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    High School Homemade DC motor not working! Please help

    Just got it working thanks to Scott above 👏, proper stator connection and I used 12volts power supply. Made it move but still some improvements to make!
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    High School Homemade DC motor not working! Please help

    I held a pair of permanent magnets around the coils where they would be held normally, would that have had the same effect as a stator?
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    High School Homemade DC motor not working! Please help

    Possible problems that ive already hopefully solved: .The commutator timings which previously prevented the motor from turning .The coils are both wrapped in the same direction, continuously wound turns .short circuits due to the brushes(Paper clips in this case) touching both split rings...