The
Finsrud Gravito-Magnetic Device (Perpetuum
Mobile)
The
Finsrud Gravito Magnetic Device (GMD)
analyzed:
This
is Reidar Finsrud from Norway. He was born the fifth
of March, 1946
He is a painter and a sculptor. One day he wanted to
make an ashtray... floating on a magnetic field. It
didn't work, he got angry and said: 'Not stable? Then
I'll make it move!. that was in 1984. he thought and
tried for many years. He studied the magnetic
restlessness and what the best arrangement would be.
He discovered that adding a normal pendulum, to the
chaos pendulum, prolonged its activity. He used three
pendulums to control it and made a track, He attached
it to the chaos pendulum. Horseshoe magnets fixed to
the pendulums were to control the movements of the
setup, with on it a steel ball of 0.82 kg, 2,7''. The
ball Passed a lever to drive the pendulums, but the
unrest ended after a while, the ball stopped on the
track. So he placed the setup on a column and created
a vibrating connection. It took him many years to
figure out the design of the vibratory unit between
the ball and the top. This is the final building plan.
In 1996 the ball finally kept moving! This newspaper
picture was shot when the machine ran for 6 weeks. And
so is it running ever since, with some maintenance now
and then. Maintenance: 1) cleaning the track. 2) Redo
the resin fix of the magnet array in the base.
It is
the first working perpetuum mobile in human history!
Now, how must we explain this?
First
an overview of the technical part. The machine
consists of three main divisions: 1) The base, 2) The
pendulums with the regulators, 3) The vibratory
feedback unit. Let's build it up! This is the base
column with the lower triangle setup and supports. In
the base the chaos array of magnets, same poles up.
Then the central pendulum with a 40 kg weight and
magnet, pole down, with the regulatory pendulums with
track, magnets, ball and feedback levers. A detailed
view. Third part is the vibratory setup that completes
the build. It lifts the setup from the lower triangle
of the base. part by part, from top to bottom:
(see:picture
http://theorderoftime.com/science/free_energy/support-files/finsrud.html)
And
now some theoretical matters. How to explain the
perpetual motion of this machine now? Can we explain
this mechanically? No, but there is a quantum
mechanical explanation... Nobel Prize winner Werner
heisenberg said:
"I
think it is possible to utilize magnetism as an
energy-source. But we science idiots cannot do that,
this has to come from the
outside".
This outsider now turns out to be Reidar Finsrud, even
though we cannot be certain the he never succeeded and
placed a motor in the base to save his face. he may do
so, he is an artist and he claims nothing but to have
created a kinetic work of art... He is 'too busy' to
answer scientific questions. But let's say that we
give him the benefit of the doubt and that he didn't
sell his soul to the devil of fame.... he keeps a low
profile, right? Trusting that what he says is the
truth, he tells us that:
If
we repel or expand from a diallel -
towards the center - array of magnets and
counter that force with the contraction or
attraction of gravity driven magnets, then
we can make a motor run given a cyclic
setup containing a vibrating feedback
loop.
This
defines the living universe with Finsrud. Does this
finding add up with the existing new physics theories?
yes it does! Albert Einstein in a Lecture in 1920
said: "there
can be no space, or any part of space without
gravitational
potentials",
he concludes saying:
"Recapitulating
we may say that according to the general theory of
relativity space is endowed with physical qualities,
in this sense, therefore, there exists an
ether."
Hence we may speak of the ether in a relative sense.
Ether is according the ancient vedic texts the first
material effect of creation: first there is
pradhâna,
or what Einstein calls timespace: space and time as
one expanding force: in our device this is represented
by the magnetic repelling force of the array. As we
all know is this force in our three dimensional
universal space opposed by attraction: a magnet shows
this polarization of universal space by its polarity.
A modern Aether Physics model of Thomson and Bourassa
speaks of a combination of forward and backward time
to define the Aether unit. It is associated with our
basic particles of matter: neutrons, protons and
electrons. In other words. space is a form of energy
that can be converted by addressing the aether as a
combination of forces, like with the repelling and
attracting of a magnet and the 'space pressure' of
gravity. Descartes said:
"empty
space does not
exist"
and: "all
of matter is a transformation of the
aether"
Thus do the new theories embrace the old ones.
Therefore this machine runs. It addresses the time
forces of space or the relative ether correctly and
transforms that energy into kinetic energy. It is
relative, therefore it works! But all of this theory
is nonsense if we can't work with this finding by
making a machine - or replication -operating on these
principles. Till then Finsrud is just an artist and we
are in the dark about magnet motors. Science will have
to deliver proof by experiment that our belief in this
perpetual motion machine was justified or not. Thus we
experiment!.
Anand
Aadhar:
"Welcome
to my gravito-magnetic experiments. with the IPMM
disc. This is version number 6, and this is the loop
to address the relative ether. This (middle) stator
moves this disc, which pushes up this lever which
controls this gravity controlled pendulum which drives
again the disc. Thus we have a loop. It is not a
self-runner yet, but it is functioning quite stable
and maybe I'll succeed some day. I thank you for your
attention."
Visit
to Reidar Finsrud's Public Studio in Norway on 17
March 2001
Arrived
at Oslo (Torp) 123 kilometers from Oslo. Took a taxi
to Sandefjord and then on to As via Oslo by train (a
four hour trip). Arriving at As there were no taxis at
the stand, a phone call resulted in an English
speaking taxi driver within ten minutes. Luckily he
knew of the Finsrud Gallery and took us there. Arrived
at 3.45 p.m. on the Saturday having left London at
4.00 am that morning!
First
Impressions
The
gallery is nicely fitted out giving the impression of
a quiet library. It was immediately obvious that it
was Reidar Finsrud who was working on a computer at
reception. Dressed in white engineers overalls and
sporting a pony-tail he remembered me when I said we
had spoken a few weeks ago while he was eating lunch!
I guess all the things I had said on the phone about
the Earth's energy problems, the science that his
machine proved wrong had been less important than his
lunch! This is no bad thing. Reidar was extremely
polite and speaks excellent English, when he realized
we had only quarter of an hour before closing he
volunteered straight away that he would be around a
little longer and that we could stay later. Somewhat
of a relief not to have traveled 12 hours for just
quarter of an hour viewing.
Perpetuum
Mobile by Reidar Finsrud
The
Machine
Reidar
keeps his 'Perpetuul mobile' in his strongroom in his
basement with a couple of other pieces of his highly
prized artworks. He happily showed us to this room
while talking engagingly about the machine. On
entering the strongroom the machine is directly in
front enclosed in a glass cabinet, it stands about a
meter and a half tall, the ball is on a gently moving
track and it goes round and does not stop, there are
no motors. A ball would normally only go around a few
circuits but this does not, additional energy is
coming from somewhere and the scientific understanding
of physics falls flat on its face with each circuit of
the ball. The machine is well built, there are no ends
of bolts sticking out and Allen key style nuts are
used in most places. There are no apparent rough edges
or bits that are broken. It is not perfect however, as
the ball rolls around there are two places roughly
opposite where track noise can be heard and the ball
audibly vibrates; that said, it is really quite
smooth. The ball does make a noise as it goes around,
this is just like a ball bearing on a track, like a
roulette ball. I also noticed what appears to be a
putty of some kind in just a couple of places, I think
this has been used to balance the machine, finger
prints clearly mark the putty.
Moving
Parts
Let
me describe the movement in the machine, the most
obvious yet least important movement of the machine is
in the three regulatory pendulums, these are pivoted
by a right angle of metal used as a hook to each of
three arms coming from the main internal pendulum that
goes down the central column of the machine. The swing
of the regulatory pendulum is always at the same place
with respect to the ball going around the track (two
bicycle wheel rims).
The
regulatory pendulum swings in the opposite direction
to the ball as the ball approaches. On the top of the
pendulum, above the pivot is a horseshoe magnet, this
is attracted to the ball as it approaches. As the ball
passes the horseshoe magnet the magnet is closest to
the ball and at its lowest point, the pendulum below
the pivot is therefore at the furthest point of its
swing away from the ball. This is the position each
time the ball passes. I should also point out that
this is a normal not chaotic pendulum.
To
ensure the pendulum continues to swing requires
energy, this is given to it via a plastic encased wire
which is attached near the pivot of the pendulum, the
other end is not attached to anything but comes up
through the track. The ball goes over it pushing it
down and imparting just enough energy to keep the
pendulum swinging. The magnet is not there to take
energy from the ball but to ensure the pendulum is
always at its furthest swing when the ball is next to
the magnet, the wire is used to get the energy. (The
wire looks suspiciously like a wire coat hanger with a
clear plastic tube over it!)
These
pendulums are attached to the arms of the central
internal pendulum. The track is fixed rigidly to the
arms and the arms are fixed rigidly to the central
pendulum. This central pendulum has a circular
movement which is therefore passed on to the track. It
is the circular movement of the track which moves the
ball. (If you were to put a marble on a dinner plate
and make a circular movement it also would go around.
The track does not rotate, the high point on the track
moves around in a wavelike fashion so the ball is
always on a slope.) It is this part that gives the
machine its movement but it is the top part, the
'vibrationary assembly' which powers the central
pendulum and therefore it is this part where the extra
energy is coming from.
The
Vibrationary Assembly
The
machine is supported by a central column within which
the central pendulum swings in its circular motion.
The central column is secured at the bottom by a large
copper flange to ensure the machine does not topple
over. This central column rises to just before the
arms to the track start. At this point, three aluminum
bars are attached which pass through the track arms
and support the machine by attaching to a triangular
arrangement of metal lengths upon which the machine is
eventually hung. Separating these metal lengths and
the central pendulum is a whole system of vibrating
springs and further metal lengths, power is generated
here. This system is designed so it is always
reverberating, as an input from one area dies down so
another input starts, this part of the system is
designed to never allow stability and so causes the
perpetual motion.
The
area where vibration is most clear is the input to the
system from the ball itself. There are three round
magnets on the end of metal lengths positioned in a
triangle so that they are just over the ball as it
passes them on its journey around the track. (There
are small metal spikes below the metal lengths near to
the magnet, these stop the magnet from getting too
close to the ball and are probably only of use during
the machine start up.) The lengths are like metal
rulers, like the ruler a vibration can be set up in
them. This happens when the ball comes around under
the magnet, pulling it towards the ball, once the ball
passes it the attraction on the magnet is released and
a vibration imparted on the metal
length.
The
lengths are balanced in the middle, supported from
below also with a spring assembly above them, I
believe this is to enable the strip to be supported
but not to dampen the vibration.
Close
up to the business end of things
At
the opposite end to the magnet the metal length feeds
the vibration up to a smaller triangular array of
metal lengths. The attachment is by a medium weighted
bolt, I believe the weight helps conserve vibration.
This further triangle of lengths is about five
centimeters above the middle triangle; they are
attached at their center points to the suspension
point of the central pendulum. The other end of the
lengths on the higher triangle is balanced with a
knuckle shaped sprung bracket assembly. I don't know
if the function is just a balance to the weight on the
other end but it appears to also help with the
vibration.
At
the center of the metal lengths of the higher triangle
is the attachment to the pendulum. The central
pendulum is hung off a copper bowl, this only contains
the attachment. The heavy 40kg pendulum swings in a
circular motion in the central column. Further support
for the weight is via a spring which is supported by
the central column.
The
design of the vibrating assembly is interesting when
viewed from above, the lower triangle supporting the
assembly is the smallest, its points would touch the
mid points of the highest triangle, the higher
triangle's points would touch the mid points of the
middle triangle formed between the three magnets
overhanging the track.
So
what makes this machine run. I don't think I am able
to answer this, the vibration assembly certainly keeps
movement going longer than otherwise but I keep coming
back to the movement of the central pendulum. There is
a subtlety and pureness to the movement that has a
logic to it, I can only describe this as being like
Pythagoras theory, when the solution is presented
there is a naturalness which does not require a proof,
it simply 'feels right'.
Efficiency
Reidar
says the machine does stop on occasions but that this
is not on a daily basis. To start the machine the
pendulums are swung by hand, this puts an external
input energy into the system, given that the machine
does stop this means it is not over 100%
efficient.
Without
any motion in the pendulums the ball would travel only
twice around the circuit, with only the regulatory
pendulums it would go around about fifteen times (due
to the external energy created by swinging the
pendulums by hand) but the ball soon stops as
pendulums themselves do not continue for long. Unlike
a clock there is no spring mechanism to increase the
time they swing. With the central pendulum moving and
the triangular arrangement working together it goes on
for days at least. Clearly the forces of friction, air
resistance and gravity which should stop the machine
are to an extent being overcome by the introduction of
additional energy into the system.
In
trying to arrive at ball park figures I will assume it
is unlikely for any mechanical device to be more than
90% efficient, the 'Perpetuum mobile' at 99.999%
(estimate) efficiency is therefore receiving about 10%
of its energy from unknown sources. My personal view
is that the machine remains 90% efficient, but has an
additional energy input, the total of which is zero
but is in fact an extra 10% positive energy and a 10%
negative energy. The 10% negative energy should show
up as a reduction in air temperature around the
machine of a reduction in the machine weight. I did
not measure the temperature of the air near the
machine or weight stopped and then moving (the later
being somewhat impractical).
As
an aside Reidar was amused that a visiting scientist
claimed the noise of the ball around the track
represented 10 Watts of energy. The noise is similar
but less than a mosquito, Reidar wondered how these
little flies went around with 10 Watts of energy
without exploding. (But don't you wish they would
sometimes!)
I
asked about the rough areas of the track where the
ball can be heard to 'rattle', apparently oil has been
tried and it stops the machine like treacle because it
increases the touching surfaces between ball and
track. When parts other than the track are oiled a
very thin oil like clock oil is used.
Start
Up
When
a start up is required this takes about 15 minutes,
this is due to the difficulty involved in getting all
the parts moving in harmony.
The
Central Vibrationary Unit
The
unit is based on the chaos pendulum though the machine
does not actually use these at any point. Reidar first
became interested in the chaos pendulum. This is
simply a metal or magnetic pendulum, typically on a
long piece of string (at least a meter), a little
distance below the pendulum is a random array of
magnets (if using a magnetic pendulum it is probably
best to make the magnets in opposition). What happens
when the pendulum is swung over the magnets is that it
will first become attracted/repelled to one then
another magnet. The movement is not entirely random
but the pendulum takes an erratic path eventually
becoming static in a position that is not vertical.
This represents a potential energy in the
pendulum.
Reidar
timed the length of swing of a normal pendulum, then a
chaos pendulum, the times were similar but Reidar
noted that the chaos pendulum still kept some
potential energy. In order to release this energy he
hung further chaos pendulums near the first, he
attached the pendulums together using a length of
line. Now, when the pendulums came near rest it would
occasionally be pulled by another pendulum and release
that potential and start to move again. When timed
this system of chaos pendulums was found to take
longer than just one chaos pendulum before it came to
rest.
Many
different combinations of pendulum numbers and types
were tried, eventually the idea of continuing
vibration being used to keep the system in motion
became the vibrationary unit at the top of the
machine. The triangular array was finally achieved
after many tried and failed attempts to get this part
to continue indefinitely. This unit is the powerhouse
for the machine, without which it does not
work.
Reidar
Finsrud
Reidar
has many things to occupy his time, his gallery is on
three floors and he is setting up another larger
gallery in another location. He teaches and has 120
students, his subjects are the human body as a science
as well as art. Additionally he has commitments to
lecture on other subjects (usually the machine), this
work allows him freedom to pursue his other interests.
His gallery is full of his own work, observations of
subtleties of human nature and form as well as
woodland scenes. Animals are entirely missing from his
art and this surprised me.
Reidar
has deeply held convictions on greed. He feels the
economic system that we have fuels greed to encourage
people to get things others don't have. We tend to go
along with this and by doing so simply line the
pockets of the heads of corporations. The paradox is
that if they lived their lives in balance they
wouldn't need the money and wouldn't encourage people
to buy so many material goods which they don't need
either. We don't need wardrobes full of clothes nor
more than one car. We don't need to keep changing the
goods in our houses or our car, what people should
realize is that if it works it doesn't need
changing.
Unfortunately
while the economic system fuels itself in one way it
does not in others, it needs to take from the
environment all the time, however the environment only
has so much that can be taken.
Reidar
questions why a fast motorbike doesn't come with a
health warning while cigarettes do. It comes down to
profits again, because manufacturers are not forced to
put on health warnings they don't, yes people know
these things are dangerous but manufacturers would
rather not encourage us to think about these dangers,
they really want us to buy, it helps their bottom
line.
Things
such as branding and other methods of product
differentiation just cause duplication of very similar
products. This is inefficient but helps the bottom
line in more companies so it is done.
To
save energy, houses in cold areas could be built
underground. Reidar does not need to heat his basement
although there was snow outside, perhaps more people
could do this (he didn't talk too much about his top
two floors though!).
Reidar
does not believe an over unity machine is required to
solve our energy crisis just a change of attitude
among people. He has a vision of people becoming less
materialistic, the greed based competitive economic
system sinking and people working together 'like
ants'.
Present
Projects
Reidar
is collaborating with an industrial company to try and
produce a machine based on his perpetual mobile but
which produces an excess of energy, this is
ongoing.
He
is also making other energy producing devices using
solar power and wave power. To demonstrate solar power
he has made a six foot diameter solar windmill (like
the ones that come in a slight vacuum in glass shaped
like a light bulb). This works by having black and
reflective silver areas, the black areas are heated by
the sun warming and so expanding the air behind it
held in a chamber, the expanding air is forced out
through a hole causing the windmill to
turn.
Where
Now?
I
hope I have done justice to Reidar Finsruds ideas and
his machine, I would encourage people to visit his
gallery if not too far away, you may well enjoy
visiting Norway into the bargain.
I
shall not be attempting to replicate this machine. It
is clear to me that the central pendulum could be
supported by an oscillator at the bottom, that the
track could be kept in place by magnets in opposition
to magnets on an external ring and that units like
this could be stacked three high and that the
vibrationary unit could be replaced by destabilization
magnets. Additionally an energy collector in the form
of aluminum cones and a steel shell should be used. I
guess you see what that leaves me with!
The
sign reads 'Perpetuum mobile - Reidar Finsrud 1994'.
This is seven years ago and it has not been
successfully replicated, this is appalling, everyone
should have one of these in their house, their schools
and museums. If our time is running out on Earth I can
imagine a fitting epitaph for humanity - 'Could have
done better'. This mustn't happen, keep up the good
work.
The
Central Vibrationary Unit
Reidar
is collaborating with an industrial company to try and
produce a machine based on his perpetual mobile but
which produces an excess of energy, this is
ongoing.
