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Eddy Ito

Re: Thanks, but ...

Frankly electromagnets are a pretty weak substitute for rare earths. There's a reason PM motors/gearboxes are becoming more popular and it has everything to do with equivalent surface currents that you can't achieve by pumping amps through copper.

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