How to build a simple Electric Motor

We will show you how to build a simple Electric Motor, you can build with supplies you can easily get or in some cases replace.

How to build a simple Electric motor
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Supplies you will need:

  • A common AA Battery
  • Piece of wood
  • Insulated wire
  • Tape
  • Neodymium
  • Scissors

For this project you can use a piece of wood or cardboard. The insulated wire was taken fron an ethernet cable thas was no longer used.

How to build a simple Electric Motor


I used copper wire from an old ethernet cable, is 24 AWG (0.51 mm diameter), but you can use enameled copper wire 24, 26 or 28 AWG.

How to build a simple Electric Motor, ethernet cable
Old ethernet cable
How to build a simple Electric Motor, ethernet cable
Enameled copper wire 24, 26 or 28 AWG
Copper wire

Sometimes some people insulate half the ends of the wire but it is not always necessary.

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