LEVITRON Levitating Spinning Top | How to make a Levitron from scratch

LEVITRON Levitating Spinning Top | How to make a Levitron from scratch | Magnetic levitation

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Hey everyone! In this video I show you all how to make your very own amazing Levitron hovering spinning top at home. This experiment is very hard to get right, and takes a lot of patience, but the end results are very pleasing, and you can even impress your friends! I advise you to buy your big base ring magnet, not online, but get it from a large broken speaker (Which is where I got mine from) or a microwave, etc...
I hope you enjoyed watching this video, and be sure to give this experiment a try :)
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🧵🔧📌 Materials needed for this project:
Small neodymium ring magnet - amzn.to/3UDQN0X
Large ferrite ring magnet - amzn.to/3Sedt65
Rounded thumbtack - amzn.to/3CbYjZH
Washers and light ring weights - Assorted Washers Kit - amzn.to/3SgVGvi
5mm Wooden dowel stick - amzn.to/3C8OKe3
Adjustable customized cardboard base
🎵 Music credits:
Ehrling - Dance With Me
Rob Gasser x Michael White x Miss Lina - Modular [NCS Release]
Roman Sky - Generation (Dream Crusher Media Release)
#levitron #experiment #magneticlevitation

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@jefson17 2 жыл бұрын

The cuts on his arms indicate how much time and effort he puts towards his work respect to you brother

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Your support is much appreciated, cheers! ✌🏻

@jefson17 2 жыл бұрын

@@MaxImagination anytime man

@jefson17 2 жыл бұрын

@@MaxImagination by the way can i please ask the name of the song at 0:12 seconds

@fullsoundrecording 8 ай бұрын

Cuts??

@Zaradikaresells 2 жыл бұрын

My daughter is attempting this as a science project soon. Your video has been more than helpful. Thank you for the excellent work. Great job

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your kind comment! Best of luck with your daughter's science project!

@danwright39 Жыл бұрын

An update on your daughter's project would be most appreciated Sylvia! Please let us know how it turned out

@Zaradikaresells Жыл бұрын

@@danwright39 it was the most tedious project ever. It took weeks and weeks of long grueling hours trying to get it to work. But finally, 2 days before it was due, it worked. 😀But I could have kicked myself for letting her choose such a task. But she won 2nd prize in the middle school division.

@muthuvelr1554 Жыл бұрын

@@Zaradikaresells nice job

@astroz6906 Жыл бұрын

so lucky she has this as a project, i’m a physicist and i used to do stuff like this all the time

@deloslanc7755 Жыл бұрын

Dude this is a very cool and the easiest demonstration of this in the ENTIRE internet without a doubt !

@MaxImagination Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment!

@JSOUSA-yw4vf Жыл бұрын

Foi o melhor é bem explicado

@StonedBoyJay 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that You included Your failed attempts. Great video

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, including such things in the video prove that this phenomenon is hard to achieve, but possible. Thank you! :)

@StonedBoyJay 2 жыл бұрын

@@MaxImagination Well said! Keep it up

@inspir3d81 2 жыл бұрын

This is so satisfying

@harikahaari2068 Жыл бұрын

Really amazing thank you for sharing.

@aryanbumb4771 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that You included Your failed attempts. Great video thanks for sharing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Cheers :)

@aryanbumb4771 2 жыл бұрын

@@MaxImagination Cheers :)

@vameza1 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing buddy!!! Keep showing more experiments!!!

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Will do!

@sergeyafonin2596 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Good luck in your further steps.

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you too!

@produtos-666 2 жыл бұрын

isso foi o máximo, eu já tentei e nunca consegui fazer isso. parabéns

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Obrigado por assistir! Espero que eventualmente você consiga fazer seu spinner levitar como o meu, ou ainda melhor.

@thecosmos7671 2 жыл бұрын

It's just so well explained and done.

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear! Thanks a lot :)

@snoopu2601 2 жыл бұрын

Hay thanks you for sharing your video, been trying to make a spinning top. Very informative. 👍🏾

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for your kind comment :)

@marchyman5061 Ай бұрын

Little dude, I wish you much success in life!! Thanks for this amazing video and the excellent tutorial! This is so so so much better than the crap videos people are making nowadays just as clickbait. SO INFURIATING! Keep up the great work!!

@MaxImagination Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! I despise of those kinds of videos circulating the internet due to being time wasters, so I'm happy to stick to what's real when it comes to making my videos. Many thanks for your kind comment! Cheers!

@user-ic9qc6kk6i Жыл бұрын

Wow creative, you deserve 100 000 million subscribers, and you win with the arm of the mind, I love you 🤗🤗

@MaxImagination Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind, sweet words!

@hinaperveen5633 2 жыл бұрын

You give so much knowledge thanks

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear that! Thanks! 😊

@MrThacke Жыл бұрын

Thanks Max :) I made a Quantum Spin game using tops and D&D dice. The Levitron will be the perfect spin timer for every move :))

@MaxImagination Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you found my video helpful 🙂 Thanks for the comment!

@randomnessreviews4564 2 жыл бұрын

he even got the Dave Hax “Pretty cool, huh” in there

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

:DD

@sarthakkumar8679 Жыл бұрын

in one of the temples in India we have this type of tech shivling (a cylindrical structure) used to rotate like this using magnets but the twist is it was built probably 2000 years back and massive size

@morkyporky8890 Жыл бұрын

Keep dreaming

@sarthakkumar8679 Жыл бұрын

@@morkyporky8890 🤣haha what u want west validation

@dknsimha Жыл бұрын

@@morkyporky8890 it true man ... somnath India there is a flying shivling based on this tech some what 3000 years ago.

@CharlieIII Жыл бұрын

I'm doing it for my school science fair!!!!!!!!! Thankyou very much

@MaxImagination Жыл бұрын

My pleasure... That's great to hear you've found my video helpful!

@SaifulArifin17 2 жыл бұрын

love this

@user-xh3hz1xn6z Жыл бұрын

Perfect thanks for sharing your story with us

@MaxImagination Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks😊

@nunoostephen436 Жыл бұрын

Cool project

@Voiddd0-0 Жыл бұрын

I am using it for school great vid! 👌

@MaxImagination Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment. Good luck!

@lindaragsdale6958 2 жыл бұрын

He did a great job

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@sneakyfingersdevandle8164 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video... not exactly what I was looking for but close enough

@Himmu077 2 жыл бұрын

This guy diserves millions

@Justus_Patrick 2 жыл бұрын

Ha, as soon as the video started I was like, "Trippy!"

@sivanageswararaokonda9256 Жыл бұрын

Nice work

@elizabethgeorge4017 4 ай бұрын

Hi max I am a big fan of you I love your project

@MaxImagination 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for sticking with my journey! Cheers

@ayahsadam9817 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful sharing👍

@MaxImagination 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment!

@lathakrishchannel4969 Ай бұрын

really amazing.

@MaxImagination Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@SatyajitPhysicscenter 2 жыл бұрын

So amazing experiment

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@coolattish4718 2 жыл бұрын

POV: you went to his videos and clicked most popular

@Anime_editzer 10 ай бұрын

Don't be mean

@reinbaens9600 Жыл бұрын

Great video! I am trying this for a project. I have one question. Why should the diameter of the magnet in the spinning top be smaller than that of the base?

@MaxImagination Жыл бұрын

Hi, Rein. Thanks for your comment! The hole in the top magnet must be small to suit the diameter of the 4mm wooden rod. A better way to rephrase what you meant is the Inner diameter of the base magnet must be a bit larger than the Outer diameter of the top magnet as this is the physical aspect that keeps the spinning top hovering in place, creating the magnetic "donut effect". Same as a golf ball rolls into a hole larger than its diameter with ease rather than rolling over the hole. Cheers.

@CarlosGonzalez-mw5ro Жыл бұрын

Alien technology 😀👍

@Innate_hero 2 жыл бұрын

Nailed it

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :D

@briancarney3443 2 жыл бұрын

Did that in the 70's. Very retro, but Still has not lost it's coolness. MIT U is perfecting lev-memory as we speak. More into end of interface radical atom tech these days. Still, c o o l.

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool! You seemed to be way ahead from back then. What type of levitation technology are you referring to (what is the product?), could you please send a link? Thx

@rajesht9702 Жыл бұрын

Super, Keep going.

@gurpaldandiwaldandiwal1845 Жыл бұрын

Excellent job

@MaxImagination Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@CloudScience 2 жыл бұрын

Great Idea friend 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😀✌

@user-it2zw3jg1y 2 жыл бұрын

you are genius

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for you comment! :)

@chinhoan1520 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@mteducation 2 ай бұрын

Great, excellent, wonderfull!!!

@MaxImagination 2 ай бұрын

Glad you like it! Thanks!

@GrandmasterUV 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@ninja4O5 Жыл бұрын

Coolest science toy ever

@jumpthecrusader6117 Жыл бұрын

I like your style man good video good content

@MaxImagination Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😀

@MaeAnn29 Жыл бұрын

Hi there! Really wanted to try and make this. Can you please share where to get the spacers as shown in video? Looks like there were 2 different kinds you used for spacers. And the red bearing covers. Are those the same as the washers? The measurements of each material you used? Thank you so much!

@MaxImagination Жыл бұрын

Hi there. The washers you may need will most likely vary, it depends on how strong of a magnetic repulsion you're getting. Choose something rather light, such as aluminum or tin washers. Also, the biggest and bottom washer is a tambourine disc. Cheers!

@herbyss 4 ай бұрын

This is how the earth is station with presice accuracy that that God said it's foundation will never move meaning of it axis drifted off its course. Its magnetic field because the earth is full of magnet. That how the earth spins around to get the seasons. It hangs on nothing. Which is magnetic. Excellent physics explained. Good job there young feller .

@MaxImagination 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment and insight 👍

@yashdeeppatil9547 2 жыл бұрын

Wow

@vivalalibertadraptor 2 жыл бұрын

So cool :)

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

@jozefnovak7750 3 ай бұрын

Super!

@MaxImagination 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@JayElectroTech 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing 🤩🤩🤩

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@yatchacs 2 жыл бұрын

great content! would be good to know the dimensions of the magnet as well as the mass of the spinning part. Maybe this way a ratio can be estimated

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

The dimensions of the base ring mangnet are: 10x2cm, with a ~4cm hole diameter. The top ring magnet's dimensions: 24x5mm with a 4mm hole Hope you can get an idea on the dimension ratios. Thanks for watching! ✌😊

@thesinuro 2 жыл бұрын

@@MaxImagination where can I find all the supplies you used because I'm doing this as a science project and nothing I have is working right

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

@@thesinuro Hi, sorry to hear that! I got the base ring magnet from a large speaker, smaller spinning top magnet from Amazon.com, and the rest of the parts are all from basic household materials, such as a pencil, washers etc...

@cristinamcnatt4359 2 жыл бұрын

@Max Imagination, do you have the exact link to the magnet found on Amazon?

@Bok2022st Жыл бұрын

Just get yourself a microwave magnet they are all exactly the same size you know what the rest is so get to work brother

@otakuamedo8067 3 ай бұрын

Amazing ❤

@MaxImagination 2 ай бұрын

Thanks 😄

@user-zj4nc1ny4l 10 күн бұрын

Magnet are 😎 🆒️ 😎 😊😊

@dreddmann9292 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome.

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊✌

@MULTIELECTRON Жыл бұрын

nice video

@sawanmehra7ams253 9 ай бұрын

Good

@plyd1547 2 жыл бұрын

So can you make the actual magnet spin and the top not spin, because if you can maybe you can put other objects that use a magnet on top of it

@dhanacipta4602 2 жыл бұрын

Wow great job👍👍👍👍

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@veerendrapavan1979 Жыл бұрын

Super

@zaheersheikh1 2 ай бұрын

Excellent

@MaxImagination 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Bindu369 2 жыл бұрын

Wow amazing 😃🔥😯

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! 😀

@physicsquest1832 Жыл бұрын

WoW

@technicalmind1199 Жыл бұрын

Nice bhai

@plavali_znaem Жыл бұрын

I am just wondering, would this work if I replace the round ferrite magnet with several round ones, placed in a circle?

@MaxImagination Жыл бұрын

This could work on a smaller scale, but you'd need to get your angles 100% right, a difficult task. I'd advise it's better to simply take one base ring magnet and use that.

@aldolongo3252 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo 🙂

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! ✌️

@hrishikeshboruah6029 2 жыл бұрын

Good job!

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😀

@rishikayadav854 2 жыл бұрын

This is the same technique that was used in Somnath Temple

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Studying it more, it's an interesting history behind the ancient sequence of events that occurred with the temple.

@mateuszx17 Жыл бұрын

fantastic work and show. make more such movies

@MaxImagination Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! :D

@fullsoundrecording 8 ай бұрын

why did you have the bolt leveling platform in the first half but then later not used at all, and then what is up with the latge ring mag just sitting on the tiles?

@MaxImagination 8 ай бұрын

The large ring was used to level the base magnet when I wasn't using the leveling platform, this was done mostly for looks.

@dragonwarrior1238 2 жыл бұрын

Max super 🤩

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it! :)

@IncredibleCraftsCreative 2 жыл бұрын

Most viewed video bro 👌👌

@haridas8617 2 жыл бұрын

Wow ... Great ... keep it up

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@Minecraftmovie123 Жыл бұрын

Ya it's working 😊

@sureshparihar4987 Жыл бұрын

Really nice

@MaxImagination Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@josearlindo7143sdrn Жыл бұрын

Da pra fazer uma mini balançar tambem

@omjar5145 2 жыл бұрын

Bhai mast hai ya

@thgthgthg 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have any tips on finding the starting height above the ring magnet? I tried spinning the tops, but it wont even spin, it just tumbled (like fall down immediately being pulled by the magnet)

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, the starting height at which you should spin your top from on your board or launching platform really depends on the dimensions of your base and top magnets. In terms of telling by the push of pull of the magnetic repulsion, you can find out your starting height by moving your top up and down just above the base magnet, you should not feel an invisible bump, but instead quite a bit of attraction 1.5-3cm above the base magnet. from that slight pulling-in point, is where your top should be spun from, basically, your launching board has to be a little lower than that. Hope that helps. Cheers, Max

@thgthgthg 2 жыл бұрын

@@MaxImagination many thanks! Will try that. There's just so many variables to get it right :)

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

No problem. Oh yes, there sure is a many important factors to keep in mind when doing such experiment. It's just trial and error! :)

@jeffersonstamaria1682 Жыл бұрын

wow

@Suavache 2 жыл бұрын

Video rất thú vị bạn ơi

@narendra4472 Жыл бұрын

This was aware by Indians long back They have used it in some anicent temples To levitate shivling I seen some video in utube This is also well done

@MaxImagination Жыл бұрын

Yes, quite the unique phenomenon. I wish I knew about it earlier! Thanks for your comment! :)

@pokefangamerz3101 9 ай бұрын

Bro can we use ring magnet in the place of neodymium magnet

@MaxImagination 9 ай бұрын

No. It won''t be strong enough to sustain the spinning top in the air. You could try, but it will make it much more difficult to work...

@pokefangamerz3101 9 ай бұрын

@@MaxImagination bro i have tried with two ring magnets on the top it is not working may because of incorrect materials I have used

@technicalmind1199 Жыл бұрын

Nice nice

@natalyastaehr Жыл бұрын

you are so cool!

@eliluminador2876 2 жыл бұрын

El mercurio, el metal de la liberación gravitacional Mediante la rotación centrífuga revierte el magnetismo terrestre 🛸👽

@mdazharhussain3868 2 жыл бұрын

Superb

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

@aicchurchkipkaren6324 2 жыл бұрын

How are you doing this things dude 😮

@arzarefaldy264 2 ай бұрын

Im sure thats how ufo works

@samuelgonzalez9861 25 күн бұрын

Our world is a big magnet

@patty1991 23 күн бұрын

______ | Motor | ^ | magnet |___magnet__ Will it lift up by itself

@radiolandia 2 жыл бұрын

Excelente

@tuserndeso7712 Жыл бұрын

Benar benar mantap,cerdas

@II-qq2hv 2 жыл бұрын

Красава че :) теперь надо думать, как зафиксировать по бокам, хотя бы слегка

@MaxImagination 2 жыл бұрын

Спасибо! Это тоже можно добавить в будущую версию левитрона. 🙂

@II-qq2hv 2 жыл бұрын

@@MaxImagination давай, мы верим в тебя! Основной упор сделай на времени бесперебойной работы (чем дольше, тем лучше) и сколько оборотов делает за час, день или может быть неделю. Удачи :)!

@internationalmasterspeaker1879 Жыл бұрын

WoW very nice idol 💟

@sidster64 Жыл бұрын

Is it two magnet's. Which direction are poles. Great video young man.

@MaxImagination Жыл бұрын

Whether the magnets face North-to-North or South-to-South, as long as they face each other with like poles, you will be headed in the right direction with this experiment. Thanks for your comment!

@ahmadnadeemkhalid7276 2 жыл бұрын

good

@egyrmexiq1 3 ай бұрын

Great..!

@MarioXP2008 2 жыл бұрын

Wooow

@awfab3517 4 ай бұрын

Make the top piece perfectly balanced made on a lathe. Then spin it in a vacuum chamber, suck all the air out and theoretically it should spin almost forever minus the incomplete vacuum wich is impossible to make a perfect vacuum. Maybe some other forces too will slow it down that I don't know of.

@MaxImagination 3 ай бұрын

Good tip! The main piece with the rounded bottom could be made out of brass or another non-magnetic metal and is the piece where all the magnet and washers slide onto.