Single Pipe Pop Pop Boat Engine Lidmotor 2023-08-22 | This is a single pipe 'pop pop boat' engine. It is silent with no moving parts. Water is turned to steam in the boiler, moves down the exhaust pipe, is cooled to liquid, and then contracts back into the boiler. A thermal pulse engine of sorts is formed. The movement of the water out the straw exhaust pipe is easier than the water trying to get back up the straw and a trust force vector is produced. The boat uses this and moves forward. What is fascinating is that the water inside the engine is cycled back and forth from liquid to steam. The water is not consumed, It seems to me that as long as heat is applied and there is a way to cool the steam back into water at the exhaust ---- this pulse engine should run non stop. Here is Grandad's video that inspired me to build this, He used an empty CO2 cartridge as the boiler which was much better: youtube.com/watch?v=RTiN3TdCMkM&list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2M0m754LkqMXQFwFRAS3HK&index=66&t=490s
Pop Pop Boat Engine Dry dock testing Lidmotor 2023-08-17 | This shows a common 'Pop Pop Boat' engine being tested out of the water. It shows how the water in the engine moves up and down both exhaust straws. This is the Blade Attila video where he uses the motion of the engine diaphram to move a 'whale tail' at the back of his boat: youtube.com/watch?v=xsuIT1JyZn0&t=143s
Pop Pop Boat #2 The Wash Tub Racer Lidmotor 2023-08-16 | This is a simple homemade "Pop Pop Boat" running around in my laundry wash tub, The boat and engine were made from a dollar store aluminum cooking pan. The engine design is the standard one found in many YouTube videos. Here is a good video explaining how a "Pop Pop Boat" works. youtube.com/watch?v=3AXupc7oE-g
My First Pop Pop Boat Lidmotor 2023-08-11 | This is a simple kitchen countertop build of a 'Pop Pop Boat'. The reason I did this was because of the many builds by Grandad on this subject. The motor is a type of heat engine that is fascinating because of how it operates and produces thrust to moves the boat through the water. Here is the DIY video by DaveHax that Grandad suggested as my first Pop Pop boat build design. It shows the complete build but I just used the motor design. I used a plastic cotton swab plastic container for the boat hull. Here is Dave's video : youtube.com/watch?v=0ki9Kta8g14&list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2M0m754LkqMXQFwFRAS3HK&index=1&t=0s
My Non Stop Running Devices At 6 years Lidmotor 2023-08-01 | This is an update at 6 years on a very long running experiment. I set up a group of my non- stop running devices back in 2017. I just let them run unattended round the clock to see what happened. Those that stopped I examined, fixed, and then turn on again. The months and then years went by and I learned a lot. Here are a few words on what I found out after six years of observation.
Water Bottle and Toothpick Motor Part 2 Lidmotor 2023-07-08 | This is my water bottle and toothpick motor with a 3D printed PLA plastic frame. I show the motor runnnig on ambient light in my kitchen. The additional reed switch drriver has a 3.3 F 2.7v supercapacitor perloaded with 2 volts. It is unusual how the two drivers work togeter to spin the rotor faster.
Water bottle and toothpick motor Lidmotor 2023-06-30 | This is a sikple home made BLDC motor using the bottom of a plastic water bottle and a tooth pick as the rotor components.
Very low voltage LED driver Lidmotor 2023-06-02 | This experiment shows a low voltage .9V to 5V DC/DC voltage booster that is lighting an led at very very low input voltage. The inexpensive booster can be found on EBay or Amazon. Once started the chip will keep running way below .9V. The Thermo Electric Generator (TEG) that I am using here is a common SP1848 also found on EBay or Amazon. This experiment was inspired by Lasersaber's last video about energy harvesting using daily temperature shifts. This is the video: youtube.com/watch?v=bwvcU_DcoZ8&t=43s
Soda Can Pulse Motor Lidmotor 2023-05-27 | This is a simple homemade BLDC motor using an aluminum soda can as the main structure. Because the aluminum can is a good conductor I was able to use it also as part of a 'reed switch' setup for switching the power on and off to the drive coil.. A piece of steel floral wire was used for the 'reed' part of the switch.
Float Motor Desk Top Toy Lidmotor 2023-05-20 | This is a curious desk top toy motor that uses a foating in water jar lid as the rotor. In this video I show the construction and circuit diagram of the simple reed switch driver that I use in many of my videos.
Float Motor Lidmotor 2023-05-13 | This shows an interesting simple way to eliminate rotor bearing wear. By floating the motor rotor in a fluid the normal bearings are just ----not there.
Semi - levitated magnetic bearing Lidmotor 2023-05-11 | I am working with bearing friction on my long running projects. One way to reduce the friction is to take the weight off the bearing surface. Here I look at a semi - levitation permanent magnet method acting on a single point contact bearing surface. Dirt getting into the bearing is another cause of increased friction. Putting the bearing surface under cover is an easy solution. The materials used on the bearing and the type of lubrication are also very imporant on the small low power motors I build.
Pasta Pulse Motor Lidmotor 2023-04-15 | This is a simple electric pulse motor using pasta as the main parts of the motor. I was inspired by Peter who made an RC model airplane using just food items for the main parts of the plane. It is not that easy to do-----but a lot of fun. Here is Peter Sirpol's great video where he and his friends build a model airplane out of food items: youtube.com/watch?v=iglCkTVGiYY
Electromagnetic Levitation Lidmotor 2023-03-23 | This is a simple electromatic levitation device based on a great DIY 3D print video here on Youtube.. Here is the DIY 3D vtideo that I used as a guide to build my device.: youtube.com/watch?v=ZVqwXtX0-DU&t=296s Here is the same basic project that I built 6 years ago and shows the circuit diagram. The new circuit eliminated even the 1N4007 diode. youtube.com/watch?v=XW9I_5E0HuM&t=228s
Grandads Emoji Magnet Motor Lidmotor 2023-03-15 | This is a replication of a motor by Grandad where he used 'Emoji magnets' on the rotor. The magnets are weak and heavy and he had difficulty getting his to run. I was able to get mine to run and it was a fun project. Here is Grandad's 1st video of the motor: youtube.com/watch?v=tcpxBtj6-Eo Here is his 2nd video where he reconfigured the motor and got it to run: youtube.com/watch?v=8MC8WxjbRMc&list=RDCMUCCDUFabVc3g52M0t77JwSBA&index=2 On my motor all four magnets are in repulsion to the drive coil. I used a loose fitting sewing needle as the rotor shaft. The rotor is 3d printed PLA plastic.
Low Temp Soda Can Stirling Engine Lidmotor 2023-03-02 | This is a simple "soda can" Stirling engine that I designed to run at a lower temperatures than most other designs. The heat source is a common coffee maker not an open flame and the displacer is a common kitchen sponge not steel wool Because the engine is shortened to fit on the coffee maker I named it "Stubby"
Simple Stirling Engine Secrets of success Lidmotor 2023-02-25 | This is my simple Stiling engine running correctly. I explain a few of the tricks to getting it to function right. This is a 'Gamma' style Stirling Engine not a 'Beta' like I mentioned in the video.
LTD Stirling Engine Quest for simplicity Lidmotor 2023-02-18 | This is an LTD Stiring engine that was built to look for a simpler way to construct a 'kitchen countertop" device that works. My last Stirling engine project took many frustrating hours to get running and I decided that there must be a better way. This is what I came up with after studying many YouTube videos. The engine took only a few hours to build and ran on the first try.. Many thanks to all the Stirling engine builders who post their builds here. The device I show here is a combination of many other designs along with mine.
Stirling Engine Running on just ice Lidmotor 2023-02-09 | This is my magnetic ringbom stirling engine running on just ice. The original goal of this project was to build a Stirling engine that did ths so that I could 3d print some of the parts out of low melt temp PLA plastic.
My Magnetic Stirling Engine Hot water vs ice test Lidmotor 2023-02-07 | This is my magnetic stirling engine running on hot water vs ice. I was asked to do my classic barefoot "walk around" with the engine running on a cup so I did. The demostration is to show that the devicve is not being powered by an external source.
My magnetic stirling engine Final design running correctly Lidmotor 2023-02-04 | Here is my magnetic ringbom stirling engine running correctly. This is the final design where I can call the project a success. Some of the parts were 3D printed using PLA plastic. Here is an excellent video on how this device operates: youtube.com/watch?v=p42XrArULws
My magnetic stirling engine NOW RUNNING !!!! Lidmotor 2023-02-03 | I finally got my 'magnetic ringbom stirling engine' to run. Now the engine needs to be refined to make it run better. I don't think that this entire engine can be made out of 3D printed PLA plastic but some of the parts can be.
My magnetic Stirling engine doesnt run Lidmotor 2023-02-03 | This shows my attempt at building a 'magnetic ringbom stirling engine'. It looks pretty good but it does not run. I explain the problems that I encountered in the proiect. This device is a very unforgiving if you make basic design mistakes.
PLA Stirling engine project turning point Lidmotor 2023-01-21 | This is the last video on this phase of my PLA Stirling engine poject. I will be working on a new design based on what I have learned so far. Building a Stirling engine using 3D printed PLA plastic parts has been a very interesting challenge. Here is an excellent video that describes the type of Stirling engine that I am trying to build next: youtube.com/watch?v=p42XrArULws
Glass power cylinder on my PLA plastic Stirling engine Lidmotor 2023-01-19 | This shows a glass power cylinder mounted on my simple PLA plastic stirling engine. Ths greatly improved the performance of the engine.
Cold vs Colder Stirling Engine Lidmotor 2023-01-12 | This shows a way to use low melt temperature 3D print plastic parts on a Stirling engine. If you design and build an engine that runs on a differential of cold temperatures then you can avoid melting the engine. What I show here is an LTD ringbom stirling engine that might be a good design for a PLA plastic 3D print engine.
PLA plastic parts Stirling Engine First success Lidmotor 2023-01-06 | This is my first success building a running Stirling engine using some 3d printed PLA plastic parts. Because of the low melting temperature of PLA plastic I had to be able to run the engine on a low temperature heat source. Boiling water was too hot so I used a candle warmer.
Stirling Engine with 3D printed plastic parts Lidmotor 2023-01-02 | This is the start of a Stirling engine project. I am going to use some 3D printed PLA plastic parts on the engine. Because the plastic melts at a faily low temperature I have to build the engine with that in mind.
Thermoacoustic Rice Engine Lidmotor 2022-12-31 | This is a very strange heat engine that can be built on your kitchen countertop in a few minutes. It is a type of thermoacoustic engine. There are a number of different examples here on YouTube that are similar.
Slot Machine Motor Lidmotor 2022-12-17 | This is a simple electric motor that uses a 'coin cell' battery to power it. The battery holder was placed in a slot on the side of the device for easy insertion or removal of the battery.
Thin Motor Part 2 Lidmotor 2022-12-12 | This is my 'Thin Motor' with a 3D printed base and clear plastic rotor supports. Thanks to Slider's advice on how to make the supports I made a much better looking device. This video shows exactly how the motor works and the secret parts in the thin base.
The Thin Motor Mystery Lidmotor 2022-12-08 | Is this a "self running motor" ? Does it gain power from beyond our knowledge of the universe? How does it run? It is a mystery--- or not.
Christmas 2022 Pulse Motor Lidmotor 2022-12-01 | This is a 3d printed plastic pulse motor. I designed it using Tinkercad and printed it on an Ender 3 printer.
Hauling out an old sailboat for bottom painting Lidmotor 2022-10-30 | This year we took our 32' sailboat 'Kapalua' out of the water and had the anti-fouling paint job done. It is a hard task but has to be done every 3 to 5 years. Where we live the boats are left in the water all year and a diver cleans the marine growth off once a month. Eventually the paint is rubbed off and then the boat has to be hauled out and repainted. It is a long tough job. Our boat is a 1974 Challenger 32 cruising sailboat built for open ocean passages. The name Kapalua is Hawaiian for 'arms embracing the sea'. It is a location on the island of Maui in Hawaii.
Desktop Toy Motor Lidmotor 2022-10-26 | This is a homemade brushless DC motor that has the driver component hidden in an enclosure. It is similar to many electronic motion 'decktop toys' where the device seems to run on its own like a perpetual motion machine.
TV Tray Pulse Motor Lidmotor 2022-10-23 | This a simple electric motor made from a cardboard tube and a few other parts. It can made on a TV tray while sitting in your favorite chair.
Puzzle Motor Lidmotor 2022-10-06 | This is a homemade brushless DC electric motor. I built it to experiment with various parts of this type motor design. What happened was the whole thing turned into a very interesting puzzle, Because the motor can be taken apart easily and recomnfigured it a fascoinating project. The goal of the puzzle is to make he motor run for the longest time on the least amout of energy. Here is the transistor circuit that I used : youtube.com/watch?v=7UXsY7FET-Y
Always With Me Music Box Pulse Motor Lidmotor 2022-09-20 | This a blending of a light powered pulse motor with a wind up music box. The song is called 'Always With Me' from the movie 'Spirited Away'. Here is whole song played on a piano: youtube.com/watch?v=ESJ7TQvFFrAHere is the song sung in Japanese with Engisih subtitles: youtube.com/watch?v=tBSthP5LTZUHere is the song sung in English: youtube.com/watch?v=4cBj1t-ZRhc
Music Box Pulse Motor Amplifier demo Lidmotor 2022-09-14 | This shows how the box pulse motor amplifies the sound from the music box. It is the wooden box the does the trick and the pulse motor itself just adds an interesting effect.
Music Box Pulse Motor Lidmotor 2022-09-14 | This is pulse motor coupled with a wind up music box. The idea was inspired by a comment made by Grandad on my last video. The pulse motor is powered by energy preloaded into a small super capacitor. The music box is powered by energy loaded into a wind up spring. Both run independent but when coupled togrther make an interesting display and a beautiful sound.
Magnet Box Motor Part 2 Lidmotor 2022-09-12 | This my 'Magnet Box Motor' being powered by a solar waver toy drive unit. I added a AAA battery to it so that it would run 24/7 for many many days.. The battery is attached in parallel to the solar panel using a 680 ohm dropping resistor.
Magnet Box Motor Lidmotor 2022-09-10 | This shows a simple way to construct a basic pulse motor using a box and attracting magnets to hold the structure together. Here is my video showing the electronic circuit that I am using here: youtube.com/watch?v=kqjqepJL0vc
Non - Stop Running Devices Update after 5 years Lidmotor 2022-08-18 | This is a quick update on my 'Non-Stop Running Devices' experiment at the 5 year mark. These devices are made to run around the clock non-stop. The long running experiment was to see what worked and what didn't as the years rolled by.
Stove Top Fan Running on ice Lidmotor 2022-08-03 | This is a commercial 'Stove Top Fan' normally used on wood burning stove running backwards on ice vs room air temperature.
Catalina Island Sailboat Trip July 2022 Lidmotor 2022-08-01 | This is our trip this year to Catalina Island on our 32 ft. sailboat. We stayed on the boat for four days at a cove called Whites Landing. The trip was a great getaway.
Summer Heat Powered Motor Lidmotor 2022-07-19 | This is a homemade electric motor that is being powered by heat on a hot summer day. I am using a Thermo Electric Generator (TEG) that uses a temperature difference to produce electricity.
The Cold Powered Motor Lidmotor 2022-07-16 | This is an electric motor that is running on the temperature difference between ice and room temperature. I am using an SP1848 TEG module that converts that temperature difference to usable electricity.
Stove Top Fan Simulation Lidmotor 2022-07-16 | This shows the principle of how a thermo electric generator stop top fan operates. The TEG module converts the heat from a wood burning stove to electricity and that drives an electric fan motor. Ambient air temperature provides the cooling for the opposite side of the TEG moduke. The TEG that I am using is an SP1848.
Low Voltage Project Part 3 Lidmotor 2022-07-15 | This shows the 'thermo electric generator' (TEG) working on a very low temperator differential. It produces enough electrical energy to run a sensitive homemade BLDC motor. This is the type heat powered stove top fan that I will be experimenting with when I get it in the mail.: youtube.com/watch?v=Zd-93HLnkb4
Low Voltage Project Part 2 Lidmotor 2022-07-15 | In this video I show a ''thermo electric g'enerator' (TEG) module running a low power pulse motor. This module is also refered to as a Peltier module. In this Grandad video he shows a similar experiment using a commercial 'stove top fan' youtube.com/watch?v=YlqhKQE-sL0&t=17s
