In this article, Jack, the author of the YouTube channel "Jack Houweling", will tell you how he made the levitating dowel.
This is a very unusual home-made, and an interesting experiment for schoolchildren, which can be repeated by almost anyone who has the skills of processing wood. The device does not require batteries, like some Chinese toys. And it will just be an interesting decoration for the interior.
Materials
- wooden stick
- Board
- Four round neodymium magnets
- Two ring neodymium magnets
- Joiner's glue
- A piece of plexiglass.
Instruments, used by the author.
- A circular saw
- Band-saw
- Hand saw
- Clamp or vise
- Wooden hammer, awl
- Drilling machine, Forstner drill
- Belt sander
- A screwdriver.
Manufacturing process.
To begin with, Jack cuts a couple of hardwood saws on a circular saw. There was simply no board of suitable thickness.
Then it greases the place of gluing with PVA glue, and connects the workpieces, clamping them in a vice.
After the glue has dried, the author marks with an awl the drilling places for magnets.
By installing a Forstner drill, it makes two holes on both sides of the base.
Since the magnets sit in their places very tightly and are difficult to pull out when adjusting the device, the author even slightly damaged the edge of the hole with an awl. He decided to drill small holes for this from the bottom. At the same time, after adjusting, you can insert rubber feet.
Now the magnet goes without a problem.
Pre-installation setup. There wasn’t enough depth for the magnets, and I had to drill holes even further, and drill another place to pull out.
Now Jack should focus on the tip of the dowel. And under the emphasis you need to cut a groove. Marks out a place for him.
Since everyone saws a slightly different cut in the profile, Jack chooses a saw with a U-shaped cut.
Then gently cuts the groove with a hand saw.
From a piece of plexiglass, he is going to focus, cuts it out on a band saw.
Then he removes the protective film and clogs it in the groove; no glue was required - the glass comes in very tightly.
Now grinds the edge of the wooden round timber.
He puts ring magnets on the resulting pencil.
Then it simply rests with the sharp tip of the "dowel" in the glass.
This is such an interesting thing. A transparent emphasis allows you to make sure that the stick is not fixed in any way.
Thanks to Jack for an interesting experiment and an unusual homemade!
All a good mood and interesting homemade goods!