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AB Hammer

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Re: Howard Johnason linear track accelerator video
« Reply #30 on: March 31, 2009, 03:33:40 AM »
@ broli,

Can you first explain just how you are going to create a magnet with one pole on both faces and the opposing pole in the centre? Are you going to force the magnets together and bond them with glue?

Hans von Lieven

Greetings Hans

 Here is how to do it. This can be done with ceramic magnets  by placing a sized sheet of low carbon steel between like poles. They will attract to the steel and easily be maintained in that position. The soft rubber magnets as you said, will make a great inside layer IMO

Now you know how to do it. Lets get-er-done!

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Re: Howard Johnason linear track accelerator video
« Reply #31 on: March 31, 2009, 03:35:22 AM »
Yeah I'm a fast one. And yes they have to be glued or duct taped together.

Broli
 
Look at what I wrote to Hans. It is a much better way.

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Re: Howard Johnason linear track accelerator video
« Reply #32 on: March 31, 2009, 05:33:22 AM »
These magnets are next to me duct taped together. I don't want to start a ridiculous conversation about this so please let's drop it here.

Broli:

Normally I don't waste my time with ridiculous conversations so I understand what you mean by this.  I just checked my neos again to be sure, and I was correct in telling you what they did earlier.  Now, you say you have two neos duct taped together that have both south poles facing out, or both north poles facing out?  If this is correct then, I only raise the question, not because I don't believe you, but I want to understand what might be happening here as I think it may be important.  I believe you ok?  Let's get that out of the way.  Now, I used super glue and you used duct tape and we both used neos correct?  If correct, the only possible difference I can imagine is that duct tape has....yes, you guessed it, rubber compound in it. (among other things)  So, if the materials used to hold the same magnets together are the only difference, and I got a pole reversal and you have obtained a magnet essentially with only one pole, maybe this is the "secret" and were we should begin to look?  Now, hopefully, you can see why I am raising this point again.  It is for understanding and possibly some breakthrough that folks have worked on for years and yet have not been able to achieve.  If you have it, folks need to know about it and replicate it and after that.....who knows?  All I can say from my work here is that super glue gives you a bi-pole magnet when done.

Please share how you did this as it may be more important than you even realized while doing it.  Thank you.

Bill

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Re: Howard Johnason linear track accelerator video
« Reply #33 on: March 31, 2009, 05:48:10 AM »
Alan is right, works a treat.  ;D

Hans

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Re: Howard Johnason linear track accelerator video
« Reply #34 on: March 31, 2009, 12:38:00 PM »
Yes I've used electrical tape to be exact but I doubt that's the cause. And yes what Alan suggested is more piratical. I think I'm going to order two of those ferrite ring magnets as I needed them for other experiments anyway.

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Re: Howard Johnason linear track accelerator video
« Reply #35 on: April 01, 2009, 06:23:56 AM »
Just a heads up about that cage Howard Johnson uses. I am not for sure about this mind you, the gate in that video was different.

In the Howard Johnson video of his home right before he passed on, he shows the a magnet gate/track made like his late patent 5402021 working. Howard pulls a board down from from underneath the gate/track and there is some large array of magnets down there, which are NOT in the patent. Also looking at that video (which was Howard Johnson Magnet Exchange from Tom Beadons series) and the magnets under that propulsion gate, reminds me of the pictures in the Science magazine, with the glass table, and the track. Which seem to me to be those [ shaped magnets again in a slight curve.

Anyways, anyone researching Howards stuff, might want to know about that video and those underneath magnets.   ;)


Also on the circlular rubber magnet for the his earlier gate, is suppose to be poles on the ID and OD of the ring. Most ring magnet you order will not be poled right. Also for that gate I suggest looking at Howards Spintronics book

http://www.scribd.com/doc/34317/Spintronics-The-Secret-World-of-Magnets-2006-by-Howard-Johnson?autodown=pdf

Cause is shows how he dampens repelling spins using the bar and rubber magnets.

I think learning about the spins is what Johnson was about really. Leedskin from coral castle suggested the same spiraling effect as well. Johnson explains it better and shows actuall evidence of work being done.

J.


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Re: Howard Johnason linear track accelerator video
« Reply #36 on: January 08, 2010, 01:48:17 PM »
By all honor to Howard Johnson and with not trying to lie to myself or people trying to replicate it: when I watch this video (have seen it before already), it is visible that the speed of the wagon gets slower and slower in the end. It makes a faster push in the so called "magnetic gate", but in fact this video proves nothing at all.
It would prove something if he would show more magnetic gates in sequence and the wagon would cross these without any problem, getting a new acceleration each time. But this is not the case. There is no real acceleration but only the first push forced by the gate only. The difficult thing is to cross this threshold a second time. Also you see the gate also has a backward push if you don't start the wagon at the correct place. To overcome this threshold you need enough force. The wagon on the end of this linear track has certainly not enough power to cross it a second time.

By my own experimentation (although not the same and no magnetic gate) I found out that it is possible with an assembly I tried from of Howards skethces with a bent magnet it crosses lots of the same or opposite poles without stopping - still it loses power in the end and eventually comes to a halt  :-\

                ____
   ===>     /      \          ====>
              S       N

S   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N

(first S used as starting push).