The Final Product

Now that all of the parts are done, they need to be pieced together. The one end of the field magnet is directly attached to the battery, using alligator clips. The other end of the field magnet is attached to one of the brushes, either alligator clipped together, or soldered, which ever works. Finally, the other brush is directly attached to the battery. As you can see, this creates one complete circuit. Here is a video of my finished project.

In this video I am still holding the brushes for maximum effect, but by the time of the experiment I should have them stationed perfectly to the point I don't have to move them.



Okay, so after this I thought it was done. For making a motor work, I was. For making it work REALLY well, not so much. You would think the difference between 16 and 20 is not that great. Maybe the difference between a pea and a marble. You would be wrong. This difference of four (for gauge for the wire) is quite literally the difference between a pea and the sun. That being said, I went to Lowes, Home Depot, Radio Shack, and NONE, despite the word of my classmates, were able to provide me with what I wanted. Ideally, ordering it online would be the best solution. Unfortunately  I don't trust the whole online thing- partially because you don't see what you are getting, and partially because of past experiences with cross country skis, Fedex, and well that is a story for another time. Therefore, I was not able to find it anywhere no matter how hard I try. BUT, there was one place. ONE place. So, if you are not into the whole online thing, this video is my mom coming out from this place. It will say everything you need to know.

    This is honestly as shady as it gets. In order to find 16 gauge single strand magnet wire in New Jersey, you need to go to the SHADIEST places, right in the middle of Newark. A shout out to my mom for doing this for me on her way home from work one day after she had done some more research. This trip was not in vain, as you will see in the final, final motor video below, this smaller gauge wire really does make a difference. It is much heavier and produces a much stronger magnetic force for the field magnet.

     And that, is officially everything. In the video you can barely see the armature because it is moving so much faster than it was before, only because I changed the field magnet. I also put styrofoam at the ends so the pole would not go out of place. Thank you for watching, have a nice rest of the day.