Despite the fact we were given instructions for this project, I've somehow managed to run into problems that have made my motor unable to work. Here I will describe the problems I faced while trying to succeed in making a working motor.
I found trouble mainly with the commutator and the field magnet. When I finally finished putting the parts of my motor together, I found that I could not make an electrical current from the base magnet. In order to solve this problem I tried re-wrapping the wire on the base magnet. However, I still was unable to find the solution to this problem. Then, I tried fixing the commutator. I had a bigger gap between the copper pieces, so I tried to make the gap slightly smaller to try and fix it. I also made sure that my wires were secure, but alas, it was not enough to revive my motor and bring it to life.
Final Words
Overall, I found that I could not get my motor to work. I troubleshooted for solutions to the problems I faced, but I couldn't find out what was wrong with my motor. This should have been an easier project, but the fact that it took my wire two weeks to ship in and I could not start my project until later made it harder to take my time in doing this project. I enjoyed learning about how a motor should work and I liked seeing that bringing all of these random objects together could create a small motor. Even though I never was able to feel the proud moment when my motor finally worked, I still had a pretty fun time building the motor.If I could change what I would do next time is... well a lot. I would have gone out and bought the wire where I needed it or paid express shipping on my wire so that I could get started earlier, get all needed supplies in the first week to start building right away, and to find multiple sources of information on how to build a motor rather than just the instructions given.
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