Working Attraction Magnet Motor on Youtube!?

[Freezer]

One possible explanation is that the seller bought the motor and could not get it to work. If he were to sell it as a non working motor no-one would buy it, if he sold it as a working motor it would be fraud.
Hans von Lieven

I wonder why he would sell these at all?  If I got something to work, it would be in a glass box up on a pedestal.

[Omnibus]

Also, how come the seller is offering only the stepper motor and the drum with the screws and not the stator? What good is it?

One possible explanation is that the seller bought the motor and could not get it to work. If he were to sell it as a non working motor no-one would buy it, if he sold it as a working motor it would be fraud.

Selling it this way as parts for experimentation the deal is perfectly legitimate.

Notice the cautious language in the ads, no claims are being made as to workability.

I am not saying this is the case, though it has to be a possibility.

Hans von Lieven

That's one possible way to see this, indeed. The offer is quite strange and gives the impression of covering legal issues in advance. I wonder how much if would sell for in the end and whether this charade  (unless its just the naivete of a young person) would be "worth" the effort. Scheming minds such as this, if that's the case, would do much better for the society and for themselves if they put their intelligence into more legitimate pursuits.

[Pirate88179]

@ Omnibus:

Well said.

Bill

[hansvonlieven]

In this thread I said:

I am always weary when an old disk drive is used for a turntable, as it contains a small motor.

to which xpensif answered:

@hans

As for the hard drive spindle, I don't blame you at all for being skeptical. The spindle was the most convenient thing I had back then, but now I have several bearings I can use.

How does this jibe with what is being said now???

Hans von Lieven

[Omnibus]

In this thread I said:

I am always weary when an old disk drive is used for a turntable, as it contains a small motor.

to which xpensif answered:

@hans

As for the hard drive spindle, I don't blame you at all for being skeptical. The spindle was the most convenient thing I had back then, but now I have several bearings I can use.

How does this jibe with what is being said now???

Hans von Lieven

Yes, I remember that exchange. Note, however, that the stepper motor idea is pushed by supposedly someone else, not @xpenzif. I don't recall @xpenzif ever emphasizing the role of the stepper motor, as the above quote from him also indicates.