Magneeto
Floating Wheels
(A new magnet
levitation experiment)
Magneeto Floating Wheels Science Kit
Please verify and compare the content of
your kit with the list below.
Included in Kit:
(1) Bass Wood 7" x 1/2" x 1/2"
(2) Bass Wood 3 1/2" x 1/2" x 1/2"
(1) Bass Wood 1 1/2" x 1/2" x 1/2"
(1) Pine/Bass Wood Dowel 4" x 3/8" diameter
(2) Magnet Strips 6"
(2) Painted Ceramic Ring Magnet with 3/8" hole (COLORS MAY VARY)
(2) Eye Screws 3/4"
(4) Flat Wood Strips 3 1/2" x 1/2"
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Other Materials Required:
Wood Glue
Thread
Time Required: 1 Hour (due to allowing wood to dry)
Difficulty: Medium
Video of Complete Kit: Located at the bottom of the page
Step 1:
Start off by
inserting the eye screw into the
1 1/2" Bass Wood.
Step 2:
Glue the
1 1/2" Bass Wood on one end of the 7" x 1/2" x 1/2" Bass
Wood.
Step 3:
Center and Glue the
3 1/2" x 1/2" x 1/2" Bass Wood on the opposite end.
Once that dries, glue the flat wood strips on the sides
with the bottom ends lined up evenly with the table as
pictured.
Step 4:
Once the glue dries,
remove the backing on the adhesive side of your magnet
strip and place it on the wood with the sides laying on
the wood strips as pictured.
Step 5:
Insert an eye screw into
one end of the wood dowel and then place the magnet
rings on the ends. It's important that the polar sides
should be facing the same way on both magnets.
Attach your thread or string to the two eye screws. Make
sure you have sufficient string so that you can adjust
it later on so the magnet rings levitate over the
strips.
Step 6:
Here is where it gets a
little tricky and we will need to do some adjusting and
positioning.
Using one hand, grab
the other magnet strip and put it under the inner magnet
ring to see if the dowel levitates. If you see that you
have no luck whatsoever, you will have to change the
side of one or both of the magnet rings so they repel
against the magnet strip.
Step 7:
Once you have success
in finding the right polar sides so that that dowel with
magnet rings repel and levitate, make a light mark with
a pencil so that you can position and glue your other
3 1/2" x 1/2" x 1/2" Bass
Wood.
Then repeat the same
steps for attaching the flat wood strips and magnet
strip.
Step 8:
Repeat the same steps for attaching the flat wood strips
and magnet strip onto the Bass Wood.
Step 9:
Adjust the length of your strong so that the rings
"float" over the magnet strips.
Step 10: (optional)
You may prefer to cut the magnet strips and wood pieces
to give your finished kit a "cleaner" look. Use this
example to get an idea of what it will look like.
Magneeto
Floating Wheels Video
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