Building a self looping "SMOT"

[maw2432]

Hi Norman, I changed the track a bit, I have run aluminum rod through the center, but have still not found a satisfactory way to space the rails. The friction needs to be much lower than I am able to get from the pipes, but I shall persevere with it until I have to admit defeat.
I managed to get it to loop which is an improvement on the 50mm I was short on the first replication. Not anything to get overly excited about ATM but I hope to improve it further still.
Well anyway, 2 rotations of the track is more than anyone here has ever produced or even seen.

I shall attempt to add the video here on this post so it is "PRESERVED" for the know it all.

Hi Elecar,
I am having trouble seeing 2 rotations from your video.  It looks clipped in the front and at the end. 
Can you do a retake?   Thanks.
Bill

[elecar]

Hi Bill, There are no "clips" I will do a retake, but 2 rotations was my error, I looped it so the initial rotation plus the return to the start and a partial rotation.

[powercat]

The usual scenario is unfolding, the believers say it works because they believe it works and yet cannot produce a continuous self-running model,
if that wasn't bad enough they resort to attacking any sceptic that says it doesn't work, well I'm very sorry but I cannot run my home on belief or faith I need the reality of a device that actually works.

So the believers should stop wasting their time attacking people that challenge their claim and get on with proving that the claim is a reality by producing a working model,
until they do they have no credibility supporting a claim they cannot show working as claimed

[norman6538]

Norman
Are these the same radio shack magnets?[seem small not quite Domino??]

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103429

can you give a part number?

thx
Chet
PS
Jouleseeker
Quite Sure Dr. Mcdonald would love to play with this "TOY" if it works as advertized!!

No there is no hole and they are the same size ad the black dominos in the game we all know.
and are about 1/4 inch thick...I used them lengthwise...but I need to experiment more with that. I never use neos because they are too strong and cause serious mounting probllems.

Norman

[JouleSeeker]

The usual scenario is unfolding, the believers say it works because they believe it works and yet cannot produce a continuous self-running model,
if that wasn't bad enough they resort to attacking any sceptic that says it doesn't work, well I'm very sorry but I cannot run my home on belief or faith I need the reality of a device that actually works.

So the believers should stop wasting their time attacking people that challenge their claim and get on with proving that the claim is a reality by producing a working model,
until they do they have no credibility supporting a claim they cannot show working as claimed

The usual scenario is unfolding, the builders say it might work because one builder has seen it-- after much work and trial-and-error he has seen a model loop for a number of times.  He is working on to produce a continuous self-running replication.  And other builders are jumping in to try to help.

Meanwhile, the skeptics (really, pseudo-skeptics) say it is impossible and they resort to attacking any builder who says it might work. well I'm very sorry but I cannot see how cheap pot-shots on the builders are going to get us to something that will run my home; certainly the belief or faith of the pseudo-skeptics does not help us get to the reality of a device that actually works.

So the pseudo-skeptics should stop wasting their time attacking builders that challenge pseudo-skeptics' claims that it cannot possibly work, and allow the builders to get on with replication.

Meanwhile the pseudo-skeptics have no credibility sitting back and taking cheap pot-shots.