Re: can this motor be made sync?

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Original poster: "Dan" <DUllfig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

What makes an induction motor a-synchronous, is the fact that the 
armature is not magnetized. Period. if the armature does not slip 
with regards to the rotating magnetic field, there would be no 
induced magnetic field in the armature. That is why induction motors 
run slower than synchrony. It's not because it has no flats. 
Manufacturers would have thought of that already, if it acutally 
worked. No amount of flats is going to fix that. I don't know where 
that idea came from, i've seen it before on some website. I just chuckled.

The only way would be to somehow magnetize the armature, but since it 
is mostly aluminum, I don't see how you would do that.

Dan

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Subject: can this motor be made sync?

Original poster: tesla popp <<mailto:teslas_lab@xxxxxxxxx>teslas_lab@xxxxxxxxx>

ignore the blank message i acedentally i sent...

I have obtained a source of motors for $2 each.  i
tried the flats thing to no effect.  I slowly ground
down the armature until the edges nearly met, but no
luck what so ever.  i figured they would be good for a
"terry blake propeller style rotery gap"

my question for you is:  can this type if motor be
made synchronous???

here are some pics

<http://www.amasingscience.com/teslacoils/flats>http://www.amasingscience.com/teslacoils/flats 
on
motor.jpg

<http://www.amasingscience.com/teslacoils/motor.jpg>http://www.amasingscience.com/teslacoils/motor.jpg