Supermag Oscillator

[1sk8erchimp1]

my girlfriend would like this xD 

[geomagpsz]

Good idea, the video is very cool.

[NeKoShinn666]

The word boner comes to mind. =O

[lightspeedkiller]

how long does thing last

[YurNick]

@lightspeedkiller

A couple of minutes, I beleive. It depends on friction between metal spheres.

[jimmjimm6699]

@YurNick and slight air friction and slight gravitational pull from things around it (extremely slight, not even recordable)

[Devicon]

Reminds me of the spring door stoppers

[zker666]

congratz! you made the worlds only fully permanant magnet relay switch!

[mikehoofd6060]

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[Gotostep2]

cool..... I want those.

[freeskate247]

for 1 00 peice it is 12 £ in england but for 1000 peice set it is 40-60 pound and btw it is called geo mag in england :P

[YurNick]

Geomag (geomagsacom) and Supermag (supermagcom) are different magnetic constructors made by two different companies.

Supermag basically has magnetic rods of two lengths (1 and sqrt(2)) and non-magnetic spheres. Rods made of full-length neodymium magnet and plastic jacket thin on the ends so you may connect more rods on a single sphere.

Geomag has basically one size magnetic rods and panels to make shapes stable (since you cannot make stable square without diagonal rod).

[YurNick]

Geomag rods are made of two tablet neodimium magnets and steel rod between them inside plastic jacket. The ends of the rods are rather thick so you may connect less rods on a single sphere.

[ScarFace9797]

@freeskate247 called magnetixs here

[WarriorIng64]

@ScarFace9797 They have Geomag here in the States, as well. I own some. Magnetix is a totally different brand that my brother owns. We can tell you that Geomags are MUCH stronger than Magnetix, but Magnetix has a larger variety of pieces.

[colossallogic]

OH PLZPLZPLZ MAKE A HOW TO... plz...

[brakedownmaster]

I accidently entered my Comment, they cost $25 US Currency.

[Ratman11808]

I built an exact replica, but it wont go back and worth.

[YurNick]

It's necessary to connect same-pole sides of rods on two opposite pushing spheres.

It is a bit hard to do since rods tend to connect plus-to-minus to reduce overall magnetic energy so the sphere remains almost magnetically neutral and pendulum just falls on one of the spheres.

But if you connect rods to sphere by the same pole (they will resist) then the sphere becomes strong magnet and if other two spheres (pendulum's and opposite's) have the same pole it works as expected.

[meisternicholas]

you should mount this thing down and turn it upside down and compare the length of time it wobbles and try to see if there is a difference

[littleims10]

boioioioioioioing!

[Truzzkiller]

...sexy....

[455898334]

*cough* itlookslikeaboner *cough*

[brakedownmaster]

I can tell by Your Username youre Either Russian, or living in Russia, and Your profile confirms it, Is Supermag a European based brand? I know Geomag is a Swiss, and Magnetix is American, bu Ive seen Geomag in stores and not "Supermags", just Thought I'd ask.

[Metamorrphor]

supermag is made by an italian company, plastwood, but i think Supermag has been cancelled or something.

[YurNick]

Actually I see no specific difference in obtaining Supermag, Geomag or Magnetix. It's much harder to buy them for a fair price in Russia (usually price is twice as much).

[brakedownmaster]

Is that So?, I cant seem to find them at Stores here in the US, a 70 piece set of Magnetix costs $25

[Flo121491]

cool, how long does it oscillate?

[blackbombs]

Forever.

[tomball6006]

no it doesnt

[blackbombs]

lol jk

[YurNick]

It's important to check that magnet sides connected to each ball have the same pole cause magnets tend to connect with minimum energy (negative to positive) and main balls in such a case have almost no charge at all. And system doesn't work as pendulum.

[YurNick]

Each main static ball is connected to pentagon by same-aligned magnets (so the positive side to main ball, the negative side to pentagon corners).

The same is for main pendulum ball (positive magnetic pole on the ball).

So all three main balls have the same charge and repulse from each other.

[yomomasface]

are the three main balls posative?

[yofauner]

That's kind of col.