How to Make a Bedini

Making an Electromagnetic Coil

• 1

  Unwind your spools of 22 and 26-gauge wire. Connect them at the ends and make a helix out of them so they twist together.

• 2

  Put one end of the double wire into the holding spot on one coil and wrap the wire around the spool, making one layer across the entire spool. Work your way back and forth, making layers to fill up the spool. At the end, you should have the double wires coming from the bottom and top of the coil.

• 3

  Measure the length of the core of the spool, and cut your welding rods to that length. Slide as many welding rods into the core as you can and use strong adhesive glue to hold them in place.

Building the Rest of the Motor

• 4

  Connect the rotor to its mount using the hardware and instructions supplied in the kit. These instructions may vary slightly, based on the manufacturer. Ensure that the rotor's magnets will swing over the welding rods in the middle of the spoil. Set the assembly on a piece of plexiglass to provide a stable, level surface.

• 5

  Hook the transistor up to the diodes. Set the 1n4001 diodes between the base and the emitter, pointing the strike at the base. Connect the resistor to the base and to the potentiometer. Hook the 1n4007 diode to the spot closest to the transistor's main body.

• 6

  Make five short pieces of wire. One should connect to the transistor's body, but further away from you, and another should connect to the potentiometer. Two connect to the emitter, and the last one joins the unused end of the 1n4007 diode.

• 7

  Connect the negative terminal from one car battery to the positive terminal of the other battery. Also splice another wire into the middle of this connector, and connect it to the top wires coming from the electromagnetic coil. Connect a wire running from the emitter to the negative terminal of the first car battery. Run the wire from the 1n4007 diode to the positive terminal of the second battery.

• 8

  Hook the last free wire from the emitter to the bottom of your coil. Run the wire from the potentiometer to the wire on the top of the coil. Hook the unused wire from the transistor's body to the bottom of the coil. Connect the neon light to the emitter and to the transistor body.