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SinkScience #08 - Beauty of the Vortex
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Күн бұрынTake a journey to the center of a beautiful vortex. A whirlpool is created by a magnetic coupling inside of a tall CD container, driven by a Tesla CD Turbine running on faucet water pressure.
The Tesla CD Turbine is a little home-made turbine that thinks it can do anything. It's made from recycled CD's, CD spindle, neodymium magnets, and glue. It is based on the disc turbine of Nikola Tesla which he said was the greatest of all his inventions.
For more pics, videos and info on how to build this Tesla CD Turbine, see my instructables at :
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The Tesla CD Turbine web site:
www.cdturbine.com
Have a look at the Tesla for President '08 T-shirts there, too!
Mrfixitrick buys neodymium super-magnets at:
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Check out how a new understanding of magnetism will radically change our world, presented by nuclear engineer Mehran Keshe:
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@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
Thanks, it's one of my top 3 favorites out of the 40 videos I've done!
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
There are many examples of the vortex around us... a bathtub or sink drain, a tornado, a river whirlpool. And yes, if you squint just right, there's even beauty in a toilet vortex!
@Divinoamor 16 жыл бұрын
Nice, the more i see your videos the more enjoy them! The cool part is! They all in the kitchen sink! A kitchen sink has never been so intertaining like this before! Keep having fun!! :D
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
Yes, and the CD's dance at night to their own music, creating huge whirlpools.
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
What a concept! I think Archimedes said" give me a lever long enough and I will move the world!"
@ocean514 15 жыл бұрын
I love how quiet the tesla turbine is when running on water. Make that concept into a showcase fountain! Just add a pump to cycle the water to power the turbine! Some LEDs and ultrasound smoke, done!
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
I used to be memorized by the huge whirlpools at a local river when I was a kid. When I visualized being sucked into one, I simply swam down(in my mind) and popped up somewhere else. Like surfing, the secret it to "go with the flow", hehe.
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
If every weapon in the world got sucked into it, it would be the best invention the planet has ever known!!
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
A couple of years ago a buddy and I were going to make an egg-shaped container with special convoluted counter-rotating spinning discs inside, roughly based on Schaubergers ideas, for water purification and possible energy production.
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy! I do, too. I've never spent so much time in the kitchen!
@mledford2121 16 жыл бұрын
wow this is one of the coolest things i have ever seen! i hope you keep posting stuff its amazing
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
Hey thanks for the uplifting comment!
@superkev1099 16 жыл бұрын
thats pretty nifty!thanks. those twister tubes look pretty sweet!
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
Yes, the lower part is the Tesla disc turbine that is magnetically connected to the upper Tesla "pump". The lower turbine uses faucet water pressure to turn the discs, which have magnets to engage the upper "pump" magnetically.
@edison700 16 жыл бұрын
God I love your videos, I was waiting to see if your were going to put a little LEGO in it to see what would happen. Keep it up the awesome work
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
I'll leave that up to you for your next Science Fair project!! I did use a 1" styro ball that was really cool as it got sucked down and stayed underwater balanced. I'll post a video of it soon.
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comments, Joe For better torque more discs than 2 or 3 should be used. There is a point where too many discs will cause excessive internal resistance, however, and without additional nozzles or increased pressure, may run slower. The above version uses 25 discs, and is probably too many. It does run a couple of hundred rpm slower than a shorter-cased one with, say, 8 CD's. An impeller between the discs may or may not help, depending on a few variables.
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
I've got a vortex experiment coming up that will be incredible with a 3 foot tall, 6 inch diameter clear tube. I'll use dye, smoke, and floating/sinking objects to create some fun! This will be in a couple of weeks time.
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
The turbine was running between 500 and 1000 rpm. Good luck with your vortex project...don't forget to video it!
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
what a concept...supercooling to the point of instant crystallization...hmmm thanks for the mind bender!
@MrfixitRick 14 жыл бұрын
Good suggestion, thanks! I'll have to build a new SinkScience turbine 'cause this one blew it's top in the blender bursting movie.
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this one...the vortex is so mesmorizing. I will be taking this video up a notch, by using a 3 foot tall clear polycarbonate tube for a better look at the vortex effect.
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
There is something deep and universal in the image of the spiral vortex.
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
Not bad, I like the idea! A Tesla turbine hooked up to a fire extinguisher...
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
There is no hole; it's a standing vortex created by a magnetically-coupled tesla pump disc pack inside the CD cover with water in it. That disc pack is connected magnetically to the magnetic field of the turbine to make it spin.
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
Yes, it helps to be on a well next to a rain forest! It costs me about 5 cents an hour in well pump power to run the turbine. I don't run it very long usually. Especially since i blew the top right off the CD cakebox case. The Tesla CD turbine is on a self-contained system in my last couple of videos, using re-circulated water and a pump.
@brodie1600 15 жыл бұрын
Your videos amaze me. It's just so neat to watch the machines and how they work. Keep it up! =)
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
yes, I notice lots of crafty things selected now.
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
pkscolax, that's a great idea! A gentle Tesla reminder for the office..."The Tesla Tornado" (tm) haha
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
"make sure it's the seek adventure type ones" hahaha Thanks for the idea, lol!
@jeansonne100 11 жыл бұрын
thats amazing... i had no clue steven wright made things like this
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
You must build a CD Turbine so you can try all your good ideas! Hehe I had this turbine in my kitchen sink for over a year and it worked flawlessly for all kinds of fun.
@MrfixitRick 12 жыл бұрын
One big hint is about magnet size. The drive magnets must be strong enough for the size of the vortex, and power of the drive motor. A blower motor will require 6 of 1/2 x 1/2 inch neo magnets on the drive side, and on the driven disc side too. (I use a water-jet cut disc of Lexan to mount the magnets into) Smaller projects, smaller magnets and less power.
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
It uses energy and currently has no other purpose than to inspire awe. I have tried some experiments with objects in the vortex. For example, it's possible to completely submerge a 1 inch styrofoam ball in the vortex, and control it's height by the speed of the turbine. Then there's the little plastic man I threw in... Things suggest themselves after observing the vortex, and for me, that is a worthwhile purpose unto itself.
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
Hmmm, I do have 4 feet of 6 inch clear tubing, pump, led's and even a smoke generator...hehe. Great idea, thanks for the comment!
@morpher44 15 жыл бұрын
Your Tesla Turbine stuff is great. I was thinking about your videos today and got the funny idea that you should use baking-soda and vinegar under high pressure to turn your turbine.
@MonalisaNat 16 жыл бұрын
That is pretty neat. The colors are go with it well:)
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
The bio electric generator doesn't use magnetics as it's way of generating power. It is a chemical/bilogical process that has an anode and cathode and uses sunlight. The vortex acts as a flywheel to smooth out the take-off of power from various devices, but the turbine turns slower from the energy diverted into the vortex and friction.
@0151pri88 14 жыл бұрын
thats neat, someone should make these and put them in lamps or something they would become very rich, every kid and big kid would have one in there room
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
Thanks for saying it didn't suck!
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
The resulting vortex shape would depend on the speed of the liquid inside the vase. With a sealed top like you suggest, the Tesla disc "pump" would have to go very fast to make a cavitation vapor bubble inside. But it could be done. That would be a good experiment with a faster rpm than with the faucet water pressure driving the CD turbine seen here. I will be doing some work with a 3 foot tall vortex soon...perhaps I will try that!
@badboytv2689 8 жыл бұрын
Love your stand up steven
@MrfixitRick 12 жыл бұрын
I fixed the broken link to my "mrfixitrick" Instructables, found in the "show more" box. It has complete instructions. Glad to hear you are attempting this cool project! Use strong N52 magnets where possible, K&J Magnetics is a good source for magnets.(link in "show more" box) Message me if you have questions!
@ShirakOmegaX 13 жыл бұрын
That was a really good demo thanks for sharing.
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
The way it works is that the CD Turbine runs on faucet water pressure. It has CD discs inside that spin around with magnets glued to them. I use a magnetic coupler, made with a couple of CD's and neodymium cylinder magnets, and put it into the water. The magnetic coupler engages and rotates with the rotating magnetic field of the turbine, creating the vortex. I like the vortex thingy idea, but it has been done quite well with a device called the Twister Tube. Google it...truly cool!
@latto101 14 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid, quiet informative as well.
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
I tried throwing in some styro beads and that was neat. I tried a 5' high vortex last week, but the turbine was too weak to pull it off. I will find a way to increase power, and get a good tall vortex to chuck things into. re:ps I think I'd rather fly over the world than take it over, but thanks for suggestion!
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
I haven't tried the Tesla pump idea yet, but I think it would be easy to do using an electric drill with a magnetic coupler driving the turbine backwards.
@windowlicker1 16 жыл бұрын
wow hey that would be really cool with a light that changes color or something. cool idea for a decoration like someone else said.
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
If it makes people say "awesome" for less than a penny's worth of well pump power for an experiment, I deem it a success. I use more water in a shower, for example. The average family uses 360 gallons a day...enough to run the turbine for several hours. However, it's a good point what you say, and best use would mean the turbine outlet water goes to something useful...a garden, pool, barrel, etc.
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
It's mesmerizing...
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
That's wonderful! Haha! You should do a video and attach it to mine as a video response...it would likely go viral!
@Aiur850 16 жыл бұрын
You have some very interesting videos.
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
Yes, it could actually work, and if you see my latest video featuring the Shake Flashlight Shaker, the source of power for the LED's can come from the faucet, too!
@JesusW4y 15 жыл бұрын
Excellent, good sir!
@smallshinyant 14 жыл бұрын
Brillant, i had to go off and look up what this was all about but i think i need to have a go. cool science :)
@YellowMellowJello 13 жыл бұрын
@MrfixitRick Maybe. That's great thinking. Good upload, as well!
@MrfixitRick 13 жыл бұрын
@OerAnime Beauty becomes the Beast...of the Vortex!
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
Thanks for pointing this out. Everything from toilets to tornadoes takes a spiral twist! And of course, our DNA. Also, there is evidence of helical vortices even at an atomic level. Perhaps the very basis of existence revolves around the vortex idea!
@MrfixitRick 14 жыл бұрын
@vickty007 Thanks for your contribution to the world of vortexes!
@iwan0t0smith 14 жыл бұрын
From my understanding the reason the aluminium tin spun was due to the changing magnetic field (from the turbine) inducing a current in the tin which hence induced a magnetic field in the tin which opposed the motion of the turbine and hence caused the tin to rotate. So if you filled the CD cover with salty water would you get something similar, given that salty water is a conductor of electricity? Should be pretty easy for you to find out :)
@Nomoreidsleft 13 жыл бұрын
The video last for 4:33, but real time was 2 hours. You've just invented a time machine!
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
All of my 14 "Sink-Science" videos do just that...show ways to use faucet water pressure to do fun things. I calculate we could save at least 50 million dollars a year in energy costs if faucet power was tapped (so to speak!). Unfortunately, it would likely cost about 50 billion to do so.
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
exactly. I hope to use a 2.5 foot x 6 inch one for my Steampunk Parlour Room model.
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
Ah, yes, the irony of the situation is not lost on me! And that the spinning of water may rejuvenate it as well...
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
Thanks for pointing out this meaningful, but brief, factoid!
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
The featured one would not have been my pick, either. Oh well, it sure got response! I wish they chose this, actually.
@aoakampfer 15 жыл бұрын
Have you ever considered putting glittery stuff into the vortex and then somehow mounting LEDs to rotate? This thing would make an amazing lamp, though I think it would be very impractical.
@XTheSonofTheSunX 13 жыл бұрын
great experiment! i'm building a double vortex device, i saw on another video, but, i'm also gonna check yours out, and build it as well! thanx for sharin, tesla would be proud! om shanti
@MrfixitRick 13 жыл бұрын
@allowacan The discs spin somewhere around 800 -1000 rpm. I used an electric motor from a Subaru car heater in my other "Tesla Tornado" videos. It has a magnetic flywheel that magnetically coupled to the disc pack inside a 3 foot tall clear tube.
@MrfixitRick 12 жыл бұрын
I agree with what you say. I submit that Keshe is an engineer, and claims he "builds what he talks about". He is not a physicist or theoretical scientist, and says he keeps his language simple so that a black bushman in Africa will have the same advantage technologically as a white western scientist. Furthermore, Keshe indicates that folks will soon be building similar plasma reactors in their garages. I like that idea!
@Stardust-Sterrestof 13 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see how the tesla cd turbine is build .. pity your site doesn't work. Very nice videoos btw .. love the magnetism everywhere !
@DancingSpiderman 15 жыл бұрын
And get some green houses and red hotels from the Monopoly game, and drop them in a few at a time, reminds us of Tornado Alley
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
I will have another vortex movie soon that will feature a 3 foot tall vortex, complete with things thrown in!
@BenPierceLive 15 жыл бұрын
SWEET!
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
The vortex just slows down and disappears. The turbine runs a bit longer than usual from the momentum of the vortex and magnetic coupler.
@MrfixitRick 13 жыл бұрын
@tessaring Waterpower turns the discs inside the Tesla turbine, which rests under the vortex chamber. In turn, the Tesla Turbine is magnetically coupled to a Tesla Pump inside the vortex chamber. A Tesla Turbine is unique because it has no cups or blades, just smooth discs. Tesla patented his turbine and pump around 1909, and said in his autobiography that his turbine is "the greatest of all my inventions". See wikipedia under, "Tesla Turbine".
@esrevni 15 жыл бұрын
The thing is, I think back 2 years ago, the intel science fair's grand prize was a bio electric generator using polarized iron filled bacteria in a tube surrounded by wire. So, perhaps, you could produce a bit more power using the vortex as well to try to offset the power needed from the water. Do the turbines turn any slower from the added coupling?
@maleiva 13 жыл бұрын
i see the singularity, very cool.
@MrfixitRick 14 жыл бұрын
@cabanayan2 It feels about the same as if you put your hand in the toilet vortex, or bathtub drain vortex...you can feel it, but it's not about to suck you in! The vortex temporarily changes shape, but rebounds quickly when the hand is withdrawn.
@MrfixitRick 14 жыл бұрын
@KGEstrive4perfection It's a strange and wondrous thing to see a bunch of discs work so well. That is why Tesla called his disc turbine "the greatest of all my inventions" ! My idea is to add magnets to the discs for a magnetic coupling. My big secret is to use repulsing magnet poles, rather than attracting poles, in the coupling. See my Tesla Tornado videos for a really big version of this!
@flight110 16 жыл бұрын
This is a cool expirement.
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
If this turbine was spun fast enough as a pump, it would create a near vacuum at the CD spindle post inlet. Unfortunately, CD discs are not the best material for very high rpms, and the magnets in my design lend toward lower rpms. I have a plan to remedy that, but for now I'm too scared to try too!
@llollercoaster 15 жыл бұрын
You should do a similar experiment but instead of just water add some food coloring and then oil, it would probably be pretty bad ass..
@MrfixitRick 13 жыл бұрын
@allowacan Thanks for the reminder. I need to rebuild that site.
@ducttaperulestheworl 16 жыл бұрын
cool.the vortex looks scary
@Fatherfilms 16 жыл бұрын
Saw your featured video which i thought was kind of pointless, this however is pretty cool.
@JEIWILBER 15 жыл бұрын
Totally Agree !!! I Forgot !!!
@MrfixitRick 12 жыл бұрын
Have you seen my Tesla Tornado series? They are 3 movies showing a 3 foot tall vortex.
@MrfixitRick 15 жыл бұрын
absolument !
@MrfixitRick 13 жыл бұрын
@livetrueblue Your idea should work. The long cylinder magnet may be a bit noisy on the bottom of the cylinder and wear on there. The magnet will have to be strong to maintain the magnetic connection under load and rpm's. Consider making a Tesla Pump (using a set of discs like CD's) at the bottom of the tube. That way, you can be educating kids about Nikola Tesla's wonderful Disc Turbine/Pump...and recycling CD's at the same time!
@cramtoro 13 жыл бұрын
3:21 trully amazing :D
@erehwyrevekool 15 жыл бұрын
very nice!
@jamesoleruster 15 жыл бұрын
Put the new turbine in a bath tub doing the same thing as here with some leaves, twigs, glitter, small pebbles, and a lego man
@MrfixitRick 14 жыл бұрын
@zafisto If you dropped the item dead centre, it would fall through the air until it hit the water part of the vortex. A very fast water vortex might make the air inside spin some too, but there is stillness at the very centre of a cyclone.
@MrfixitRick 12 жыл бұрын
The xmas vortex uses a 6 inch diameter x 4 feet long piece of polycarbonate (Lexan) plastic.It was expensive, at about $100.(Canadian). The" blower motor" is the heater blower motor from a 1992 Subaru car. You can see more details in my instructables at Instructables. c o m, search for "mrfixitrick". (link is in the "show more" box.)
@MrfixitRick 16 жыл бұрын
I guess it depends on what your buddy means by charged. I don't know if the water gets electrically or magnetically charged; apparently water responds to a magnetic field. Also, Schauberger believed that water moving in a vortex rejeuvinated, or recharged, the water.
@MrfixitRick 14 жыл бұрын
@killman369547 You bet! ...and thanks for the comments!
@jaksproductions4520 14 жыл бұрын
@MrfixitRick cool, I'd really enjoy to watch how a vortex freezes! ohh and u got a new subb =P
@jamesoleruster 15 жыл бұрын
you can see the swirling force lines of the vortex
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