Ramsey Electronics PG13 Instruction Manual page 34

finger. You may need to devise a better method to reduce friction than
what you have, but it shouldn't be too hard. The lower the friction and
better the balance, the faster this will go!
9. Power up the PG13. You should see the rotor begin to rotate. If you
really did a good job of making it, it can reach some pretty astonishing
speeds!
Better Corona Motor
Here we will use a pattern to cut a piece of thin sheet metal or soda can to
the appropriate size.
Towards the back of this manual there is a stencil you may use to make your
own pinwheel. Cut it out or copy that page and use it for a template!
Use the stencil on top of a piece of sheet metal or tin can. If you do a good
job of cutting, it will be pretty well balanced when finished. If it isn't balanced,
use small blobs of solder (on tin, solder doesn't work on aluminum) to balance
it. Use a nail to make a DENT not a hole at the X. This dent will be the bearing
of the motor, and this will sit on the tip of your pin.
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