Howard Johnson Replication Tube Claim

[Chase212327]

Sorry X00013, my intent surely wasn't to upset anyone.  I though I'd simply share something that I observed and others might find interesting and/or helpful.

Here's what I understand to be the High Quality video of the running motor...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPDXsrrs398&feature=channel_page

It is difficult to measure much of anything from this...

[Chase212327]

Here's an angle showing the Running Motor's rotor faces and a few gaps...

[robbie47]

G'day all,

From the latest reports it would appear that the specifications for the device don't have to be all that tight and that the motor will run in a variety of configurations with different kinds of magnets.

If that is correct it raises one question that bothers me.

How come Howard Johnson was unable to get it to run in over 30 years in spite of his monstrous budget?

Something to ponder

Hans von Lieven

Hans, maybe getting such motor running was not the problem.
I have a strong feeling (and also others that participate in this discussion) that the real problem might be the wear out of the magnet(s) on the longer term.
But let's wait for Mylow, Clanzer and other implementers. I admire their persistence.

[Pirate88179]

@ All:

Anyone that knows me on here knows I am no scientist.  I really fail to see how a magnet, any magnet, can lose its properties in this short a time span.  I have a magnet my Dad gave me over 30 years ago that has a metal "keeper" on it. (horseshoe)  To me, this means the magnet has been pulling against that metal plate for over those 30 years and yet, it is still strong.  What could it possibly be about Mylow's set-up that depletes the magnetic properties in such a short time span?  Could it be the n/s switching that occurs when it passes the other perimeter magnets?  Is it pulsing the magnet in some frequency that is a mathematical division of the frequency used to magnetize the magnet in the first place?  This really confuses me here.  What part does the aluminum play in this, if any?  I have used permanent magnetic chucks on surface grinding machines that were over 50 years old and still held like they were new.  Am I to believe that if I waved another magnet over them switching n/s n/s for a time period that the chucks would no longer work?

I am not doubting Mylow here but I am calling into question this depletion of the stator magnet for some of the possible reasons that have been stated.  Is it really depleting?  Well, evidently it is.  I want to know why but, I guess just about everyone else here, including Mylow does too.

Bill

[nyctuber]

@ All:

Anyone that knows me on here knows I am no scientist.  I really fail to see how a magnet, any magnet, can lose its properties in this short a time span.  I have a magnet my Dad gave me over 30 years ago that has a metal "keeper" on it. (horseshoe)  To me, this means the magnet has been pulling against that metal plate for over those 30 years and yet, it is still strong.  What could it possibly be about Mylow's set-up that depletes the magnetic properties in such a short time span?  Could it be the n/s switching that occurs when it passes the other perimeter magnets?  Is it pulsing the magnet in some frequency that is a mathematical division of the frequency used to magnetize the magnet in the first place?  This really confuses me here.  What part does the aluminum play in this, if any?  I have used permanent magnetic chucks on surface grinding machines that were over 50 years old and still held like they were new.  Am I to believe that if I waved another magnet over them switching n/s n/s for a time period that the chucks would no longer work?

I am not doubting Mylow here but I am calling into question this depletion of the stator magnet for some of the possible reasons that have been stated.  Is it really depleting?  Well, evidently it is.  I want to know why but, I guess just about everyone else here, including Mylow does too.

Bill

Iron horseshoe magnets lose their charge when used for repulsion. It looks like he's overcome the problem using samarium cobalt strips on the old stator magnet and reportedly a different stator altogether. Aluminum is used because it's nonmagnetic.