My Motor 2

For the most part, I followed the plan that I laid out for myself in the beginning of the project. One problem I experienced while making the motor was that I could not get my electromagnet to work properly. This was most likely because I overlapped the magnet wire when I wrapped it around the metal. In order to fix this problem I was forced to recreate the electromagnet again. Another problem I was faced with when making the motor was that I could not properly create a proper connection between the commutator and the armature. I am unsure as to why this connection was not formed correctly the first attempt but after re-taping the magnet wire from the armature to the copper plates several times I was able to form a proper connection. The brushes also gave me difficulty because the way I had them situated caused the turning commutator to stop turning. After shaping my L brackets a little differently so that the brushes could come in contact with the commutator while being perfectly vertical, I was able form a successful connection. Although the actual construction of this project did not take an extraordinary amount of time, the tweaking and adjusting of many components took a great deal of time because I was often unsure as to what was wrong with certain connections. However after all of that time, it was a truly amazing feeling to see that I had the capability to make something that worked properly.