Working Magnetic Motor on you tube??

[oak]

Omni, looking at the photos Al took, it appears he may have had one or two other rigs he had started on (not identical to the one that is being discussed), but from everything he's said it appears there is only one working model.  (Whatever "working" means -- and like you I hope it means OU.)

[Omnibus]

@oak,

That's my impression too. My guess is this has been some kind of a serendipitous coincidence of circumstances plus the error he inadvertently made to turn one of the stators in the "wrong" direction. If the effect (OU) he presents in the video is confirmed this "error" leading to success will remain as one more curiosity in the history of technology. Hope replications run easier this time than what we know usually happens. I will never forget how Torbay couldn't reproduce and couldn't demonstrate his own motor to work when he came to New York. Prior to that I had the assurances of a high Argentinean official whose office has been funding the project that he has seen it work for a long time (months). Recall the most recent replication that went awry--that of @xpenzif. These are very tricky contraptions whereby it's very hard to avoid minute flaws in timing or weights and proportions crucial for them to run as OU. Most of the time the constructors aren't open enough (and even not at all) and thus hurt their cause big time--think of Steorn, Perendev, Lego etc. and the latest, @xpenzif, who didn't even bother to instruct the people trying to replicate it that the cylinder must have 14 diagonal rows and must be placed on an 8-barrier stepper motor.

[SameCoin]

I would sugest using a micro lubricant, and it would reduce friction considerable even over oil. Also some micro lubricants are designed to move towards heat, so will last and maintain the reduced friction longer.

every little bit helps.

[Omnibus]

@SameCoin,

Any suggestion of a brand and where to get it?

[robbie47]

Hi CLaNZeR,
The dampers are on the 2 of the 13 predrilled holes flanking the stator.

Also see alsetalokin's post
"...And one more time: 6061-T6 extruded aluminum bar stock, machined to the exact dimensions of the stator magnets (except I really did use a 3/16 hole, the magnets are a bit bigger here), spaced and oriented by trial and error, and in my unit, the pre-drilled holes for the stator magnets seemed close enough to the sweet positions so I just used them."

I hope this helps

Confirmed by Al last night at the Steorn forum:

There was an adjustment process that took a couple hours to find the sweet spot and the orientation, and it seemed so close to an already drilled and tapped set of holes in the base, that I just used the existing holes, even though the positioning wasn't totally optimum. It seems to do what I intended. I never anticipated the need for these dampers when I was laying out the unit

Sorry about my distracting posting on page 14 of this thread on this damper topic.