indeed very clever

Paul (EE)

Jan Panteltje wrote:

On a sunny day (Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:44:08 -0500) it happened James Jones
wrote in :


My son has his physics students make this simple motor in class:

http://www.physics.isu.edu/physdemos...c/smplmtr.html

All you need is a D battery, paper clips, a small magnet, tape, and some
enameled wire (which can be scavenged from an old transformer).

Good trick, picture had me baffled for a moment!
To shave 180 degr of the isolation :-)