http://superpositioned.com/articles/2006/01/15/simplest-diy-motor-demo en-us 40 Electronics news and projects in the frequency domain <p>Justin describes how to build a DIY <a href="http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&amp;friendID=3272987&amp;blogID=65703744&amp;Mytoken=342B7D3E-C220-45DC-8F11F0BBF3776C65863795265">four part motor</a>. It requires a battery, a wire, a screw, and a small disc magnet. The hardest part is getting the screw to hang from the battery.</p> <blockquote> <p>The way this motor works (as shown below) is by creating a closed circuit, where the current actually flows through the magnet. When this happens, a magnetic force turns the magnet, which spins the screw.</p> </blockquote> <p><object style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DgwAAAICRzw1KRnoeuWp-B3MOb5PPTZXzdNgJv_rPwmrWG9hyEqkdtSLiA2ul3cALuyDbaXdiah3AZ9VRhFcwNxDcDv-ROzTFZDYR5LgmV1NT51drf0f2DayUD1OfUbZbRAsA58GZrNg7eoTtfQhKvwCrEmIenieFVldNZUCRS8hDholhIdQqvhfZ2UVdvqTll2dT5A%26sigh%3DlNMCFPoI29KaUBgZrPFiU0FB6nE%26begin%3D0%26len%3D23399&amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer%3Fcontentid%3D8830b0138b0fbf86%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1137360044%26sigh%3Dx1V6PFR74hXomQ-oveSwcu6blCQ&amp;playerId=-1091479381952166164&amp;playerMode=embedded"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /> <param name="movie" value="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DgwAAAICRzw1KRnoeuWp-B3MOb5PPTZXzdNgJv_rPwmrWG9hyEqkdtSLiA2ul3cALuyDbaXdiah3AZ9VRhFcwNxDcDv-ROzTFZDYR5LgmV1NT51drf0f2DayUD1OfUbZbRAsA58GZrNg7eoTtfQhKvwCrEmIenieFVldNZUCRS8hDholhIdQqvhfZ2UVdvqTll2dT5A%26sigh%3DlNMCFPoI29KaUBgZrPFiU0FB6nE%26begin%3D0%26len%3D23399&amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer%3Fcontentid%3D8830b0138b0fbf86%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1137360044%26sigh%3Dx1V6PFR74hXomQ-oveSwcu6blCQ&amp;playerId=-1091479381952166164&amp;playerMode=embedded"/> <param name="quality" value="best" /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /> <param name="scale" value="noScale" /> <param name="wmode" value="window" /> <param name="salign" value="TL" /> <img src="http://superpositioned.com/files/Motor4.jpg" alt="Simple motor in action"/> </object></p> <p>He also posted a Google video of the <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1091479381952166164&amp;q=magnet">motor in action</a>. This project has always been great for procrastination or entertaining youngsters.</p> Sun, 15 Jan 2006 15:10:00 -0800 urn:uuid:a1fe2c32-7cca-481a-a381-76f09f6f4328 Matthew http://superpositioned.com/articles/2006/01/15/simplest-diy-motor-demo External Links motors diy video