Bill Muller has shown it too !

[hartiberlin]

Hi All,
have a look at this video:

http://www.theverylastpageoftheinternet.com/realplayer/bearing.rm

There you can see, that the second steelball is knocked away from the
magnet and the first steel ball.

This principle also does apply in Butch?s motor.

But Butch?s motor is more genieous, cause there the
"1st steelball " can also be knocked off again !

Regards, Stefan.

[pinobot]

This principle is what drive a Gauss Rifle.
http://www.scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/magnets/gauss.html

What led to my Vertical Gauss Rifle.

[hartiberlin]

@pinobot

Very good idea !
This should work !

Have you already tried it ?

I think this really could work.

It is also not too hard to build !

I have to order a few steel bearing balls myself.

Regards, Stefan.

[pinobot]

I have not build it, im still looking for something that is 100% sure to work.
Anyhow, i've made some modifications to it to eliminate unknown factors, like: What if the ball that comes in pulls up the highest ball in the stack or what if the energy that is transfered through the balls is eliminated by the magnet.
So, this is where the vertical gauss rifle is now.

[hartiberlin]

Good idea Pinobot,
but I guess the easiest way to try it would be
to use your first idea and mabe have at least 4 or 5 balls inside the ring magnet
so at every side the last ball sticks out already quite a lot.

When then a new ball approaches, it will kick the last ball really easy out.

Then one could also use several of these unit along the tube, so that every 45 degrees there
is such an acceleration magnet-ball  stack.

Should also work with just 2 magnets sitting next to the tube.

Regards, Stefan.