Working SMOT ramp from Tom Ferko ?

[magnetman12003]

Hi All,

Here is my completed track. Two photos.  Shown are my 3 ring magnets. 7.5, 6, and 4.5 diameter rings.  I am having so much fun experimenting with all of it so I will make the movie later.  Shown are the cheap round ceramic craft magnets I purchased that got me started.  The ceramic disks inside the wood framework all have the south poles facing to you.  Rings move from right to left.  You can reverse that I guess but right now its working as illustrated .

I decided to see what would happen if I placed a few grade 50 rectangular shaped neodymium magnets on top of one half the tracks circular cylinder stacked ceramics just for fun. I did not have many of them.

Wow what a difference in performance!   The track has much more power now.  One half of it as compared to the weaker ceramic side.    My large 7.5 inch ring magnet had to be rolled on the desk top for maximum performance.   That distance measured 6 inches away from the plastic covering over the track magnets.   I guess my next step is to invest in some grade 48 one inch diameter neodymium disks that I can use over all the ceramic disks.   

Tom

[magnetman12003]

Hi,

Here is the other photo.

[magnetman12003]

Hi All,

I know you have been waiting patiently to see a movie of this track in action.

I hope to have a movie presented sometime tomorrow.

I used the same setup you all saw and in several places I also used rectangular neodium magnets over the ceramic disks to better the performance.

I will show the VERY heavy 7.5 inch ring magnet running the track.  I made the whole track using  Ceramic magnets, neodymium magnets, wood, all brass screws, and a lot of wood glue. Nothing else. All magnets stockoff the shelf - no fancy cutting.  It looks like someting a drunk might make so I nicknamed it a STAGGER TRACK.

I would like to see a lot of involment in building one.  Many thinking heads are better than one.  A lot more powerful track can be made simply by using nothing but neodymium magnets.  I would love to see others also post their findings on this site.

The particular setup that I will show in the movie favors the 7.5 inch ring magnet.  Each time I tried a different ring magnet diameter I had to change ring magnet clearances and make a different magnet arrangements inside the track wood framework. My 6 and 7.5 inch rings work the best .   All this time I never used any repel forces.   Only pure attraction.

Remember I barely scratched the surface of whats possible.  Needs a lot of work to get it motor ready.       

Tom

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No, unfortunately I did not see a movie, but my cycling smot experience tells me that gravity and inertia yet not enough to overcome of magnetic fields forces balance. And only example of Perendev keeps me afloat in these projects. Very hope that Tom's project will run in circle because it very close to Perendev's concept, which is still mystery to me (does anybody already bought his EMM 100 or 300?).

[Jdo300]

Hi Tom

Looking good! One test you might try is to lay the track flat on the floor and lay the roller magnet on top of the track with a roller car or something between the two so that the magnet can move freely. We should determine (assuming you don't already know this) if the magnet has to roll in order for the track to work. This in my mind seems to be important for a rotary version (assuming a fixed unrolable rotor magnet).

God Bless,
Jason O

P.S. for those of you interested in the Perendev Motor, here is a copy of their patent.