Introduction: Simple Electric Motor
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Building a simple electric motor with magnet wire, a D cell battery, two safety pins, some nail polish, and a rubber band.
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24 Comments
7 years ago
cool
8 years ago on Introduction
demais e muito facil de fazer
10 years ago on Introduction
i love your idea lol!
10 years ago on Introduction
I kind of like it
12 years ago on Introduction
not to rain on ur parade or anything, but adding nail polish may keep tha safety pins from connecting to tha wire. but its pretty cool anyway :)
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
Yes that is the point. You add nail polish to half the conductor so the circuit opens for every half rotation and the electric field collapses. That way the coil doesn't slow down from the magnet. It would slow down because as it rotates it's orientation changes and the opposing poles start distancing while the similar poles start approaching each other resulting in an opposing force.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
oh.
14 years ago on Introduction
nice, i am searching this type of site.
17 years ago
Another (older) version that I've had on my web page for over 10 years:
http://fly.hiwaay.net/~palmer/motor.html
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Is it possible to use alternating current to make it work? If not, how do you make the simplest AC motor? Regards.
14 years ago on Introduction
where do I get the axle it could easily work?
14 years ago on Introduction
so simple
15 years ago on Introduction
Have you tried it because it doesn't work?
15 years ago on Introduction
any idea on what kind of power it can make? I am trying to build a small car-like thing and wondering if this would work. obviously I would have to shrink the battery and the screw possibly, but I think it is possible. any clues?
16 years ago
oh the girl
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
i need to find one like that... a geek... who is good looking...lol...
16 years ago
yeh i know this thing very simple.who has posted this instructables is just a beginer i challenge!!
16 years ago
People, just read the PDF!
16 years ago
words were very hard 2 read then when u zoom in it gets all blurry
16 years ago
i had to change my id