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I'm going to try not to give anything away but need to know something before I buy. Let me see if I can word this right. About the M5's attractive quality... Will it push and pull or just pull, if you know what I mean... example on leg, under table, pushing up???

O my , I never thought of it like that... I will investigate this, as very interesting effects may result. I would guess it can do both if you have the right items.

In my limited experience of it, it just pulls.

(sigh) Another M5 thread!

The M5 is a you-know-what, and as such is bipolar. Meaning, by changing it's orientation, it will do either.

Basic physics, 101.

It may be 'basic' physics, but being a physics undergraduate I know that physics is never basic. It does not both push and pull ordinary objects, however, for example, one M5 will be able to push another M5 (or similar). The usefulness of pushing something with an M5 or any other such item is questionable, as it does not provide an easily controllable force. Take as an example moving items on a table - it is far far easier to pull things than to push them. The great advantage of having such a powerful item as the M5 though is its own power - the extent of its field allows for items to align themselves within this field (edit if this is exposure) which is neither a pushing or a pulling action, but allows for some very nice effects, such as the standing matchstick etc.

Thanks for the replys. I did not want to start another thread sry, but I would like to know this before I buy something that costs this much. I would lke to be in short sleeves and sitting at a table and get the effect of moving things. I didn't know if it would push up as well. Some say yes and some say no. If anybody who has this and can clarify, That would be great. Thanks again guys.

Swest wrote:It may be 'basic' physics, but being a physics undergraduate I know that physics is never basic.

Physics is absolute. Ergo, predictible, and basic.

I am sure our original poster isn't naive enough to think they could push a jam donut with the M5.

The answer is, depending on WHICH WAY THE M5 FACES (which pole is 'up') it will either PUSH or PULL other items of a similar composition.

There, happy now, Mr Undergrad?

No jam donuts, darn lol. I think you answered my question though. Thanks for the reply.

thestunt wrote:No jam donuts, darn lol. I think you answered my question though. Thanks for the reply.

Hey, no problems.

seige wrote:Physics is absolute. Ergo, predictible, and basic.

Tell that to the cat. Alive? Dead? Who can say?

Depends on the jam doughnut of course!

In this case, the effects are basic but the maths behind those effects is far from it. Fortunately, you don't need to know anything about that to use the m5 well.

jam donuts

Of course, if the performer were to purchase something like this then even jam donuts might be made to move !

I wasn't expecting the original poster to be 'naiive' enough to expect to be able to push ordinary objects with a magnet. However, the idea of being able to push metal objects with a magnet is one which might cross one's mind, and is inaccurate. I will thank you for your sarcastic comments, although they are quite unnecessary in this case. Yes Charles - Schrodinger taught us a great deal about the predictability of physics!

^^ Exposure?


I believe that you can reverse the poles of it by opening it up and googling how to reverse the poles of a *****t. However this over time might ruin it and you can only push OR pull until you re-do the reversation of the poles. Also, I do not own this and the M5 might be bipolar(no pun intended) and all you would have to do is make a custom strap that would allow you to just flip it over quickly and easily to go from pulling to pushing and pushing to pulling.

Hope this helps,
~David

Thanks. I will have it soon and find out.