MAGNETIC MOVEMENT | Punjabi
Channel: Arvind Gupta
Date: 10/11/2016

For this magnificent toy you will need a strong ring neodymium magnet, a bicycle spoke, some steel wire. Cut blades in a thick sheet of plastic to make a fine propeller. Insert a spoke in the center of the fan. Bend flexible steel wire in different shapes. Also get a sewing machine bobbin and a long safety pin. Insert the ring magnet in the spoke. The spoke will become a long magnet and its end will attract a steel spiral. Make a base with thick cardboard and attach four sketch pen lids as legs. The lids are stuck to a smooth base. Place the spoke in the hole of the base. The pointed end of the spoke end will rest on a smooth surface. If you blow on the fan the spoke will spin. Now place a safety pin next to the spoke and it will move about continuously. Now place a star shaped wire with an open cut. Sometimes the spoke will be inside the star and sometimes outside. Play around with other shapes such as the spiral or a sewing machine bobbin. Because of the rotating and magnetized cycle spoke all these shapes will keep spinning to the amazement of your friends.  

This work is supported by IUCAA (www.iucaa.in) and TATA Trust (http://www.tatatrusts.org/) and (www.tata.com/aboutus/sub_index/Tata-trusts)
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Credits:,Ashok Rupner,  Shivaji Mane, Jyoti Hiremath, Arvind Gupta, Vidula Mhaiskar

Dubbed in Punjabi by Bipanmeesh Kaur, Delhi Public School, Ludhiana