DIY LED Levitron | How to make a magnetic levitating spinning top from scratch | Science explained

[@MaxImagination]

Hey everyone! The comment section has finally been re-enabled over the whole channel after 2 years by KZbin themselves who shut it down in the first place. Glad to be in touch with my viewers again! :)

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[@JoinTheTechnicians]

Good music selection for both videos :) It's real icing on the cake of an already great pair of tutorials.

[@MaxImagination]

Glad you like them! Thanks for your positive feedback!

[@awaitingthetrumpetcall4529]

This young man is brilliant. The next version should include a micro-motor inside the top which would cause the top to spin in the opposite direction. The base would be an electromagnet with a hall sensor circuit to equalize the magnetic forces.

[@MaxImagination]

Hmm, interesting concept idea... Thanks for your comment and insight!

[@awaitingthetrumpetcall4529]

@@MaxImagination You have an impressive amount of talent to be able to build a balanced top without the help of fancy equipment. Your project made me wonder if a maglev train could benefit from gyroscopes. I had to subscribe because I 'have' to see more of your ideas!

[@MaxImagination]

Thanks a lot! I appreciate your kind remarks... Haven't dived down that realm of magnetic projects, but could try!

[@TheGreatest1974]

Really impressed at your tenacity and fabrication skills. You’re a clever guy. 👍👍🇬🇧

[@MaxImagination]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@samwillard5688]

Hey there Max! Thanks for the cool video. I do wish that we had the net when I grew up, I feel like i missed out on experimentation lol. Keep it up!

[@MaxImagination]

Thank you, Sam! Now is your time to catch up on the information boom 😀

[@candyontherag8248]

I've been making a levitron for like 3 years and still cannot get it right you make it look so easy but that's okay cuz I've also made a little Cube float without no spinning and that was pretty cool

[@georiashang1120]

How about adding another magnet in the center of the ring magnet and placing its south facing up,thus the magnetic above should possibly be like a stronger vortex,which is easier for stabilization of the levitator

[@MaxImagination]

Never tried it. Feel free to report back if you do!

[@Insulus]

if you ever revisit this: mounting a magnetic disk (like a steel washer) about an inch below your "top's" repulse magnet would pull the bottom of your top down providing a permanent stable vertical orientation with or without gyro-rotation.

[@MaxImagination]

Interested in seeing something like this work. I'll keep your tip in mind. Cheers!

[@aaronmccoy4008]

Hey Max, could you perpetuate the spin by using a computer fan as a base for your ferrite ring?

[@MaxImagination]

Hey Aaron, it's probably possible, but then you cannot consider it "perpetual motion" as you're applying power via the fan.

[@AaronMcCoy0220]

@@MaxImagination I talked a lot with my physics buddies on this, and it boils down to: you have to spin a top for it to be stable on a plane, you can't spin a table under a top to keep it upright. This would work if the fan were blowing air across the top in a way that spun the top, but spinning the magnet underneath it won't do alone.

[@thgthgthg]

Hi! Love your video! Just want to ask: does the spinner's top magnet size matter? Can I use smaller size magnet (like 20mm diameter)? Or is it the larger the better? Thanks!

[@MaxImagination]

Hi, thanks for your comment! The top size does matter as it depends on being suspended above that donut shaped magnet below, so its diameter should not exceed the inner hole diameter of the base magnet. 20mm should work, with enough fine tuning. Cheers, Max

[@mrNayak-cv8lv]

I am from India and I love your video very much 🙂and keep it up

[@MaxImagination]

Thanks a lot! Your support is much appreciated! :)

[@Quickened1]

There are much thinner lithium cells which should lighten it dramatically... Nice idea!

[@MaxImagination]

I've tried it with those and it works slightly better! Thanks 😀

[@andyrobin1237]

Heyy, amazing vedio, I'm actually willing to make a levitating device , so I had a question Can you please explain the equal force part cuz I don't get what I should do , thx in advance ..

[@MaxImagination]

Hello, Andy. Thanks for watching! In terms of the physics behind the device, you don't have to take so much of it into consideration. The main thing would be to have a near perfectly balanced - correctly-weighted spinning top with the magnet and a perfectly level base magnet with a big enough inner hole diameter. Keep tweaking and adjusting the spinning top's weight as you go, according to the magnitude of how much or little the base magnet suspends it in the air. Cheers.

[@andyrobin1237]

@@MaxImagination noted thx

[@MrRusty-fm4gb]

Couldn’t you get the top spinning in a flat bowl(um…. Eye contact shape) so the top will spin at the bottom of it and then lower the bowl while it’s spinning until the ring magnet starts repelling it? Instead of trying ti get it spinning and raising it above the magnet? Also, what if you fixed the ring magnet to a drill or something and made it spin and then lowered the top while it’s still over the spinning ring maybet. Would the top still levitate despite it not spinning? 🤔🧐

[@i.j.nerainprakash2565]

From where we can get that type of LED capsule

[@MaxImagination]

Hi. I got the LED capsule from one of these floating pond lights: www.amazon.com/Beckett-Corporation-Solar-Lily-Lights/dp/B00G93ZW5U/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1AT5POCU58LZH&keywords=led+floating+lights+for+pond&qid=1658944539&sprefix=led+floating+lights+for+pond%2Caps%2C172&sr=8-2

[@patty1991]

Can you glow it by spinning via coil over magnet field , likes an generator ?

[@MaxImagination]

May be possible, but that would certainly raise the complexity of the project.

[@patty1991]

@@MaxImagination try 0.02w smd LEDs maybee

[@dipikadas1543]

Will ferrite pullox magnets work?

[@MaxImagination]

As long as the outer diameter is no smaller than 6cm, a pullox magnet as the base will work, yes.

[@islandseeker1260]

How about using a three-point leveling base rather than four-point? I think that would be easier to setup and adjust -- especially if you also center a round bubble level on the plate of the base magnet for extra precision. And maybe build a variable speed motor gizmo with a release-clutch, to get the top spinning at the specifically required speed, which would also eliminate the uncontrolled flinging of a finger-thumb spin?

[@MaxImagination]

Good ideas... Making sort of a launcher type motorized mechanism might do the trick and even get the top so spin for longer!

[@GrandmasterUV]

SO AWESOME!!!!!

[@MaxImagination]

Thanks!! :D

[@My2K2]

Fantastic !!!!

[@MaxImagination]

Thank you!

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[@WishGranted-u8r]

Wow... Surprising

[@josepeixoto3384]

i think that maybe with 4 electro-magnets controlled by a microprocessor to stabilize it, like a drone

[@MaxImagination]

I think at that point it would already be considered an Electromagnetically-stabilized magnetic puck, differing from the "Levitron".

[@luciariveraaybar1858]

If you put this levitron inside a balloon would the balloon levitate?

[@MaxImagination]

No. The balloon wouldn't levitate as it has nothing to do with the levitron - if it's not in contact. If the balloon touched the spinning top, it would fall.

[@NikitaShahartist]

Hi , my magnetic top is not levitating, cant find its sweet spot , please help

[@MaxImagination]

Hi. Did you make sure your base magnet is lying on the correct side? Holding the spinning top in hand, you must feel a gradual pull towards the hole of the magnet.

[@NikitaShahartist]

@@MaxImagination yes the hole is attracting and the flat surface of ring magnet is repelling , I added 4 magnets , no luck yet

[@MaxImagination]

@@NikitaShahartist Hi. For me to help you further, please explain to me what's going on when you attempt to get the top levitating. Does it bounce off and repel suddenly? Does it just fall straight to the base after it takes off?

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[@JHeinz-td4jd]

Very nice, but would with a free-energy glowing LED or bulb, it would be even better.. 😅👍

[@MaxImagination]

Thanks for watching. Yes, that would be cool, possibly even with wireless energy transmission via induction by coils.

[@junojorjorian4283]

Way cool dude

[@MaxImagination]

Thanks for watching! 😀

[@junojorjorian4283]

@@MaxImagination your welcome and thank you I'm real proud of you,, your a very intelligent young man ,, you get 5 stars and 2 thumbs up on my chalkboard,, thank you.

[@MaxImagination]

@@junojorjorian4283 I am heart-warmed to hear that... thanks a ton, Juno!

[@swatisquantum]

Peace brother. May God, The Force be with you.

[@MaxImagination]

Thanks for your kind comment!

[@brianhenson6141]

I'm new here so I just have to ask the question why bother making your own little levitron other than to say you made your own?, i would rather buy one of those little tops online and just use a speaker magnet like your doing unless the ones online are two heavy to stay in perfect balance??

[@MaxImagination]

If you can find a top online that works fine, great. Otherwise, it's more practical to make your own top yourself as you can balance and fine-tune it to the perfect weight.

[@Reaper7332]

In my opinion it’s cooler that way

[@technicala.s.k786]

How much time it can leviate or fly

[@MaxImagination]

Mine levitates up to 30-60 seconds (also mentioned in video)

[@technicala.s.k786]

@@MaxImagination can you make forever levitating device

[@MaxImagination]

It's possible, but would most likely require electricity to keep levitating

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