A Permanent Magnet That Turns On and Off

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  • Опубликовано: 22 янв 2025

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  • @raydunakin
    @raydunakin 4 года назад +3731

    To me, the most amazing thing in this video is the revelation that there is magnetic "paper" that lets you see magnetic fields.

    • @madallas_mons
      @madallas_mons 4 года назад +237

      My guess is that it has fine iron powder inside but that's just a guess. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong

    • @rhaib
      @rhaib 4 года назад +98

      @@madallas_mons you are correct

    • @h7opolo
      @h7opolo 4 года назад +193

      Magnetic field viewing film is made up of tiny sacs of nickel filaments, not iron, suspended in oil embedded in plastic film.

    • @Infinixel
      @Infinixel 4 года назад +5

      Yeah

    • @zgo280
      @zgo280 4 года назад +18

      @@horus2779 dip into some Ken Wheeler

  • @sweetseremine
    @sweetseremine 4 года назад +1074

    my magnet doesnt work :(
    "have you tried turning it off and on again?"

  • @darkhound6461
    @darkhound6461 4 года назад +4570

    Next video : turning off and on gravity.

    • @Ĉ̸̀-z7v
      @Ĉ̸̀-z7v 4 года назад +120

      Ooo i would like that 😂

    • @En_theo
      @En_theo 4 года назад +162

      It happens on Lagrange points between the earth and the moon, their gravity cancel each other.

    • @rhythm5080
      @rhythm5080 4 года назад +64

      You need data from inside the black hole to do that. Someone call Matthew Mcconaughey quick

    • @Person-fk1rm
      @Person-fk1rm 4 года назад +36

      If this is true Newton will be disappointed

    • @darkhound6461
      @darkhound6461 4 года назад +12

      @@rhythm5080Mickey Pearson(gentlemen 2019) is busy man , we need kipp thorne for the data.

  • @jamesshelton308
    @jamesshelton308 3 года назад +46

    I've seen these used a lot in machining for things like holding dial indicators and have always wondered how they worked. Thanks for the info.

    • @namename8004
      @namename8004 2 года назад +2

      You're probably using an electromagnet.

    • @crowellsteven84
      @crowellsteven84 2 года назад +9

      @@namename8004 I'm aware of what he's talking about because of past experience in machining. They're not electromagnets they are actually switchable magnets. When you turn the switch it rotates the magnet in side the base thereby switching the polarity of the magnet.

  • @dennisgunn468
    @dennisgunn468 3 года назад +4

    I am a 61 year old DIY dabbler and inventor and I am addicted to your show. I usually know what the outcomes of your experiments are going to be but sometimes I don't and I enjoy your presentations either way.

  • @wow5212
    @wow5212 4 года назад +1471

    Did not expect turning off magnets would require more magnets.

    • @sandeltra
      @sandeltra 4 года назад +59

      Its like love triangle lol

    • @69k_gold
      @69k_gold 4 года назад +29

      Science

    • @Lambda_Ovine
      @Lambda_Ovine 4 года назад +7

      It's incredible

    • @VideonMedia
      @VideonMedia 4 года назад +24

      I used the magnet to destroy the m...

    • @markylon
      @markylon 4 года назад +8

      not necessarily you could use one magnet and cut it in half

  • @Amz19871
    @Amz19871 4 года назад +292

    You can also suppress a permanent magnet using Lenz’s law, by coiling a wire around it in much the same way you would make an electromagnet but in reverse. Once you apply a current to the coil when arranged correctly it will suppress the permanent magnet with an equal and opposite electromagnetic polar force. We use this principle in railway engineering. You should give it a try :)

    • @jasgk74
      @jasgk74 4 года назад +24

      That’s basically what he just described. Except you’re using an electromagnetic of the same polarity, rather than a permanent one.

    • @Amz19871
      @Amz19871 4 года назад +15

      @@jasgk74 pretty different to what he described then...

    • @jasgk74
      @jasgk74 4 года назад +13

      Yes & no. Potato, potäto. Either way, both ways are pretty cool.

    • @Amz19871
      @Amz19871 4 года назад +3

      @@jasgk74 agreed 👍🏻

    • @SovereignStorm
      @SovereignStorm 4 года назад +2

      *Lenz

  • @ks0ni
    @ks0ni 4 года назад +2075

    The dislikes are from the electromagnets.

    • @bh4vvy33t
      @bh4vvy33t 4 года назад +55

      Likes are from the natural magnets who enjoy evolution

    • @sandeltra
      @sandeltra 4 года назад +14

      Reason: For killing their kind

    • @tastenheber
      @tastenheber 4 года назад +34

      They should pull themselves together and deal with it.

    • @FedeG86
      @FedeG86 4 года назад +10

      It's because they got stuck watching this video. :v

    • @whitepirate4098
      @whitepirate4098 4 года назад +1

      28 magnets

  • @kimmyhollis5245
    @kimmyhollis5245 2 года назад +51

    I'm a welder and these things were a game changer, they help with everything from fit up to simply being a mag vise for easy grinding. the company I worked for owned them and I haven't used them since (there's priorities for my money to disappear to) but I've been looking forward to buying a set of them again

    • @TheZebinator
      @TheZebinator Год назад +1

      I'm a welder too and we use switchable magnets for lifting plates on the cranes we use

  • @PaoloScuro
    @PaoloScuro 2 года назад

    Grazie.

  • @KingCarrotRL
    @KingCarrotRL 4 года назад +428

    The one time that "reverse the polarity" is the correct answer.

    • @anklihlaanlestrange4881
      @anklihlaanlestrange4881 3 года назад +7

      That one quote from Doctor Who

    • @gabrielbennett5162
      @gabrielbennett5162 3 года назад +3

      Jon Pertwee would approve. 😛

    • @GowronSaves
      @GowronSaves 3 года назад

      hahaha

    • @robertnett9793
      @robertnett9793 3 года назад +7

      @@anklihlaanlestrange4881 Huh? I thought that was the standard-solution for every other problem in StarTrek.
      The other solution being: Kirk punching / romancing it.

    • @WillCrawford0
      @WillCrawford0 3 года назад +5

      @@robertnett9793 "Rotate the shield harmonics"

  • @lastchance8142
    @lastchance8142 4 года назад +312

    I appreciate how excited he is about all his experiments. Wish I had more teachers like him.

    • @AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable
      @AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable 2 года назад +3

      Sure, but the video is around 8 minutes longer than needed for such small thing. Explaining the same thing again and again make me annoyed. Obviously he wanted space for more ads.

    • @boywithamask1
      @boywithamask1 2 года назад

      @@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable your grammar “make me annoyed” 💀

    • @jonslg240
      @jonslg240 2 года назад +1

      I would be too.. "when you turn it on it sucks it up"? Sign me up for one! 😁

    • @jonslg240
      @jonslg240 2 года назад

      @@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable you need to learn that that's youtubes fault not his.
      If I can get interesting content for free and all I have to do is skip through the boring parts? I don't see the problem at all.
      You should be blaming youtube and not him.

    • @markoursic2685
      @markoursic2685 Год назад

      lucky you, from your writing i assume that you have at least one or more good teacher, me no one😥.

  • @nucIeer
    @nucIeer 4 года назад +1090

    The Action Lab: Now let's test this theory out with my trusty metal sheet
    The Metal Sheet: **KILL ME**

    • @SirMegaManNeoX
      @SirMegaManNeoX 3 года назад +27

      I think he's trying... 🤣

    • @trindalas
      @trindalas 3 года назад +34

      I didn’t even think it was steel when I first saw it. Looked like a sheet of plastic that’s seen some things.

    • @kentguiller
      @kentguiller 3 года назад +9

      @@trindalas *"Seen some things"* ah right right.

    • @Hanlb
      @Hanlb 3 года назад +15

      "Later" (Meet the Medic)

    • @tenzinc1514
      @tenzinc1514 3 года назад +9

      I thought it was a huge slice of cheese at first 😂

  • @DerpleDude
    @DerpleDude 2 года назад +2

    When welding frames, you can use a magnetic square that has a mechanical switch on it, once the magnet is "on", the square is able to stick to metal pretty easily, when flipping the switch "off", it interacts with some mechanical components that move the magnets inside the square away from the inner walls of the square, moving them as closely inwards as it can

  • @yash1152
    @yash1152 Год назад +1

    action lab is only popular channel still being real and not that stupid accenty tone and no clickbaits.
    he ACTUALLY delivers whats mentioned in title. super amazing.

  • @ekeomaeke3670
    @ekeomaeke3670 4 года назад +575

    I'm just wandering how he's gonna separate that chunk of steel from that monster magnet.

    • @grantmalone
      @grantmalone 4 года назад +303

      Easy. Just heat it to its Curie Temperature by setting the lab on fire.

    • @ekeomaeke3670
      @ekeomaeke3670 4 года назад +31

      @@grantmalone 😂😂

    • @Marv3Lthe1
      @Marv3Lthe1 4 года назад +46

      He needs to call Thor for that.

    • @dwdadevil
      @dwdadevil 4 года назад +15

      @@grantmalone And kill the magnet

    • @H2SO4pyro
      @H2SO4pyro 4 года назад +31

      By putting an other monster magnet next to it! :D

  • @fatonisodiq9341
    @fatonisodiq9341 4 года назад +89

    I've seen this on my workbench at school and it made me curious about how it works, and here is the answer

    • @zulhelmi2379
      @zulhelmi2379 4 года назад +3

      Yeah same😄

    • @lucasbiaggini
      @lucasbiaggini 3 года назад +1

      It made me wonder why magswitches cost so much. Because everything woodworking does, I guess.

    • @camillosteuss
      @camillosteuss 3 года назад +1

      check out the metalworking equipment... woodwork is peasantly cheap in comparison

  • @joeshedler6496
    @joeshedler6496 4 года назад +34

    @TheActionLab, I've been playing with magnets for years. I did not know this and was like "what is this voodoo magic magnet that can turn off?" A couple twists later, AND IT TURNED OFF??? 🤯🤯🤯 Awesome video, thanks for teaching me something.

    • @labibalman
      @labibalman 11 месяцев назад

      Didn't You see a magnetic excavator? In Cartoons or Real life?

  • @DAdamTrammell
    @DAdamTrammell 2 года назад +7

    Great video. I always thought the 1943 penny was made from mostly zinc. I never realized they actually were mostly steel, even though they're called steel pennies. I've been wanting a Magswitch for years because they're just cool.

  • @peta1001
    @peta1001 2 года назад +8

    It's always a pleasure to watch your videos...no hidden things, no incorrect statements, no ambiguity.
    I wish you had a video that explains details of a permanent magnet table (a lever is used to neutralize the attraction force). No existing videos go into polarities, thicknesses and material specifications, so I personally hesitate to start a potentially expensive experiment???? 💯

  • @mickmuzzmkmz1628
    @mickmuzzmkmz1628 3 года назад +155

    I have seen this "switchable" magnet system on a portable drill press which uses magnets to attach itself to whatever steel item you are drilling, in my case, a large "I"beam.
    I was intrigued by the way it could be switched on or off just by turning a dial on the side, and now I know how it is done thanks to you!😉👍

    • @joldback
      @joldback 2 года назад +10

      Actually magnetic base drills are electromagnets.

    • @johninni4844
      @johninni4844 2 года назад +1

      old drill bases use a different method ..... There is another way to do this , old Machine shop magnetic bases use a round magnetic inside of steel cube with 1/4 inch of non ferrous brass separating the two Steel sides.. When the north -south poles of the magnetic are aligned n the brass the magnetic field / flux completes the path shunting the the magnet = Off condition . Switch On by rotating so north-south poles are aligned to the steel . The NIB magnet ( Neodymium ) design seen in the video has a more powerful holding force than the the old base but old Machine shop magnetic bases are still sold so must be cheaper.

    • @mellertid
      @mellertid 2 года назад +1

      A variant I've seen on stationary machines is alternating brass and steel plates, and the magnets slide to align under the steel (to engage) or brass (to release).

  • @KJMagnetics
    @KJMagnetics 4 года назад +75

    Awesome information and demonstrations! You just covered like 10 of our articles in one video!

    • @caseykittel
      @caseykittel 3 года назад +2

      I have some of your magnets. love them. thanks

  • @Jakala_1223
    @Jakala_1223 4 года назад +67

    I felt sorry for the steel plate. It looks it has been through a lot

    • @reniemadison1738
      @reniemadison1738 3 года назад

      Don't. They are resilient and bounce back. Always do. God, not science.

    • @thatkindcoder7510
      @thatkindcoder7510 3 года назад +2

      Steel plate: "Kill me"
      Action lab: "Later"

    • @windowschips
      @windowschips 2 года назад

      still*

  • @furtnot3441
    @furtnot3441 3 года назад +215

    I love how he is casually using a 1944 steel penny in his tests. I wonder if he knows how much it is worth

    • @boxedfender4810
      @boxedfender4810 3 года назад +44

      1.5 cents

    • @thespicyfox9056
      @thespicyfox9056 3 года назад +14

      They’re probably 1943 pennys

    • @nerdsunscripted624
      @nerdsunscripted624 3 года назад +27

      1943, and the steel ones aren’t really worth anything, only the copper pennies from that year were rare

    • @nicolaslopezzz
      @nicolaslopezzz 3 года назад +5

      I have a penny from 1954... It sells for 6 dollars online

    • @noblemagi
      @noblemagi 3 года назад +6

      Lots of countries use steel in their coinage

  • @radiowaved
    @radiowaved 3 года назад +2

    Beautiful simplicity on that switch design -- thanks for breaking it down so cleverly.

  • @navrag4927
    @navrag4927 4 года назад +201

    Thumbnail seems interesting.....

    • @Box69
      @Box69 4 года назад +5

      Lol

    • @YellowLAVA
      @YellowLAVA 4 года назад +6

      I don't get it, (i can tell it's something sexual)

    • @AGblueMetal
      @AGblueMetal 4 года назад +1

      XD

    • @jio21
      @jio21 4 года назад

      Shut up

    • @S_whoelse
      @S_whoelse 4 года назад +10

      @@YellowLAVA turn off aka "not be horny anymore" and the ""intresting"" part of the thumbnail is it looking similar to flaccid male genitalia.
      Yes I just explained the joke, yes I also hate myself. Thank you

  • @rickheuft476
    @rickheuft476 4 года назад +10

    I first encountered this with a metal surface grinder. The magnet is strong enough to hold the steel being finished in place. It is released by turning a lever. I never figured out how it worked. Thank you for the explanation and demonstration.

    • @mellertid
      @mellertid 2 года назад

      It may be this method, may be just magnets sliding under a brass-steel pattern. On the one I saw, the stripes were quite visible.

  • @shaywhoop4040
    @shaywhoop4040 4 года назад +129

    Holy cow !! That sheet of steel has been through some real shit :(

  • @victorborges9523
    @victorborges9523 3 года назад +3

    And finally, a great use for a 1943 steel cent. Great video, with a lot of valuable information.

  • @l_uxtrous
    @l_uxtrous 2 года назад +1

    I remember a couple years ago I was playing with some magnets I had and figured out that they have values; that they’ll cancel each other out if one is facing north and one is facing south. And now I’m realizing, I pretty much did figure out how to turn off magnets.
    I feel so smart.

  • @kwilli8288
    @kwilli8288 4 года назад +140

    The moment when you can't hear the difference between "still" and "steel"

    • @sjdpfisvrj
      @sjdpfisvrj 4 года назад +23

      This was driving me nuts during the video.

    • @ZipplyZane
      @ZipplyZane 3 года назад +6

      I have friends with a similar accent, and their last name is spelled "Still" but pronounced like "steel."

    • @VWPOrillion
      @VWPOrillion 3 года назад +2

      Good use for the subtitles function... Oh, wait...

  • @lordshuv-rowyoknow6486
    @lordshuv-rowyoknow6486 4 года назад +360

    You know the science teacher is cool, when he use memes to demonstrate the process

  • @Nikexel
    @Nikexel 4 года назад +43

    for some reason this reminds me of redstone, using magnet to turn off magnets.

    • @kusaisama
      @kusaisama 3 года назад +1

      @Satsuki Shirotae yes

  • @ГоранМарушич
    @ГоранМарушич Год назад

    I´ve used those on - off permanent magnets in factory for years, and I´ve allways asked my self, how it works?!?!?
    (no one couldn.t explain this)
    With on - off switch, knowing, there is no current. (you can not open them without destroying them).
    Good explained THANK YOU SO MUCH! ♥♥♥♥♥ Finally discovered this antastic channel!
    Grüße aus Germany!

  • @nithinspillai9507
    @nithinspillai9507 21 день назад +1

    very good explanation
    thank you

  • @stevecollins2770
    @stevecollins2770 4 года назад +54

    how can you build a "magnetizer" so that you can magnetize screwdrivers, hammers, etc.? How do they do it commercially?

    • @benitokim1793
      @benitokim1793 4 года назад +20

      As far as I know, they apply a very big magnetic field to the metal, so its spins get aligned

    • @greg0063
      @greg0063 4 года назад +11

      I don't know how to do it permanently but I keep a strong magnet on my bench and pass a screw driver over it a few times to temporarily magnitize it to get a screw in a tight spot. Or just stick a small one to the tool for an instant magnetic tool. Commercially? idk.

    • @cisarvialpando7412
      @cisarvialpando7412 4 года назад +17

      They are done by powerful solenoids....the piece of metal that has to be magnetized is place inside the solenoid and very large amount of current is passed through the solenoid which in turn creates a strong magetic field around that metal and that metal becomes a permanent magnet.

    • @anullhandle
      @anullhandle 4 года назад +9

      Screwdrivers just rub it on a strong magnet or leave a small neo magnet stuck to it. It wont be that magnetic but will hold a screw. Real magnetizing fixtures use solid copper gold plated buss bars a truck battery size capacitor bank and I assume large transformer? to develop a quick massive current to the fixture. RUD can happen and blow the heads off the bolts if it's not done correctly. Not sure about the transformer but the capacitor bank is big enough to need wheels. Putting a pre magnetized pc in a fixture needs to be oriented correctly or you just made a missile.

    • @Leo-sd3jt
      @Leo-sd3jt 4 года назад +3

      You just keep running the tool over the magnet in a single direction or run the magnet over the tool in a specific direction and it'll magnetize the tool.

  • @IncroyablesExperiences
    @IncroyablesExperiences 4 года назад +215

    You should say that the energy (work) required to switch off the magnet is the same as the work that can be transferred to a mobile 😎

    • @lucakassab4745
      @lucakassab4745 4 года назад +13

      A mobile?

    • @nikofox8513
      @nikofox8513 4 года назад +54

      it's either your having a stroke, or I'm having a stroke.

    • @Bruh-vd1pp
      @Bruh-vd1pp 4 года назад +16

      @@nikofox8513 Probably both

    • @jvcrules
      @jvcrules 4 года назад +27

      By mobile he means any object that you can effect with the magnet.

    • @Automatic-Diaphragm
      @Automatic-Diaphragm 4 года назад +1

      @@jvcrules ahhhhh

  • @ibrahimfadi4177
    @ibrahimfadi4177 4 года назад +26

    I never seen the real magmatic fields ,that's really amazing 🤠🤠🤠🤠

    • @NecroTitan
      @NecroTitan 4 года назад +2

      soccer field on a volcano

    • @markylon
      @markylon 4 года назад +4

      get some iron filings on a piece of paper and put a magnet on the otherside and see the magnetic field

    • @insylem
      @insylem 4 года назад +1

      I can see magnetic waves.... Theyre everywhere

  • @lexingram8622
    @lexingram8622 3 года назад +5

    I use these magnets at work to move huge metal parts, always wondered how they work awesome video!

  • @tiemen9095
    @tiemen9095 2 года назад +1

    I use these quite a lot at work, they are very useful to position holders that hold sensors around a test article. Put it in place on (or below!) the steel base plate, turn the knob and it goes nowhere. Make sure the magnetism doesn't affect your test though. I had some idea how it worked, but now I know. Nice video!

  • @Cyberplayer5
    @Cyberplayer5 4 года назад +7

    3:50 Many modern soldering irons use this effect to control the temperature of the iron tip.

  • @quietbearcasey178
    @quietbearcasey178 4 года назад +34

    I would like to know where he got that steel penny. Those were minted and used during WW2. His looked like it was in great condition.

    • @fullthrottlenotoggle19
      @fullthrottlenotoggle19 4 года назад +6

      Yeah I saw that too I was completely dumb founded that he was just flashing those around. I wonder if he knows what the value of those pennies are?

    • @James-nl4ki
      @James-nl4ki 3 года назад

      I thought I was the only one that noticed haha glad I’m not alone 😎

    • @SlickWillyTFCF
      @SlickWillyTFCF 3 года назад +4

      You can get them at most coin shops or online. There were more than a billion of them minted, so they're not at all rare.

    • @SlickWillyTFCF
      @SlickWillyTFCF 3 года назад +4

      @@fullthrottlenotoggle19 Those pennies are worth about twenty-five cents on average. They're not at all rare.

    • @Texassince1836
      @Texassince1836 3 года назад

      Looks like they're re-plated, so practically worthless

  • @freezinfire
    @freezinfire 4 года назад +7

    Wow, that was really cool, professor!

  • @JoseTorres-sl2eq
    @JoseTorres-sl2eq 2 года назад +1

    Really, I was obsessed in discovering this switching magnet's execution and your video became the end of my search. Thanks for an excellent instructional video job!

  • @aretailcashier450
    @aretailcashier450 2 года назад +22

    so by angling magnetic poles 180 degrees you can “turn off” the magnetic field. so wouldn’t it make sense to be able to amplify the magnetic field by alining magnets so their poles are at right angles to each other?

    • @MakutaNazo
      @MakutaNazo 2 года назад +11

      Yup. Particle accelerators do this along the entire ring of the accelerator. Though, the magnetic field in this case is less responsible for accelerating the particles and is more like a gutter guard in a bowling alley.

  • @johnathanrichardson
    @johnathanrichardson 4 года назад +16

    i noticed this when i was a kid and playing with magnets. always wondered what was going on. this is really cool and is great to finally know why they do that

  • @theguyinthefunnyhat
    @theguyinthefunnyhat 4 года назад +13

    When he showed the switchable magnet, I instantly thought "It probably has a second magnet to cancel the magnetic field of the other".

  • @icefire5799
    @icefire5799 4 года назад +4

    I know these switchable magnets from my apprenticeship we used them on the mill to adjust the vice on the mill table.
    They held the dial indicator on various positions on the mill
    nice vid

  • @jamesblair3036
    @jamesblair3036 2 года назад +2

    So if the magnet was in a fixed position and kept picking up the weight and dropping it as it was turned on and off, it would be doing "work". But does the work to turn it off and on use more energy than the work its doing? If it doesn't you have found an amazing power source

  • @FINNEGANAGENNIF
    @FINNEGANAGENNIF Год назад

    What a perfect example of practical science making a solution to a real problem! The delivery of the best solution, and the trial and error of impractical methods gives an evolutionary climb to resolution. The next step, is of course, to refine and improve the best (as YET KNOWN) method of turning off a permanent magnet (perhaps an electrical trigger to make life even easier).. THAT said, I want to play with one of those magnets now!

  • @ladygagarocks21
    @ladygagarocks21 4 года назад +62

    Here’s what I learned: I need one of these magnets now

    • @schwig44
      @schwig44 4 года назад +4

      look at places like mscdirect or mcmaster-carr, they have bases for indicators used in machining that have used this tech since the 1920's, and they are much better designed to be useful as a magmount for things rather than as a pickup tool like the one in the video... for less than $40 you could get this part number from mcmaster 20715A44, and it even comes with the indicator ( a crappy one, but you want the base) you could prob use it to mount cameras and such
      edit: I just looked back at the product page, the thing can hold 132 pounds if that matters at all, lol

    • @homelessrobot
      @homelessrobot 4 года назад

      @@schwig44 thanks for the info!

    • @victorhopper6774
      @victorhopper6774 4 года назад

      @@homelessrobot make your own. piece of iron and 2 magnets,just flip one magnet

  • @patrickwood4487
    @patrickwood4487 4 года назад +14

    One thing I would like to see demonstrated is "What happens if the two permanent magnets have opposing orientation at the coin and you add an identical coin to the opposite side of these magnets".

    • @markkinsler4333
      @markkinsler4333 3 года назад +2

      The result won't be much different. The neutralizing effect will be somewhat enhanced because the magnetic field will be more efficiently contained.

  • @jfksjdbgiaishdhcok4123
    @jfksjdbgiaishdhcok4123 4 года назад +9

    I didn't know that it was possible to the the 3-D lines... Damn... Nice research bro

    • @raybois
      @raybois 4 года назад +2

      Bro??

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      @numbdigger9552 4 года назад

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  • @tonytor5346
    @tonytor5346 3 года назад +1

    Can you have a demo of electrogravity? 1) Using capacitor plates with + pointing upward. 2) using a ferro-mercurial mixture turning in a toroid? I found this very interesting when I was in college.

  • @herik63
    @herik63 2 года назад

    As many people here I was aware of that but newer understood how, welding clamps, or also grinding accessories, many thanks for the explanation!

  • @0Linerider0forever0
    @0Linerider0forever0 4 года назад +4

    great video, i had no idea! would have been useful to see the inner workings of that magnet that turns off. a cross section or something.

  • @jfreedner
    @jfreedner 4 года назад +5

    K&J Magnetics is a great source for all sorts of magnets like this. NOTE: be very careful letting magnets snap together! Neodymium is extremely brittle and fractures easily creating some pretty sharp edges and teeny fragments that stick to things and are a pain to clean up (usually I mash duct tape onto the magnetic "gravel" and that does the trick).

  • @ronhobyak9902
    @ronhobyak9902 3 года назад +4

    I have often wondered if magnets could be paired with mechanical linkages to produce perpetual motion. Then I remember friction. Could a friction less mechanical linkage be possible ? Maybe those magnets that levitate ? Liquid bearings ? Is there some energy source that we have not discovered yet that will overcome E=MC squared ?

    • @jimmytraynor6023
      @jimmytraynor6023 Месяц назад

      Q. Make a gear system, with this effecting another perm magnet that runs a rotor- then you have magnets "working." Or, no matter, they will always neutralize each other? = jam up and stop. Well I've seen fake? electric comtroled mags do this, but suspecious. Never seen someone UNPLUG a device and have it run by itself.... So, is mahgnetism FASTER than electricity? Or, can electric current trick a magnetic field?

  • @willcool713
    @willcool713 3 года назад +2

    I swiped a magnetic ring stand base from my dad's lab that had a physical switch with permanent magnets. It was about ten pounds of force in the Off position, and more than a hundred when you switched it to On. There was a manmade lake near where I grew up and I used that magnet to go magnet fishing in the old valley a few times. (Bottle caps and hubcaps and not much else.) Took it to school to show my chemistry teacher and he was really confused that it wasn't an electromagnet and had no batteries.

  • @Custmzir
    @Custmzir 4 года назад +31

    0:35 Ahh... The memes

  • @Wulfjager
    @Wulfjager 3 года назад +3

    When I first got into machining that was one thing that blew my mind was the indicator bases. It was an on off switched magnet and it was incredible to me

  • @ElLenadorLA
    @ElLenadorLA 3 года назад +7

    Ah we use magnets like these for welding! I was always curious how they turned on and off.

  • @eklhaft4531
    @eklhaft4531 Год назад

    Thank you. In university I was forced to learn something about magnetic circuits. I don't know if it was explained in the lectures but I feel like i am only starting to get it now.

  • @OriaXu
    @OriaXu 2 года назад

    Such a simple yet genius item!

  • @eroraf8637
    @eroraf8637 4 года назад +136

    Is it weird that I was constantly distracted by the extremely rare steel pennies that he’s casually using for a science experiment?

    • @magrat3247
      @magrat3247 4 года назад +9

      i have no clue but he is useing 2 of them for it there is no way that he has them without knowing

    • @SuperWhoremuffin
      @SuperWhoremuffin 4 года назад +20

      Also distraught at him letting washers and other metal slam into them denting the faces

    • @conseil7275
      @conseil7275 4 года назад +1

      @@SuperWhoremuffin!

    • @flywithoutwingz
      @flywithoutwingz 4 года назад +38

      Steel pennies aren't extremely rare. Copper pennies of the same year(s) are the rare ones. They were made of steel during the WWII era because of a copper shortage.

    • @eroraf8637
      @eroraf8637 4 года назад +7

      @@flywithoutwingz Huh, TIL. Thanks for the history lesson. You collect coins?

  • @weaponizer4444
    @weaponizer4444 4 года назад +17

    3:22 Jared Dunn is that you

  • @MK-lk7nc
    @MK-lk7nc 3 года назад +13

    Love these magnet videos, thanks. They've helped clear up a lot for me. How about some ferrofluid videos? I'm very interesting in magnetic spheres coated in ferrofluid as a means of reducing friction across rolling surfaces.

  • @ginostephens9269
    @ginostephens9269 2 года назад +1

    These are cool, my dad has one on the base of a tool he uses to check center when turning materials on his lathe. I have always wondered how it works since it is not an electromagnet, thanks.

  • @stevekurtenbach1951
    @stevekurtenbach1951 3 года назад

    I was a Tool and Die maker for 40 years and we had a permanent magnet chuck to grind parts and we could turn it on and off by sliding another set of magnets over the other permanent magnets. This has been around for a long long time.

  • @ADyMaza
    @ADyMaza 4 года назад +5

    Love from India 💕

  • @luciansaucier8744
    @luciansaucier8744 4 года назад +4

    i LEARNED something amazing, and im probably gonna go try and make this (and fail.) but thank you anways. this was pretty cool to learn
    :)

  • @AwesomeStoryTime1
    @AwesomeStoryTime1 4 года назад +7

    I LOVE UR VIDS

  • @MrReadandlearn
    @MrReadandlearn 3 года назад

    I use switched magnets for welding fabrication. What's really neat is when off even metal filings from grinding come off. I now use them to vacuum up the bench and drill press.

  • @deeceehawk
    @deeceehawk 3 года назад +2

    Incredible teacher! Been following for a while… Scribes, and I say…
    It's awesome how are you taught us first, how magnetic flux will shortcut through the steel plate… THEN ! You showed us how it's short-circuiting through their manufactured magnet block … Awesome technique , I understood it right away! Thank you so much , awesome content always

  • @bob4analog
    @bob4analog 4 года назад +5

    Great vid! I'm thinking the same effect can be done with a permanent magnet and an electromagnet just by reversing the electrial connection?

    • @PIX_BMS
      @PIX_BMS 3 года назад

      Why? If you already have an electro-magnet, what would be the point?

    • @bob4analog
      @bob4analog 3 года назад

      I worded it wrong. I think there's a way to use a small electromagnet to turn off the magnet instead of using another permanent magnet. Just a thought.

    • @PIX_BMS
      @PIX_BMS 3 года назад

      @@bob4analog - I don't get it, but there's a lot about electro-magnetism I don't understand (most of it), so I'm not going to argue the point.

    • @bob4analog
      @bob4analog 3 года назад

      It's just another trick with combining permanent magnets and electromagnets.

  • @souhailshamaissem7564
    @souhailshamaissem7564 3 года назад +3

    Wow, amazing video.
    I never thought it was possible but thanks to you, I learnt something new today.
    I have always been fascinated by magnets..
    Keep up the good work mate.

  • @dude9159
    @dude9159 4 года назад +5

    This is a really interesting video. For some reason, it feels like I get smarter with RUclips videos more than school lessons.

    • @ArtyBeans
      @ArtyBeans 3 года назад

      Agreed

    • @MetalMario137
      @MetalMario137 3 года назад

      Correction: you **are** getting smarter off of RUclips content.

    • @dude9159
      @dude9159 3 года назад

      Well, as long as you get the point, it's alright. I appreciate the grammar correction, but I really ment "I", not "you".

    • @ArtyBeans
      @ArtyBeans 3 года назад +1

      @@dude9159Pog

    • @MetalMario137
      @MetalMario137 3 года назад +1

      @@dude9159 No it wasn't a grammar correction lol, it was a word adjustment from "you feeling" vs "you are"

  • @mazenboureslan8727
    @mazenboureslan8727 Год назад

    Thank you for clearing some important question about some tool we've been using in machining.

  • @itsmehere1
    @itsmehere1 2 года назад +1

    I feel like a easier to understand explanation of the thick steel example would be that the steel is like a sponge, it can take in and absorb smaller magnetic field but if you have too big of a magnetic field it can't absorb all of it and some of it leaks through.

  • @rumamoitra3822
    @rumamoitra3822 4 года назад +4

    Now this person is bending the physics

  • @igxniisan6996
    @igxniisan6996 4 года назад +4

    0:38, Lol that meme.. 😂
    It's making me laugh..

  • @smizal4834
    @smizal4834 3 года назад +7

    Love it when he says “ hey everyone today we are going to ......” that’s his intro in every of his videos

  • @philipjohnson7445
    @philipjohnson7445 Год назад

    I had some theories about how these worked but didn't want to buy one to take apart, this was very informative.

  • @flex-ranger2
    @flex-ranger2 Год назад

    In the instance of wanting to stop magnetic force between two magnets simply place a large copper coil in-between and apply voltage to the coil, the coil will when energised will either attract or repel . In the instance of magnets facing in repel or south south when the coil is energised it will attract the magnet to the coil then when switched off repel again and vice versa.

  • @adrii204
    @adrii204 4 года назад +4

    The Action Lab: A Permanent Magnet That Turns On and Off
    Me: Real Life Sticky Piston

  • @nith.p
    @nith.p 4 года назад +22

    “Steel pieces of metal” - The Action Lab 2020

    • @iyatemu
      @iyatemu 3 года назад

      Yes, as opposed to copper or aluminum pieces of metal. What's wrong with that description?

  • @kushkiller7108
    @kushkiller7108 4 года назад +4

    Where can I buy one of those permanent magnets with the switch?

    • @andrewt9204
      @andrewt9204 4 года назад

      Magswitch. On Amazon.

    • @Indian0Lore
      @Indian0Lore 4 года назад

      going to magnet fish with it?

    • @victorhopper6774
      @victorhopper6774 4 года назад

      @@Indian0Lore sure right after he feeds them nails

  • @DeuxisWasTaken
    @DeuxisWasTaken 3 года назад

    At 3:15 from what I understand it isn't about steel becoming "saturated" and "passing through" the flux, it's becoming magnetised and turning into a part of the magnet itself. The paper shows this, showing the steel block as a magnet, not a distorted shape of the magnet behind it.

  • @JasonLihani
    @JasonLihani 3 года назад

    You are absolutely my favorite new channel to binge.

  • @Old_school02
    @Old_school02 4 года назад +4

    Why go to school when I can just watch your videos all day school will never teach me how to turn on and off magnets

  • @orioncorwin1054
    @orioncorwin1054 3 года назад +5

    That giant steel nail is actually a railroad tack.

  • @griffn14
    @griffn14 4 года назад +4

    Could you make a piston engine with it -turn it off when piston goes up, on when down. There, energy problems solved. Waiting for my Nobel prize...woohooo😁

    • @jclenz9103
      @jclenz9103 4 года назад +1

      I was thinking the same thing, you could totally get infinite energy from this

    • @bmxscape
      @bmxscape 4 года назад +2

      @@jclenz9103 except the force required to turn the magnet is equal to the force it outputs

    • @dalekincaid4140
      @dalekincaid4140 4 года назад +2

      Electric generators used to run around 30% efficiency. Put a coil of wire in the magnetic field and the force to move the magnet to change the field will vary with the energy drawn from the coil. Maybe not that simple but no free energy.

    • @markkinsler4333
      @markkinsler4333 3 года назад

      @@dalekincaid4140 Most generators are about 90+ % efficient.

  • @BilalBilal-fv9ij
    @BilalBilal-fv9ij 2 года назад +1

    Thankyou , It is very use full in my project

  • @LukeTuckett
    @LukeTuckett 2 года назад +1

    Wow, that's awesome! I wonder if there could be a mechanical application for this to power a small vehicle. Through a complex system, maybe many of these devices could be synchronized to activate at certain points of a rotation, providing rotational force to an axle. Maybe the machine could even be hand cranked!

  • @clodoveofeltrin5707
    @clodoveofeltrin5707 4 года назад +7

    Yesterday i'm think. How works this magnetic base?
    And today, that's the answer. What the odds of this happens.

  • @jjfromst2802
    @jjfromst2802 4 года назад +8

    Why am I understanding this better then what my physics teacher thought me

    • @amirhosseinmaghsoodi388
      @amirhosseinmaghsoodi388 4 года назад

      Because it is shown and not just told

    • @sangramjitchakraborty7845
      @sangramjitchakraborty7845 4 года назад

      Because you didn't pay attention then. You're paying attention now.

    • @jjfromst2802
      @jjfromst2802 4 года назад

      @@sangramjitchakraborty7845 who told i didn’t it was a joke, kid

    • @markkinsler4333
      @markkinsler4333 3 года назад

      Because you've had time to let it sit in your mind. All science/math learning is like that.

  • @leiladekwatro3147
    @leiladekwatro3147 4 года назад +13

    1:02
    Casually pulls out the sheet of metal that he snorted coke off of last night

    • @thetrueandfinaldeath9073
      @thetrueandfinaldeath9073 4 года назад

      HA nobody does cocaine anymore all the cool kids are eating organs of Albanian children

  • @Tesla-ux2sx
    @Tesla-ux2sx 2 года назад

    Nice Video. The most important thing to understand -
    and that is not explicit explained - is that the shown magnets in the video has an horizontal alignment. That means, that the north pole and south pole are on the cylindric surfaces of the silver magnets used in the video. But the magnets, used for the mechanism are different aligned. The graphs in the video shows it correct. The magnet in the video, used in the tests with the steel plate, can not demonstrate the function correct.

  • @aaronkeith7336
    @aaronkeith7336 3 года назад

    THIS is why I love your channel. Please keep doing your thing.

  • @elijahcomeaux852
    @elijahcomeaux852 3 года назад +3

    So that's how they made the magnets fall off the fridge on Stranger Things👌💯😁