attach it to a reply message.
Thanks.
P.S: You MUST NOT close the magnetic loop,
so he was right just to have the stator at one side of the rotor.
If you have a closed path stator all the fields will cancel out.
With magnets all depends on exact proportions and the right
distances and field setups...!
Regards, Stefan.

[Mad Scientist]

@ Mad Scientist
Scott has probablyonly just removed the 3rd magnet from the 3rd steel ball.
Probably if he just puts it back onto the ball, the device will keep on spinning !

He is afraid of showing this video to us.
What was the first video of ?
As he has deleted it already, I have not seen his Movie11.wmv
Can somebody please upload it over here ?
Please just attach it to a reply message.
Thanks.
P.S: You MUST NOT close the magnetic loop,
so he was right just to have the stator at one side of the rotor.
If you have a closed path stator all the fields will cancel out.
With magnets all depends on exact proportions and the right
distances and field setups...!
Regards, Stefan.

I have his first video, How can I upload that to you Stefan?