Filling the Gaps
Elias,
Sorry I didn't address this before. I have not tried to do this in my test motor because I knew any material I used to fill the gaps would not behave as well magnetically as the laminations. Having the slots in the face of the rotor is not ideal, obviously, but having another magnetic material that retained some of its magnetism in those slots would be worse.
If you wish to try it, I recommend that you build a second motor to do it with, so you can preserve the working model you have now, and compare the behavior of the two side-by-side.
Every experimenter who has made any progress has a "museum" of working models. Each model represents a step in the learning process. The person with the biggest "museum" has learned the most. That person is John Bedini, with over 100 working models of various motors and circuits, dating back 35 years.
The lesson is clear. NEVER scavenge parts from your current working model to run the next test. It seems like a good idea at the time because it saves time and money. But what actually happens is, you keep changing the working model until you finally try something that DOES NOT WORK, and then you stop. At that point you have NOTHING to show for all your time, effort and expense! In the midst of this disappointment, going back to build something that you know is obsolete takes tremendous discipline, and rarely happens.
My recommendation is for you to finish this model "as is". Mount the hall device so the motor runs in a stable configuration and permanently mount everything to a base board. Then, you can use this model as a "baseline" for all future models to work better than. In 10 years, you will be able to bring this model down off a shelf, and show younger students where you started, because this model will still work! Its a great first step.
Thanks for posting your schematic and the video of your tests. Excellent work!!!!!
Peter
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Sorry I didn't address this before. I have not tried to do this in my test motor because I knew any material I used to fill the gaps would not behave as well magnetically as the laminations. Having the slots in the face of the rotor is not ideal, obviously, but having another magnetic material that retained some of its magnetism in those slots would be worse.
If you wish to try it, I recommend that you build a second motor to do it with, so you can preserve the working model you have now, and compare the behavior of the two side-by-side.
Every experimenter who has made any progress has a "museum" of working models. Each model represents a step in the learning process. The person with the biggest "museum" has learned the most. That person is John Bedini, with over 100 working models of various motors and circuits, dating back 35 years.
The lesson is clear. NEVER scavenge parts from your current working model to run the next test. It seems like a good idea at the time because it saves time and money. But what actually happens is, you keep changing the working model until you finally try something that DOES NOT WORK, and then you stop. At that point you have NOTHING to show for all your time, effort and expense! In the midst of this disappointment, going back to build something that you know is obsolete takes tremendous discipline, and rarely happens.
My recommendation is for you to finish this model "as is". Mount the hall device so the motor runs in a stable configuration and permanently mount everything to a base board. Then, you can use this model as a "baseline" for all future models to work better than. In 10 years, you will be able to bring this model down off a shelf, and show younger students where you started, because this model will still work! Its a great first step.
Thanks for posting your schematic and the video of your tests. Excellent work!!!!!
Peter
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