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I was messing around with magnets and batteries today, and made three different style 'simple motors' shown in the videos below...
This is nothing new, but I thought it was kind of cool, so I just wanted to show it is all...
Update:
I went ahead and experimented with two other styles of projects using the same basic principal...
Here's the videos:
AA battery:
AAA battery:
This one is kind of different in that one metal has to be magnetic. (able to get attracted by the magnet so that the battery can hang there)
And the other metal must be non-magnetic.
I used a rod of tool steel. Or it may be some kind of spring steel. I'm not sure. I got some from my wife's Grandfather.
Anyway, the other metal is some brass brazing rod...
I just finished another one...
This one is like the first one, except it is fit for a AAA battery. It was the hardest one so far. I guess because it was small, and difficult to get the coil balanced and spinning properly... (probably would work better with a thinner wire)
Click here to see my list of projects and tutorials!
This is nothing new, but I thought it was kind of cool, so I just wanted to show it is all...
Update:
I went ahead and experimented with two other styles of projects using the same basic principal...
Here's the videos:
AA battery:
AAA battery:
This one is kind of different in that one metal has to be magnetic. (able to get attracted by the magnet so that the battery can hang there)
And the other metal must be non-magnetic.
I used a rod of tool steel. Or it may be some kind of spring steel. I'm not sure. I got some from my wife's Grandfather.
Anyway, the other metal is some brass brazing rod...
I just finished another one...
This one is like the first one, except it is fit for a AAA battery. It was the hardest one so far. I guess because it was small, and difficult to get the coil balanced and spinning properly... (probably would work better with a thinner wire)
Click here to see my list of projects and tutorials!
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