Geomag Oscillator

[MrMatoben]

Anyone know where to get geomag sets nowadays? I need more in order to actually make anything cool :/

[andrewkbradshaw]

@MrMatoben I bought most of mine from the Discovery Channel store on eBay

[mjcato1]

Nice just found mine this week brings back memories when I wa like 8 nice attraction making it now

[Bushy162]

Three sticks SHORRT!! :( boooowhoo

[wallsk8r]

really neat idea.

[u2btester]

Interesting

[d3vid95]

Aoo Ma Porco Dio Come Cazzo Ai Fatto So 2 Ore Ke Ce A Prova Mortacci Tua Magari Mori

[tvkanne]

If you can't make it work: be sure to keep your polarities straight, and it will work just fine

[preput]

interesant, dar astepti prea mult pana sa ii dai drumu

[mariuirtiek]

IT JUST DOESN'T WORK!!!

[sgohara]

make the oscillator hover too, so its just an oscillating ball.

[kalorikalmo]

i tired with geomags, didn´t work. 

[infoseeker228]

pretty good for being simple

[xpk3]

this kept me entertained for a while :D

dont bother to try this with Magnetix, the magnets arent strong enough

[dannyboi50ful1]

that lookds wrong

[italianchappy]

The italian company Geomag has just gone bankrupt. The owner and inventor Edordo Tusaccio has declared he will open a new one ... in China.

[honeyfoxiness]

@italianchappy NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[aai8697]

That might have other fun uses :)

[RGAF1987]

Man, I never would have thought of that, and I have a set of Geomag!

[150133]

That's pretty cool.

[dr0psy]

perpetual motion? hah jk

[cassyemarco]

io lo fatto 4volte

[Gogo11290]

stop at 0:54 some other magnet thing but look out the big origami something of the paper

[andrewkbradshaw]

@Gogo11290 Yeah just another hobby of mine. It's an icosahedron!

[Gogo11290]

@andrewkbradshaw

i know its my hobby too

[lowtone10]

i made it!!! if you detach one of the symmetrical parts from the other, and hold it sideways, it looks even better!

[kirisakite]

i created a better oscilator

[stoned247ca]

i created you

[tobedotty]

seriously, get a quieter pc (unless thats something else...)

[andrewkbradshaw]

My desk was next to the air conditioner =d

Crappy dorms!

[ordaudee]

Cool I am going to make me one of these.

[GManGT]

Won't it stop after about 30 seconds to a minute?

[Philawockeez]

u mean fall off?... no it last forever

[GManGT]

so why does he only show it working for about 5 seconds.

[Philawockeez]

the opposing force pushes the triangle back n forth. it will fall off if it's in mid air cuz air resistance is getting stronger but in this is case bottom is magnetize to another object, so it just push back n forth. it won't fall...

[Flea5000000000]

simple but still cool

[assbagflyer]

Quite simple. (not taking away from the coolness of this video, just helping the youtubers). First, set up as he did, I guess. On the Triangle Bit, put one doublebar on the ball, and the other with the SAME POLARITY on the ball. This means that the second rod will repel the first rod, but the attraction to the metal ball will be enough to keep it there. Next, the 5 bit pentagram you have on the left and right must be oriented properly. Take each of the five pieces on each side (ten total)

[assbagflyer]

and "test" each one of them. What you want is the bar to repel the ball on the top of the triangle. Once you figure what side that is, attach that side to the ball. Do that with all ten. This is all just me thinking for a few seconds so it may be wrong, but it's the best I can think of. I wanna say thanks for reading at the end of this comment for some reason..

[CTmera]

TYTYTYTYTYTYTYTY

[plord28]

There is an electrical circuit that you can build to find out which poles are which. It hooks up to an ordinary VOM.

[BossMetin2]

but how is it done? I can not! : (

[BossMetin2]

that strong!! congratulations !! how did you do?!

[PhobiaGuy]

you now find me raiding my son's toy box for this stuff, gotta try it"

"Damn, I know it's in here somewhere"

[SelfProtection95]

aww cool

[lordgaco157]

i failed doing this oscillator, i changed poles but still the same

[kevindrop]

how do you know what is + and -?

[superavrillavignefan]

:( I got exactly this but it doesn't do anyhting... just attached to one of the spheres... any help?

[dalekcaan1963reborn]

keep reversing pieces around until it works, that what I did :D its all to do with the poles.

[jamstermarcer]

i have a very small set and can make the same basic thing that u made:D

[jamstermarcer]

i love magnets like that but there soooooooo expensive even for just what you have!

[Hirnduebel]

This Geomag-thing is sold as a toy, I think it's not too expensive since they're not actually built for scientific use. I guess 15 pounds for a set or so.

[paperas24]

it is expensive man

[Pikmin012]

I tried making this with Magnetix and Whenevr the steel shperes got too close they would attract and stick to gether, but from a distance they still repelled. I had all the poles line up correctly but i found that connecting two rods to eachother (w/o a shpere) reduced the strength of repulsion.

How do you get yours to work? Or does Magnetix just suck?

[superavrillavignefan]

magnetix suck geomag's rock

[andrewkbradshaw]

Well thank you for your kind compliment, haha. I don't think the exact number of rods and spheres is really necessary because you can build a simple oscillator in virtually any arrangement, size, or shape. You guys should make your own versions and post them, not simply copy mine!

[caffi1]

Iwe been building huge pyramids and simple stuff lately, thanks for giving me some good inspiration.

This is a really cool creation :-P

By the way, if you know of a web site with more "inspiration" like this, please tell me.

[TheSchoelKidz]

I'd say He used more than 60, I tried it Using the 70 piece filled Tube, and it Wasn't enough, I havn't Tried Magnetix, I got a 85 pc Bonus pack, I'd say its over 70.

[brakedownmaster]

Youre counting te Spheres right?

[DJGOODWEED]

that's pretty interesting, you're kinda tapping gravity as an energy source

[sqnshl]

gravity is currently used as a power source, hydro electricity technically uses gravity to power...but i dont this can power anything, the magnets just merely contain the energy put into it, eventually wind resistance would stop the movement...put this in a vacuum and watch it go forever

[superavrillavignefan]

really? then we found the perpetuum mobile

[djaime13]

i'm work in geomag chile, that video is so cool !!!!!

[OllieBelfield]

can u post a video of how to make it?

[superzach18]

dont put it next to your computer you'll crash your hard-drive lol!

[sqnshl]

your hard drive actualy has neodymium magnets which are waaay stronger than those...but dont put those near it anyway :)

[OregonDARRYL]

I kinda look like that sometimes in the morning, if you know what I mean.

[Hasharu]

That's hella tight.

[rveas74]

well use of the magnets properties

[bamishim]

sweet