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Optical Orbo motor - 500 RPM operation
nightcreature3
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A tiny magnet behind the toroid improves performance, as suggested by Tinselkoala. Also a 9000uF electrolytic capacitor mounted close to the circuit helps rev-up the circui...
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Optical Orbo motor - First run
nightcreature3
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The rotating head of a VCR has bearings suitable for this kind of motor. A photo-darlington transistor triggers the switching of the toroidal current. It is mounted on the ...
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Mini Heliostat
nightcreature3
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Test heliostat made with shiny hard disk platters. The test motor is obviously too fast and should be replaced by a stepper.
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Stirling number 2 starting
nightcreature3
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Improved gamma stirling uses baseplate as heatsink and a hard-disk motor as bearing/flywheel. The power piston was fabricated using laminating resin.
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Stirling number 2 running
nightcreature3
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Improved gamma stirling uses baseplate as heatsink and a hard-disk motor as bearing/flywheel. The power piston was fabricated using laminating resin.
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Alternator using hard-disk magnets
nightcreature3
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Here you can see my home made alternator powering a half-Watt incandescent light-bulb.
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70 milliwatts from my linear alternator
nightcreature3
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Alternator, built around the laminations from a discarded transformer, drives a small DC motor at slow speed.
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Stirling displacer driven as linear motor
nightcreature3
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The magnetic field from the winding interacts with a small rare-earth magnet attached to the top of the displacer. A noisy pulse generator has been set up using a relay.
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Designing an electrical displacer for stirling
nightcreature3
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A mock displacer is driven by electrical pulses at the resonant frequency.
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Turning a transformer into a linear alternator.
nightcreature3
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The laminations were cut as required. Four rare-earth magnets drive the alternating magnetic field. A working model would need to have low sliding friction.
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