How to make DIY Electromagnetic Train Project –
- Gather your materials
- Take one end of the copper wire and tape it to the dowel. Begin winding the copper into a coil, making sure the coils are as tightly packed as possible but do not overlap.
- Keep winding until you have created a coil that’s at least 5 inches long.
- Remove the coil from the dowel, and stretch it out just enough so that each winding on the coil doesn’t touch the one next to it.
- Make two stacks of 5 neodymium magnets. Orient the stacks so they repel each other, and stick one stack to each side of the battery.
- Slide your train into the copper coil. It should zip down the coil and out the other side! If your train doesn’t move, try flipping the train around.
- If it still doesn’t work, try flipping one of the stacks of batteries around.
- If you place one on a table and bring the other one close, the magnet on the table will slide away.
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