Looks really good, Richard! You’ve come a long way in short time with that engine.
After charging my magnet, my bulb burns much brighter and will actually glow a bit just by spinning the flywheel by hand. Also has more of a magnetic feel when turning the engine slowly by hand. Yours would definitely benefit from a good charge.
gee, that is darn good if you get enough voltage on just hand spinning! That is one cool setup, you got Tesla Coils around your shop too ;-)
gee, that is darn good if you get enough voltage on just hand spinning! That is one cool setup, you got Tesla Coils around your shop too ;-)
I do like to create my own lightning. 😁
https://youtu.be/BygLvk8L1Zo
Okay, I am even more impressed - I'd love to see that in person!
I took off the magnet and shipped it off to Mike. Let's hope I get it all back together and the darn thing still spins!
Anytime! It takes longer to pull the charger out and plug it in than it does to actually charge the magnet. Lol
Glad I could help.
Mike, not sure why I called you Mark in my post ... what a dopey thing to do. Oh, I also can spin the wheel to get the bulb to light up - that's really cool. My brother is also very thankful and excited to have the stream engine back. Him and his kids are going to have a lot of fun with it.