Magnet Motor from Argentina, part2

[kukulcangod]

Hi:
      I have made a little effort to find out more about Mr Torbay's wereabouts and progress hopefully my friends in Argentina be able to locate him at his very home and interview him, but not even them were very aware of this ideas ,invention, life is a different reality over there certainly.

Cheers

[CLaNZeR]

Well after 12 hours of the CNC Router going, grinding, glueing and tapping, here is the next update with pictures:



Above the brass hasp hinges I am now using, due to sliders not arriving!
Wish I never went for such a big rotor as cutting 16 of everything is so boring grrrrrrr



Above trying to get a picture with all arms down, nearly impossible without the top hat in place, the Magnetic Flux gate is very strong using Neos, must admit.



Close up of the magnet holders and the plexi wheel that lifts each magnet. Need to replace this with a little wheel.

Well that is Saturday out of the way and tomorrow I will work on cutting out the 16 wheels to fix to each riser and getting the Top Hat installed, then we shall see if it runs.

The configuration allows alot of play and adjustment, I am tempted to mill out a new rotor and get rid of the arm, then just drill the rotor and insert an axle for the lifting wheel. This would bring the gap between each stator magnet closer, but will experiment more when all is in place.

Off for a glass of wine and crash in front of the TV for tonight 

Regards

Sean.

[Craigy]

Clanzer, shame about the bearings, didn't realise they were that expensive tho..Blimey

[helmut]

Hello Sean

This looks realy after lots of work.And very proffessional.

If i have watched your wheel first,i told myselfe that it must also be Possible
to give the Rotorwheel a excentric shape and push the outside magnets,which are mounted on a linear bearing ,away from the rotormagnets,to have a magnetic gate.
But after thinking it over,i am not shure that it would work.

regards
Helmut

[CLaNZeR]

Well ran out of time this weekend again as family grabbed me for other task around the house!, and did not get round to milling out the wheels.

Got the top hat on as shown below though, but without the wheels the friction is too great, even though the wheel turns by hand okay and you can feel the kick of the magnets. Think they still may have to come closer to the rotor to create more force.

I feel I have got the bottom lifting bar in the correct place as not much force is needed to make each arm lift, the bottom lifiting bar has just got to slightly touch the bottom of each riser and along with the top hat aligned to allow clearance and the force of the rotor magnets, they fly upwards very easy.
It is the friction of each riser against the top hat I see as being the problem.



More next weekend.

Regards

Sean.