The ever elusive magnetic motor

[billmehess]

Ramset
Are you saying he had a plastic disk magnetically suspended over a magnetic field?

[ramset]

Bill
It was a plastic disc[maqgs all around the outside]
Placed in side of a plywood frame [with mags all around this hole]
all mags were in attraction  suspending the disc perfectly
My question was has anybody else done this ?
Simple concept hard to do
Chet

[ramset]

OK
I see this is looking alot harder than it is
Mental picture,
take a frisby lay it on a piece of 1/4 inch plywood
trace the outline of the frisby  addng 3/8 of an inch all the way around
cut out the hole put the frisby back in the hole you should have 3/8 gap all the way around
Take a roll of pennies put them all around the outside edge of the frisby, flat on the top outside edge then put them all around the hole[flat on the top edge closest to the frisby]replace pennies with mags  put them allnorth on the frisby allsouth in the hole
YOU HAVE SUSPENTION IN ATTRACTION
Of course the frisbee should be wood [so you can draw laytout lines from one side to the other so you know your mags are balanced]and the mags I saw were1/2 inch round by 1/2 inch tall cylinders
Chet

[billmehess]

This has been done many times, a smaller disk with mags around its circumference placed slightly into a "valley" of another disk with mags each mag of like (+ to +) or (- to -) will hover suspended.
I did this once using a small funnel covered with mags sitting inside a larger funnel with mags.
Look at the Hammal spinner for the same idea .

[ramset]

Bill
Thanks, just for clarity you could flip this disc upside down and sideways and not remove the disc from the hole .
He said it would hold the weight of a person!![right side up or upside down]
Thanks for the explanation I don't want to waste any ones time doing a dead end
Chet