A word of caution, when using strong magnets from disk drives. Be sure the
method of support be it stick, string, glue etc is stronger than the magnet
or you will add a small magnet to the lost item in your sump or wherever it
is you are fishing and the only way to get it out is to strip down the unit.
No need to ask how I know this.
They can also pinch flesh to the point of blistering if caught between
magnet and steel "target".
We use powerful magnets for sheet fanning and these have the ability to
crush bone too if misused.
Trevor "ten fingers" Easton :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Fankhauser
To: lro@koan.team.net
Sent: 03/12/2002 8:27 AM
Subject: [lro] Magnet on a floppy stick
Dave, et al-
A great place to get very small and very strong magnets for making
retrieval
tools is off of the head arm in a discarded disk drive. They're about
1/2"
square & 1/16" thick, but it takes a screwdriver to pry them off my
toolbox.
When fishing for something that slides to a low point,
magnet-onna-string
works well for me, it just needs to be weak enough to not jump up to any
iron above as it slides down to the victim.
Regards,
-Nick
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