Comments on: Build an Electric Motor

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 08 May 2012 01:01:00 +0000

Awesome

By: jatah

jatah — Sun, 06 May 2012 07:37:09 +0000

can u atach weels to the motor?

By: electric ave

electric ave — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:30:00 +0000

looks cool gonna build it

By: aginj

aginj — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:00:22 +0000

does it work

By: insane

insane — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:51:41 +0000

really cool

By: Electric Mastermind

Electric Mastermind — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:41:55 +0000

Well…if you have a constant power source, you just hook the positive& negative wires up to the moter, just like with the batery…but i dont know were in the world youll get a turbine. LOL

By: Go Giants

Go Giants — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:39:47 +0000

I wish I could do that.

By: super z

super z — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:26:37 +0000

i can finally build a robot servant!

By: shark tooth

shark tooth — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:35:35 +0000

looks cool

By: Spy guy

Spy guy — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:36:08 +0000

Sweet

By: kevin

kevin — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:50:27 +0000

if I make one of those, I could be a engineer

By: magicfreak

magicfreak — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:02:04 +0000

TURBINE!?

By: AnsonX10

AnsonX10 — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:53:22 +0000

Hook this up to a subwoofer amplifier! lol Should be awesome!

By: chkmate

chkmate — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:02:37 +0000

cool

By: grossboy

grossboy — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:40:25 +0000

dude i love building motors.

By: hi

hi — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:52:21 +0000

i think this is so coooool i wish i had one

By: dp101

dp101 — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 01:07:12 +0000

How can I measure the RPM (Revolutions per minute) of the electric motor shown using a multimeter?

By: rockstar01

rockstar01 — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:44:21 +0000

can anyone tell me how i could connect this electric motor to a turbine instead of a battery

By: georgie

georgie — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:11:17 +0000

cool cool cool cool

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:53:52 +0000

Is this science

By: abbyblue

abbyblue — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:05:10 +0000

Go to my house sometime!

By: kurby

kurby — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:59:26 +0000

very very cool

By: AdeliEvil

AdeliEvil — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:51:15 +0000

Hey, I like your thinking!

By: scienceredneck7

scienceredneck7 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:52:44 +0000

Hey y’all whats up? Im so excited for this project, its gonna be swell y’all! Yee-hah!!!!!

By: Science spaz 765890

Science spaz 765890 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:51:37 +0000

This projest seems like a great simple way to build an electric motor…. im gonna show my kidz.

By: bubba09

bubba09 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:33:18 +0000

it’l go faster giving it a car battery. i tried it

By: bubba09

bubba09 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:30:09 +0000

hey, well, it fits my motto, simple and easy

By: bubba09

bubba09 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:21:44 +0000

add more baterys to it

By: bubba09

bubba09 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:19:00 +0000

i think u can get an adapter for it and plug it into an outlet

By: bubba09

bubba09 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:17:28 +0000

this is cool. i built one when i was in 1st grade. it is easy. now i am in 5th

By: perkler

perkler — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:44:16 +0000

no its not strong enough

By: halo

halo — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:29:43 +0000

IM SO DOING THIS FOR MY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT

This is simple fun and easy =)

By: z boy

z boy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:23:59 +0000

realy fun and realy cool

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:39:17 +0000

can you plug something into it

By: Scoutmaster11

Scoutmaster11 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:44:57 +0000

This design works well. Other tips: Get the coil to spin easily and balanced (so doesn’t alway stop in same position) before adding battery. Let nail polish dry 4 hours. A very little bit of polish on the paperclips will keep this from working.

By: cuty

cuty — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:05:32 +0000

its fantastic!!
i’ll do this for my science fair project

By: camper1201

camper1201 — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:14:22 +0000

ths is cool i want to do this

By: ted

ted — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:35:47 +0000

i love all sorts of wires and stuff so i’m think I’m going to do this some day

By: Geek

Geek — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:49:30 +0000

I would recommend using a second coil wired in series with the main coil, also, the more turns of the coil you use, the higher the RPM. PLus, you can use a potentiomer to dial up the voltage at your command!

By: Geek

Geek — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:48:11 +0000

I would recommend using a second coil wired in series with the main coil, also, the more turns of the coil you use, the higher the RPM.

By: babby

babby — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:18:52 +0000

it is so easy

By: spyscout123

spyscout123 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:30:04 +0000

hmm I wonder if Ican add on to it

By: girlscout3010

girlscout3010 — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:30:26 +0000

ok i have tried this like a million times and it still doesnt wrk.. can anybody help me? my science fair project is due in like two days and i cant get it?!

By: Ωhorse shoeΩ

Ωhorse shoeΩ — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:15:55 +0000

awesome! I just have one question, can you make a wooden car go with this?

By: no duh

no duh — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:10:23 +0000

this is pretty kool i guess

By: magoo

magoo — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:57:05 +0000

that is really cool and works i make my look difrent and alot samaller but same idea

By: Q-ball

Q-ball — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:52:59 +0000

this is so cool man

By: cookie

cookie — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:02:43 +0000

its awesome, better than building a volcanoe

By: ricky

ricky — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:57:31 +0000

Im making a paper clip motor for school soo hard i wish i could use this one but the one we have to do is soooo much harder

By: Mabevu

Mabevu — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:25:32 +0000

Wonderful project! I hope my learners will look at this.

By: zan

zan — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:15:18 +0000

this is awsome

By: boy scout billtea!

boy scout billtea! — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:51:59 +0000

nice!! it was fun to do!!

By: gretta

gretta — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:35:35 +0000

sickness i love it!!!!!!

By: darth vader

darth vader — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:01:27 +0000

i did this at school and it was awsome

By: steveo

steveo — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:20:32 +0000

cool but i dont got the time the project is due tommarow

By: Shelby.

Shelby. — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:33:35 +0000

Hm.

This doesn’t work for me.

Dang.

By: The Freaker

The Freaker — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:48:56 +0000

This Is Freaken Cool

By: sjk

sjk — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:48:39 +0000

cool

By: mob

mob — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:27:48 +0000

i like this project

By: cj

cj — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:57:52 +0000

cool

By: ben

ben — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:13:12 +0000

wow it really spins

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:25:21 +0000

and i bet that i am going to win first place out of all schools in waitcontey

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:23:21 +0000

$this is a cool project and i am doing this for my science project.$

By: bookboy87

bookboy87 — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:54:35 +0000

I used this in my science fair. 1st prize! Blue ribbon for a 10 minute project!

7th grade

By: nikolas

nikolas — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:21:00 +0000

hi I like your inventein

By: henrike

henrike — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:15:03 +0000

this is sweet

By: yankees

yankees — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:24:57 +0000

coooooool

By: bas

bas — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:58:04 +0000

I cant get this to work!!!

By: drscience7

drscience7 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:00:51 +0000

my hobby is building electric robots (not the lego kind) so this could come in handy

By: toad

toad — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:16:21 +0000

I think that this would come in handy

By: bob the mighty

bob the mighty — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:32:05 +0000

this is awesome

By: Boyscout3

Boyscout3 — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:45:41 +0000

I’m building this for my sciencefair project and the only things about it is the 26 gauge bell wire is hard to find so we used 24 guage bell wire and the bell wire has to be almost perfectly straight or it won’t turn.

By: boyscoutkid

boyscoutkid — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:06:22 +0000

can u make a “mini-fan” on the motor?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:53:41 +0000

Nice project. Question — on what page of the December 2007 “Boys Life” does this appear on? I can not seem to find it this issue of the magazine?

“Build an Electric Motor”

By Richard Grotyohann

Illustrations by Colin Hayes

From the December 2007 Boys’ Life magazine

By: elke

elke — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:31:23 +0000

cool

By: boyscout11

boyscout11 — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:46:25 +0000

cool im gonna bild a motor or something electronic soon