Dia. Mag. Alternator

[energia9]

this is some excellent work,wanted to say thank you for your experimenting. keep up : )

[shylo]

Z... work looks great!....wish I could build stuff that looked that professional.....can hardly wait to see it altogether & running.....not trying to rush you or anything , but could you hurry up ..lol ....take as long as you want....I'm sure it will be well worth the wait......thanx ....shylo

[b_rads]

b-rads are you calling me Tenacious Z?

While “Tenacious Z” is more than appropriate, given the superior craftsmanship you exhibit and the spot-on humor in your posts, I am more inclined to call you â€"
“a m a Z i n g”

[z.monkey]

I wanted to show a coil profile, first picture...

Then I spent the morning fitting the bearing plates, second picture.  These plates are the mounts for the bearings and axle assemblies.  The Axles hold the Neo-Dia-Mags.  The third picture is the bearing and axle assemblies.  I need to mount the Neo-Dia-Mags on the axles, fit the bearings, and then do the final assembly of the rotating assembly...

So, really getting close...

BTW, Happy Halloween...
Here are some scary vegetables for Halloween....

[z.monkey]

Mounting the magnets on the shafts.  These are 1 inch diameter N42s.  They are bigger than the other magnets I was using, and considerably stronger.  Its a good idea to get all the steel instruments out of the area when you are working with these magnets.  Especially the sharp, pointy ones.  Don't try and measure the magnets with the steel calipers, you'll wind up stabbing yourself with them.  If you let the magnets get out of control they can slam together and shatter.  There are a lot of caveats to working with these N42s, hopefully the benefits will be worth it...