Howard Johnson Replication Tube Claim

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Here is my replication so far, I am using standard Radio Shack magnets. Have not achieved a full revolution as of yet but this is the first
model.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBWXyE6zLdU&layer_token=72f5beb619fcfc16

Hi Bill

Good stuff.

You need to get the bearing more stable so it will take the load though, it is all over the place.

Mylow gets away with the way he mounts his Rotor into his bearing because of the weight and size of the Rotor.

Also his magnets are very weak and at the span of the his rotor is he is no way getting the load on the bearing as seen on your Rig.

For a small wheel as you have there and the forces you are using, I would go for a bearing that can be bolted through on a fixed axle. This will then take the load from the strength of the magnets.

With the setup you have there you have found that if you place all the magnets around they become one big magnet, so you have removed a couple. You now have introduced the well know Sticky Spot/Point in your design that we all come across eventually on 99% of designs.

Mylow claims to of got around the Sticky Spot by using the spacing he has shown, so this is a factor we need to consider.

Keep going though, as it is the only way we learn, by doing.

Cheers

Sean.

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The last thing I would love to see is Mylow swapping the Aluminium Rotor for a wooden one.

If it still runs then, we can say goodbye to the Aluminium being part of the effect and also it would make it easier to replicate.

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Hi witty and sharp minded OU dot Com guys.

I'm not kidding! It is a real pleasure to read all your 'exchanges' should there be
some gentlemen disagreements.

Is Mylow a con artist or an honest (but naive and/or even "under some lawyer influence") guy???
That could be one question. I frankly do not still have made up my mind...

Yes, he should, at least, had shown us a 10 (or more) minutes of a non commented (please)
video (but with sound) of a clock and his turning wheel. ). He also should had given us more
technical informations, for ex the diameter and the weight of his alu. wheel. Did he?
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Just my 2 cents, please: supposing the Mylow's device were genuine and also assuming that The
Reidar Finsrud's  "perpetual" sculpture is working.... BTW: I would definitely bet on Reidar.

I have been playing with magnets during "a couple of time"! )
This f' bl' sticky spots are really irritating. But is is Science.. Conservatives forces. Etc.. Yes sir!

But, I could figure out that this  "glutinous point" should be 'overshoot' and that my
different wheels just 'wanted' to turn. When your 'stator' is hand driven you can get
your wheel turning just with a very slightly cadenced hand motion.
I mean: these sticky spots are  not so 'terrific' but actually weak.
Yes, These are very accurate scientific statement! :

Take an huge and heavy pendulum. This pendulum would only need a, from time to time,
slight cadenced push to overcome frictions and to keep it oscillating.

Now: the magnets sound very weak versus the inertia of the wheel.
Is this inertia that could overcome these "gluing locations" (I mean sticky spots!)
In that case the wheel is "just" turning and could not deliver any extra power
comparatively to the R. Finsrud's device. But, according to Mainstream Science, is it not possible.
Is it?
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@BillMehess
Thanks a lot for your work. It is very promissing.
IMHO, you could use bearings from and old video tape recorder. They are very  good.
With a more heavy rotor (inertia) you should be able to 'cross the stop spot' and to achieve a
continuous (for a while) motion. Thanks again.

Very Best

PS: I do agree with Ommibus (especially (but not only))  about Saint Einstein ))!

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