chucketn
Senior Citizen
When I was a young man (I'm now 71), my Dad, an electrician, built me a simple dc electric motor. It had sheet metal stator cores shaped like inverted #5's, a commutator and brushes, both made of copper wire, and hand wound stator and commutator windings. It was mounted on a piece of pine board. The motor was probably made in the shop at his work, as I don't remember him making it at home. Has anyone seen plans in a magazine such as Popular Science, or Popular Mechanics, in the 1950's-60's or even earlier for such a motor? My Dad was crafty, but I don't think he designed it, though he could have. I spent many happy hours watching it run on 6vdc lantern batteries. I burned up a bunch of those batteries with the motor. I remember having to tweek the copper wire brushes often to get it to run, as the motor was not well cared for by me. I don't know what happened to that motor, but I wish I had it to play with in my second childhood... I don't even have a picture of the motor.