EL wire eye candy

Step 7 Unforseen consequences

I freed the rest of the wires from the ABS tubing, thinking I could get even more "happy accidents" of the same kind. However..... My first thought was to construct a sort of umbrella structure out of coat hanger wire. This was totally unsatisfactory. With the flexibility of the motor suspension and shaft connection, any imbalance led almost immediately to twisting & shimmying.

So, next I tried to create a more stable platform by cutting a hexagonal piece of wood. I thought the gyroscope effect would help. Also devised a (mostly) rigid connection between the motor and the rotating part. Still, it didn't help. Either the whole motor/armature package need to be rigidly attached to something, or the armature and wires need to be perfectly balanced. One thing that seems to help is increased weight at the bottom.