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Scrapyards use magnets on giant cranes to move heavy iron and steel scrap from one place to another.

You can build your own model crane, and fit it with an electromagnet that will pick up small steel objects, such as toy cars.


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How To Build Your Own Crane

Things You Will Need

To build your own crane you need the following items :

1. 50 cm of thin, plastic-coated wire, with bare ends

2. Two pieces of thick cardboard 4 cm x 30 cm

3. Scissors

4. Two paperclips

5. A long pencil

6. Sticky tape

7. String

8. An iron bolt, about 2 cm long

9. A narrow cardboard box

10. Two paper fasteners

11. A cotton reel

12. A 4.5 volt or 6 volt battery

How To Build Your Own Crane

Instructions

1. Make the electromagnet by winding the wire about 50 times around the iron bolt. Remember to leave two long pieces of wire free at each end.

Use sticky tape to keep the wire in place.
2. Use the scissors to make a small hole near each end of both pieces of cardboard. Now fix the two pieces of cardboard to the inside edges of one end of the shoe box, using paper fasteners.
3. Next, you have to fit the cotton reel between the free ends of the cardboard pieces. Straighten out a paperclip and push it through the holes in the cardboard and through the centre of the cotton reel. Bend down the paperclip ends to secure the cotton reel.
4. Make a handle by attaching a bent paperclip to the end of the pencil with sticky tape.
5. Use the scissors to make a hole through both long sides of the box, about halfway long. Then push the pencil through these two holes.
6. Tie one end of the string around the electromagnet. Lay the string over the cotton reel and tie the free end to the pencil. You should be able to lift up and lower your electromagnet by turning the pencil handle.
7. Place the box on a table or flat surface and connect the free ends of the wire to the battery. The bolt will now become magnetized.
8. You can use your electromagnet to pick up pins, paperclips or model cars that are made of steel. Turn the pencil to lift up the electromagnet. To release a load, lower it gently and disconnect the wires from the battery. The electromagnet will lose its magnetism and release the metal object onto the table.

Build Your Own Crane Kit

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For Ages 8 and up. Not suitable for children under age 3 years because this kit contains small parts and may lead to choking hazard.

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They make it easy to learn, easy to build and easy to understand the basics of electronics. The Electrical Crane Kit includes: 1 motor, 1 gearbox, 1 small pully whee,l 3 medium pully wheels, 3 pully pins, 1 hook, 1 hook cover, 1 crane body, 1 switch, 1 connecting panel, 4 spring connectors, 1 base, 1 weight instructions. Requires 2 AA batteries (not included). Box measures 6.75 x 5.25 x 2 3/8 inches.

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