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1. Cut and get 5/8” x 1 3/8” x 6” wooden blocks. Take 4 blocks, and line them all up in one row. Adhere (tape) them together.
2. Flip the blocks on the other side and mark 2 guidelines parted 5/8” from the edge.
3. The two pencil marks down the center act as a guide when placing the 6 plastic angles measuring 6/8” x 7 7/8”
4. Apply a light coating of contact cement (very strong glue) along the length of the top of the wooden-track. Put contact cement between edge of face and the 5/8” marking on either side. Wait 10 minutes for the contact cement to dry.
5. Apply contact cement on three plastic angles or cut pieces, and place on the face of the line markings so that the upright side of the angle is on the outside.
6. Take the 5th wooden block (which acts as a train) and tape two quarters on each of the two sides measuring 5/8 x 6”. These quarters act as spacers helping keep the train between the edge of plastic angles and on the track as it moves.
7. Now place and contact cement two 23½” magnetic strips in the middle of the marking made earlier. Hold and check with a compass which side is the North Pole. Then glue the North Pole side to the foundation and the South Pole side is on the top.
8. For stability, the magnetic strips glued to the train should have a slightly wider spacing than those glued to the track so when the train sits on top of the track, each strip attached to the train falls outside of the respective magnetic track strip. Make sure to glue the North Pole side on the train’s bottom so that when the train kept on the track, two like poles (South) face each other and repel each other thereby levitating the train.
9. Finally when the glue on all magnetic strips dries up place the train on the track. It will be seen that the train floats about 2mm above the track. Also when the train is pushed gently, it moves effortlessly from one end of the track to the other since there is no friction.