Non-ferrous,
presumably brass, cones were purchased. The cones were fashion studs meant to
adorn textiles. The cones were a suitable size and shape for prototyping the
Impass. In addition to the cone shape each stud had four prongs which made
magnet alignment simple. The other studs may be bent hubward or ante-hubward to
make contact with posts or whiskers inside or outside the rim. Two small
magnets were glued to the prongs at one stud both facing the same magnetic
direction. The stud fell on the floor and was promptly lost. Another copy was
made. The newly constructed compass spinner was set on top of a vertical brass
screw and allowed to spin freely. It moved considerably but very freely and
consistently pointed magnetic north or responded to nearby permanent magnetic
fields.
Box of fashion studs
Shape of cones
Cone with magnets glued in place
Freely moving compass spinner
Hubward bent prong
To
do:
- Build platform for spinner
- Test + Evaluate
- Redesign
- Rebuild
- Repeat
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