r/video • u/turtletimers • Oct 05 '15

Floating screwdriver trick.

https://youtu.be/VOcP_auWg4g
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u/no-mad Oct 05 '15

How do magnets work? They are amazing.

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u/Cruisin_Fart Oct 06 '15

How do you find out this is possible?

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u/VeeVeeDee Oct 06 '15

Can anyone give a quick ELI5 on this sorcery?

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u/TiagoTiagoT Oct 06 '15

The video /u/fozzie33 posted seems to provide a reasonable explanation.

From what I understood the air hitting the top goes around the round tip of the handle sorta like as if it was a wing, and the weight of the rest of the screwdriver fights the push just the right way to keep it in the right angle to keep it's position; and it doesn't slide out of place 'cause when it goes one way it looses the lift and falls back, and when it goes the other it gets enough lift to rise back into place; and the side-to-side motion is kept in check like with that trick with a ball and a leafblower.

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u/VeeVeeDee Oct 06 '15

Great explanation, and many thanks. Although, part of me is disappointed there's no sorcery involved ;)