You can build a simple Electric Motor whithout permanent magnets, you can build it with supplies you can easily get or in some cases replace.
Supplies you will need:
- A common AA Battery
- Piece of wood
- Insulated wire
- Masking tape
- 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.
You can use enameled copper wire 24, 26 or 28 AWG.

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