About: We are a supplier of neodymium, rare earth magnets. We also love to conduct experiments with our magnets and build unique projects with them! We have several engineers on staff who are always thinking of new p…

Can spinning magnets fry an egg? You bet they can! Let’s see how a simple array of magnets can generate eddy currents in a conductive frying pan, heating it up enough to cook an egg.

The setup is quite simple. Simply take a motor that can spin quickly and handle a decent amount of load (we used an old treadmill motor), bolt it to the underside of a table, mount a disc with the magnet array onto the shaft, and spin away! You'll also need some sort of tabletop to put the pan onto.

Materials used:

-1 motor w/ controls (we used an old treadmill motor)

-Wooden or plastic disc

-Several neodymium magnets

-Scrap wood

-Plexiglass/Lexan

-Solid aluminum or copper pan