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(HOAX) Mylow's "Cupcake" for Sterling

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Uploaded by on May 16, 2009

On May 28, 2009, we posted a report stating that recent evidence suggests that "Mylow" (Jose Enrique [Ricky] Concepcion) of Chicago was lying from the beginning when he claimed that he had successfully replicated Howard Johnson's all-magnet motor; and that he has never actually produced a single working unit.
http://pesn.com/2009/05/28/9501545_Jose-E-Concepcion_aka-Mylow_magnet-motor_H...

On April 28, Mylow shot this present video showing a spinning rotor from a hard drive, which he is considering using as a substrate for building a motor for me using some of the magnets I sent him.

He told me on May 16 than he was able to get it running. For the report on this, see http://pesn.com/2009/05/16/9501541_How_Does_Mylow_Do_It/

For more about the magnet motor project, see http://MylowMagnetMotor.com

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  • Note: some hard drive platters are aluminum with a sputtered finish and some are ceramic with a sputtered finish. Super glue works good to hold magnets to the disc face just as Mylow has been doing. Since there is a small DC motor connected to the hard drive shaft you could check it for voltage. Most of these drives are setup for 5400 or 7200 RPM so the very slow speed of this motor may not yeild much voltage from the motor.

  • A standard computer hard drive is a very good platform to work from and a good base for the "cupcake" variation of the motor. The hard drive platter will have more surface to work from. Old hard drives are plentiful and easy to obtain and take apart. If you fine one with phillips type screws to take it apart on the outside it will be easier to deal with and take less special tools. Inside the hard drive is two curved read head magnets that you can pry apart with a flat head screw driver.

  • Mylow,

    Yea, I think you are right, this disc may be from a scanner or more likely a projector. Modern DLP projectors have spinning glass color wheels. That may be what you have.

    Additionally, have you ever taken apart a computer hard drive? It's hard to imagine the answer being "no" but I had to ask. There's always a disc with very nice bearings and a couple wickedly strong magnets for controlling the arm. My profession is in Information Technology and have access to lots of old drives.

  • I think this is a color wheel from a large screen TV

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