You Know What Time It Is….

This seems like an appropriate first post :)

IT SPINS! Handmade electric motor! Entirely out of wire! They said it couldn't be done, but I have proven -- it merely shouldn't be done!

Photos don't really capture how ridiculously complicated this thing was to build, so I managed to film myself assembling the components too! Very proud of that.

In total, I've been working on this project on and off for roughly two years. This motor is my third version, though I went through something like seven designs of the commutator section (not counting how many failures it took to build a working example of a given design). I'm very proud of getting this to work at all.

Some close-up photos of all the components:

Six-way commutator. As the motor spins, this delivers electricity to only the correct pair of magnets at a time, leaving the other four off.

Magnet coils. I wound these by hand from very thin insulated wire. The center is a spiral of thicker insulated wire (darker orange) that protects the thin stands from the steel core and then wraps around the outside to hold everything in place.

Spring-loaded arms. These deliver electricity from the stationary frame into the rotating axle. They also have to hinge up out of the way or else there's no room to fit the rotor in place during assembly.

All the components laid out together before assembly.

And the full motor in all its glory!

If you get this, answer with 3 random facts about yourself and send it to the last 7 blogs in your notifications, anonymously or not! Let's get to know the person behind the blog ❤

1) I like (sci-fi) podcasts

2) I am aroace agender

3) the only thing that’s keeps me going when I’m running is mama by my Chem

shout out to ace and aro kids who are constantly bombarded with the opinion that sex and romantic love are directly connected to living a happy life.

no that’s gengar. gender is a game of skill that involves balancing wooden blocks

what do you call a pansexual man named nick who works at a cd store?

IMPORTANT UPDATE ON THE UNSEEN SHOW!!!

The person who was premiering it is a very bad person, evidence can be found on Tumblr, Twitter and Instagram. I suggest you check out pinkfrnk on Instagram for the latest info.

The link has been removed, it's gone. It's private. He's a coward, me and my fellow Killjoys have taken over the situation on Discord. His entire channel? Empty. Gone.

I found an old link to the concert he was going to show, which I will be putting here.

Overall, I'm proud of this community for taking him down, and my heart goes out to the victims. Stay safe, Killjoys! You're never alone!

Songs included: CORRECTION I HAD THE WRONG SETLIST BUT THERE'S DEMOLITION LOVERS, VAMPIRES WILL NEVER HURT YOU AND AN INTERVIEW. OTHER SONGS GOT CUT.

I present to you, The 'Unseen Concert'. Club Krome, Sayreville, New Jersey, 2003

PLEASE REBLOG!!!

Oh shit I relate too much

sometimes being nonbinary is just about looking at gerard way and thinking "god I wish I looked like that"

one time i was in an olive garden bathroom and my packer fell out of my shorts and this ten year old boy just looked at me with absolute terror and without thinking i said "that's what happens when you don't eat your vegetables" later i saw him eating salad at a speed no human should be capable of