got over the sticky spot

[Jdo300]

Hi Scott,

This video is quite interesting. What is the polarity of the shaped magnet you are using? If it is what I'm thinking, then this gate bears a striking resembelance to the Johnson Magnetic gate. Is the small neo on the nail have the same pole facing out as the ceramic mag to the left of it?

Also what program did you use to compress that video?

God Bless,
Jason O

[ScottClarke]

Hiya all,

5 minutes ago the test setup was pretty much destroyed:(

I have been out sourcing some magnets - nothing but neo's for sale nowadays it seems:(

Anyway, it took 5 hours of farting around with the neo's before I got anywhere - if I had used ceramics all the way round I am certain I would not have rushed to a finish. Final configuration included an additional ball and neo's opposite the other + holed ceramics covering those neo's

With all the magnets in place I gave the rotor a push, it rotated once slowly then it went berserk. It threw one ball and associated mags which took out the shaped magnet and the two to the right of it.

As regards polarity they all point the same way. It seems it's the interaction of those fields (especially with regard to those neo's on the ball) that allows for the crossing.

Finally, I am going to rebuild but want to do it with a single ball, for this I need large 1 inch square ceramics approx 1/4 thick - poles on the large faces. Someone please tell me where I can get some!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers,

Scott

EDIT: program is windows movie maker - 150k stream. Cam is a Sony DSCP200 still camera

[Jdo300]

Hi Scott,

Here's a good cheap source for a bunch of ceramic magnets. I ordered some from this company and they were good quality.

Box of 400 ceramic magnets for $49.99. 3/4" x 1 7/8" x 1/4" thick.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ceramic-Magnets-Block-style-400-pcs_W0QQitemZ7590784620QQcategoryZ1267QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Here's a set of 100 ceramic bar magnets 1.500" L x 0.375" W x 0.280" for $45.00 also.

http://cgi.ebay.com/100-Ceramic-bar-Magnets-1-50-long_W0QQitemZ8260155831QQcategoryZ75576QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I hope that will help you out.

As for your exploded motor. What happened? Did it spin out of control or did the magnet simple fly off the disk or something? And also, is the magnet you cut on polarized the same way as the other ceramic magnets you have or is is polarized through the length?

God Bless,
Jason O

[Mad Scientist]

Hello, I just viewed your video. Very impressive. I too have spent hundreds of hours attempting to build a permanent magnet motor without success.I too was once where you are now. With an apparently operational flux gate. However once I closed the loop it no longer worked. I hope that you have more sucess then I had. I had to quit working on my permanent magnet motor as I feared it was making me insane. I no longer spend my free time working on free energy devices as I can no longer justify the time and money. However I am still entertained by others attempts to do so. Best of luck to you.

[Omnibus]

Mad Scientist, can you explain more thoroughly what your ?operational flux gate? looked like? How did you close the loop that didn?t work when you closed it? Do you have a video from you experiments? Would be interesting to see it ...