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(Message started by: admin on Apr 8^th, 2005, 5:03am)

Title: Ever need a strong magnet?
Post by admin on Apr 8^th, 2005, 5:03am

Have you ever needed a really strong magnet for recovering dropped items or for holding stuff whilst welding/soldering etc?

Next time you are at a car boot sale, find someone selling an old hard drive that you can pick up for a pound or two - non-working is fine.

If you open it up you will find two of the strongest magnets that you can hope to find. The only warning is that they are very brittle and so if you let them snap together you will have 4 or more magnets - just smaller.

Very useful things to have around the garage/workshop.

Steve

Title: Re: Ever need a strong magnet?
Post by ron_c on Apr 8^th, 2005, 8:07pm

They're great and I've been giving them away to mates for years but if you want a big strong one, pick up an old microwave from a tip somewhere and strip down the magnetron. If you can get it out of the structure, don't let it near any metal or you could be stuck for life.

Ron.

Title: Re: Ever need a strong magnet?
Post by Eddie on Apr 13^th, 2005, 1:35pm

If you are messing with micro wave ovens be very,very carefull. They can be FATAL!

eddie

Title: Re: Ever need a strong magnet?
Post by wudz on Apr 13^th, 2005, 7:55pm

DING! I think your done..... ;)

Title: Re: Ever need a strong magnet?
Post by Eddie on Apr 18^th, 2005, 8:43pm

More like ZZZZZZZZZZap! Your done.

By the way I have split an old Hard drive but cant find a magnet,wouldnt a magnet in a hard drive be a bit dodgy?

eddie

Title: Re: Ever need a strong magnet?
Post by Snoopy on Apr 19^th, 2005, 8:47am

Have a look about 1/2 way down this page for location of the STRONG magnet in an old HDrive
http://halogen.note.amherst.edu/~wing/wingie/tech/hdchime/hdchime.php