The information contained herein is to help those wishing to build a working magnetic device, as was once shown on the defunct Magnetic Energy web site (www.magneticenergy.com/). Some construction items will be difficult to acquire. The magnets fall into this category. Currently, there is no source for generic, off-the-shelf magnets of the type required in building magnetic energy devices. Securing a reliable source for magnets is simply an issue of money. Magnet manufacturers require a steep minimum to make them. It may be necessary for a group of individuals to pool their resources to acquire them. Any potential Magnetic Discovery Club members out there in cyber land interested in pooling their resources to develop a source?

Some items will not be available anywhere and must be special machined. The aluminum plate, rotor and stator fall into this category and are dependant upon the completion of the stator, which in turn is dependant on the completion of the rotor. These items would best be left for later development. Currently, there is no precise dimensional data based on a functioning unit. It helps to understand that this endeavor is a work in progress.

Some of the items are readily available locally and so have not been thoroughly researched. For instance, the brass shaft, bronze bushings and liquid acrylic, can be purchased from any well-stocked hardware store. The copper crimps can be purchased from electrical equipment retailers but there may be other viable solutions. Many of the supplies can be purchased without minimums, the acrylic "domes" fall into this category. Generally, wire suppliers do not require minimums for the larger diameter sizes but they will be very happy to sell you as many spools of wire as you desire. The Mylar/Dura-lar polyester film manufacturers require a $50 or $100 dollar minimum depending on whom you contact. Clear polyester film is carried by many of the larger artist/drafting supply stores if you are lucky enough to find one that stocks what is needed. Individual rolls of aluminized/reflective Mylar film can be obtained from hydroponics suppliers if you can find one that stocks the required 5-mil product, which leads back to the manufacturer again. All the information so expressed is based on year 2002 information and is time dependent; construction material prices are on a time dependent increasing scale, the more time, the higher the price.

The 18AWG (.032 inch) and 20AWG (.042 inch) copper clad steel wire is produced as hard and soft drawn, 20%, 30% or 40% conductivity. It will be necessary to decide which degree of conductivity to use. Your choice may be limited by material availability. The lower the percentage of conductivity translates to less copper and more steel. There appears to be no evidence in the original information available from the defunct Magnetic Energy web site that states which degree of conductivity to use. Since the copper component acts as a magnetic insulator I would suggest that for magnetic purposes, the higher iron content will be more conducive to the intended purpose.