Chaos Pendulum Magnetic Wheels

Managing Director 'Ian Asquith' of Magnet Expert Ltd. Newark, asked me to make something interesting with some scrap Neodymium Magnets they were throwing out. I borrowed four lids from some ASDA stainless steel pedal bins, to make the wheels. Double-sided sticky tape was used as adhesive. Those lids are going back on the bins later. I won't mind the holes. PS. The music is courtesy of Frank Savage who plays with Suzi Quatro. PPS This is my first video upload.

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[onthecuttingedge2005]

Neat 'O, did you use regular bearing or did you use Magnetic bearing? I think those wheels did a good job of storing the energy, can it be improved?

[WarzSchoolchild]

@onthecuttingedge2005 Just regular small bearings 10mm ID, 20mm OD. I think air-friction is the greater loss. Now I use ceramic bearings, or NO bearings!...The current project is an awesome adaption of Veljko Milkovic's pendulum. We use two massive steel battering ram type pendulums (parallelogram pendulums) with arc segment magnetic gearing where they oscillate for synchronicity. The input energy is trivial, and the output is phenomenal!.. When perfected, we will publish the working plans.

[onthecuttingedge2005]

it died, it got covered up, by some mystery hand.

[WarzSchoolchild]

@onthecuttingedge2005 ...ha! ha! ha!...I was the culprit!...since then we have been evaluating magnetic gearing with a long 'soak-test' magnets is opposition do wear the magnets down, but are preserved in 'attractive' mode. We were playing with eccentric rotation for Professor Liz Bradley (Colorado Uni). Now that we have the new Oregon Scientific ATC9K data mapping stunt camera, our next task is to measure pendulum G-Forces etc. in different configurations. (With wheels that don't wobblw!;?D)

[WarzSchoolchild]

There is far more to this research, than just analysis of non-linear dynamics. Each of these wheels has a slot extending 25mm (an inch) from a center-hole. We have established that magnets in '"Attractive" configuration are best. They preserve the magnetism, and eliminate parasitic lateral forces. This work is in co-operation with Serbian Inventor Veljko Milkovic, and aims to investigate "Non-Isentropic Enthalpy" anomalies presented by Veljko Milkovic's intriguing cantilever pendulum devices.

[WarzSchoolchild]

@Changeling9au ...Too right they are!...It's impossible to repeat two experiments....These pendulum wheels have a slot at their centre, not a hole, so that the amount of 'cam' can also be adjusted. At some point I will place them in a Perspex frame. It is as much a kinetic sculpture as anything else A 'Mathematical Model' with exactly similar initial conditions would repeat.

[WarzSchoolchild]

@Changeling9au Thanks for the nice comments, This project has been on the 'back-burner' for a while due to other comitments. I have personally witnessed it bursting into renewed life, from almost an exhausted condition, on numerous occasions. I make no claims though. It might be stored potential energy? i.e. (released magnetic type 'spring-tension' ???)

[Changeling9au]

@WarzSchoolchild

"...'chaos pendulums' are totally dependant on initial conditions, one micron different, and the outcome is different."

Hmmm. I wonder if it's practical (or even possible) to mathematically model it. If it is, it would be a nice little project for me to do when I get around to learning how to use Adobe Flash.....

[Changeling9au]

Extraordinary!

Perhaps sometime you might want to make a vid explaining the technical details of the "chaos machine"....

I have little doubt that soon magnetic motors will be a commonplace device.

But beware of "Magniwork" - a well orchestrated scam which is all over the internet. Peswiki has details of it.

[shikengriuber]

@shikengriuber Sorry for being stupid, it's in description.