Thanks!
The picture helps. My commutator “cuts” are aligned with the coils. If I understand correctly, my commutator needs to be rotated so that they can operate in the manner above. I think the commutator halves need to be smaller as well
Sorry about this. This is all kind of new to me...
I wanted to use ball bearings, but couldn’t really find any locally, and shipping for most of these parts takes upwards of two weeks to reach my location.
I think I understand what your saying about the commutator, I’ll look at it and see what I can do.
Thanks for your response.
1) the nuts aren’t bearings, they are glued to the shaft to prevent it from moving side to side.
2) the bolts I have currently are magnetic, but very weakly.
3) I have verified that the magnet poles are correct (north on one side, south on the other)
4) how should...