This special foil is able to reveal the shape of the magnetic fields. Look what happens if I put it close to the magnets. this is the detector I used https://sumag.net/flux-detect-x01
The balance of forces is very precarious. The dexterity is very inportant, and also very important to have time and patience. I spent two days to find the right balance of all the elements. Shape and weight of the spinner, alignment of the magnet base perfectly level, align the axes of the two ring magnets. […]
This is George Green’s magnetic ring. Locked up in the tape there are 20 neodymium magnets, all with North at the center. Putting this strip magnets on a magnetic spinning top with the south facing upwards … incredible, the top begins to turn. This movement is caused by the particular arrangement of the magnets that […]