Working SMOT ramp from Tom Ferko ?

[nwman]

Tom,

Thanks, I will can't find a Neo that has those dimensions but it shouldn't make a difference if I stack two 3/4" diameter 3/4" Long neos together to make a 3/4 Diameter x 1.5" Long magnet. I'm trying to deal with a seller on eBay to buy 52 of them $$.

Currently I have ordered all the parts needed and using just ceramic magnet rails and the 4.5" ring magnet from surpluscenter.com. I hope to be able to replicate your first video. If I can't make it work with the ceramic magnets then I might have to consider buying the Neo'$.


Tim

[magnetman12003]

Hi Tim,

Keep after it and you will find it works.  Level surface is important. Another tip:

Its hard to see in the video because you are looking straight down.  I have ONE thin 1/4 inch thick section of plastic strip in a VERTICAL position running the lenght of the wood board.  Its fastened along the TOP side of the board as seen in the video.

It does two things.  It keeps the ring magnet from rolling off the board and helps guide the ring in its travel as straight as possible. I dont have another plastic guide strip on the other side of the wood board as the ring magnet weaves its way down.

Tom

[magnetman12003]

Hi All,

I am off to a good start so far on this.

As you see in the illustration I have already made three groups of stacked magnets mounted on the sides of an old ladys wooden sewing hoop in a circular fashion.

The three "HOOP GROUPS" you see are spaced 1/2 inch apart.

Each group has  3  one inch sections of stacked ceramic magnet disks seperated by a 1/8 inch wood divider.  My ceramic disks are 1 inch in diameter and 1/4 inch thick.

You might ask why this way? --Just use a single stacked magnet rod.

Read all you can about a "TOMI track" on the internet  and you will understand.   To

long to explain here.


What I found so far is my magnet runner will easily go from one end clean to the other side of all three groups with ease. It  rotates in an arc when held at the end of the long wood dowl you see.   No stopping between the 1/2 inch seperation between magnet groups.  All this is experimental right now but at this point it sure looks good.  I took this photo on a shag carpet to keep the runner from moving to one end of the hoop ring. Just bump it even there and it moves.

Please check out the Yahoos "MAG-GEN" group for a lot more info about this sort of device . Thats where I got the idea about using a double C magnet configuration.

My twists on this idea was I am placing one C section under the wheel axle and one C over the wheel axle. Also I am only using ONE pole of the runner magnet becase using both poles can set up the dreaded sticky spot.


Check out pages 3 and 4 of this web site:  http://www.paranormal-investigation.com/plans/coral_castle/coral_castle02.htm


Tom


 

[magnetman12003]

Hi,

I added another segment to the circular C shape rails I am constructing for the MAG- GEN project.

I am extremely happy to report that my 2. 75 inch diameter, 3.25 inch thick stacked ring magnet pulls the "CIRCULAR" distance with ease and very rapidly.   The other magnet does the same being my 4.5 inch diameter, 3 inch thick magnet.

Thats a rare condition as I have found in the past that one or the other size magnet works better than the other.    I am excited now.   

Tom

[nwman]

Tom or anyone,

If my pursuit to replicate Tom's first video experiment I just wanted to see what your opinions where on using neo rod magnets verses cube or bar magnets? Would one be better then another? I plan to build first the flat linear track and if I can reproduce that then I want to try and arch the rails around the edge of a 4' diameter wheel(arms) like in the picture below. I'm slightly concerned about how the magnetic fields will change by curving the rail slightly.

Tim

Note: SMOG (Small Magnetic Overunity Generator)