Magnet Space Wheel

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The Magnet Space Wheel is a toy that propels a plastic wheel along both sides of a metal track with magnets built into the wheel.

By tilting the track up and down, the wheel rolls the length of the track, top and bottom, and then again but on the opposite side of the wire. In this way, the wheel always keeps in contact with the track, and can be continually propelled on its cyclical course. With proper timing, the wheel can be brought to a great speed.

A plastic piece at one end of the track serves as both a handhold for the toy, as well as an adjustable slider to position the width of the track to appropriately accommodate the wheel.

The plastic wheel has a hollow center with a cylindrical magnet inside it that serves as the axis. Twin, metal, rounded domes sticking out the sides of the wheel both internally lie against the magnet, and are held in place by plastic pieces which secure everything together.