Get strong magnets for free

02-14-2010, 05:36 AM	#1
shumakerscott Dorf dude...     Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Grafenwoehr Germany Posts: 1,630	Get strong magnets for free I always am looking for useful things. Here is one of them. There are really strong magnets inside computer hardrives. You can get defective drives for free. Here is how to get them out. I use them on my oil filters and many other little things. These are very strong, don't get your fingers pinched! dorf dude... Attached Thumbnails           __________________ Today is only yesterdays tomorrow, Now get to work!

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02-14-2010, 07:26 AM	#2
oh'mike Super Moderator   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kane county,Illinois Posts: 16,263	Get strong magnets for free Handy tip---I thought I was the only one who just has to take things apart to see what inside.HaHa

02-14-2010, 09:26 AM	#3
shumakerscott Dorf dude...     Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Grafenwoehr Germany Posts: 1,630	Get strong magnets for free You can get some great tiny magnets from the laser assembly of a CD or DVD player. They work well on oil drain plugs. dorf dude... __________________ Today is only yesterdays tomorrow, Now get to work!

02-14-2010, 12:24 PM	#4
jlhaslip Member     Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canadian Rockies Posts: 1,280	Get strong magnets for free good tip. thanks Dorf Dude. __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by Bud Cline To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Go ahead and apply for a variance, those guys at City Hall can use a good laugh. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

02-14-2010, 07:43 PM	#5
Leah Frances Learning by Doing     Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Easton, Maryland Posts: 3,156 Blog Entries: 7	Get strong magnets for free OMG. My neighbor just passed some of these on to me last weekend. Maybe he got the idea from you. Brian S. on Sycamore are you out there? One of these is so strong I couldn't peel it off my fridge. Had to slide it over to the side so I could lever it off. __________________ If I could only remember to THINK about what I was doing before I did it.

02-18-2010, 04:48 PM	#6
AllanJ Member   Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Nashua, NH, USA Posts: 6,732	Get strong magnets for free Do not bang the magnet to get it off the metal plate. Otherwise you will weaken the magnet significatnly. Disney hints: http://www.cockam.com/disney.htm __________________ The disadvantages of crab apple trees. In summer, the apples are too sour to pick and eat. In winter the birds come and leave dropping all over the place.

02-18-2010, 05:07 PM	#7
Scuba_Dave Xtreme DIY'r   Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South of Boston, MA Posts: 17,248	Get strong magnets for free We have always taken HD's apart for years & saved the magnets Glue a piece of felt over the magnet for use on a fridge or if any dirt gets under it you will scratch it

02-18-2010, 11:57 PM	#8
shumakerscott Dorf dude...     Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Grafenwoehr Germany Posts: 1,630	Get strong magnets for free Quote: Originally Posted by AllanJ Do not bang the magnet to get it off the metal plate. Otherwise you will weaken the magnet significatnly. Disney hints: http://www.cockam.com/disney.htm That is why I mount it in a vise and bend it with a pair of pliers. I guess I should have mentioned that. The picture doesn't show exactly whats going on. dorf dude... __________________ Today is only yesterdays tomorrow, Now get to work!

02-19-2010, 07:38 AM	#9
DangerMouse the Musigician     Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: I'm right here! Posts: 10,404	Get strong magnets for free Hard drives have magnets? Whodathunkit? -=chuckle=- DM __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]Click To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. to see some of my original magic tricks and trick boxes!

02-23-2010, 09:26 PM	#10
TANC Member   Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Iowa Posts: 45	Get strong magnets for free Sometimes not a bad idea to leave the metal backing plate on, you sometimes need them to use to pry them off of things (or eachother).

03-04-2010, 12:25 AM	#11
Red Squirrel Wire Chewer     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,947	Get strong magnets for free Those are fun to play with. They can hurt when they pinch you though! Would be cool to gather enough of the same size and build an alternator. Bet it would work well too.

03-22-2010, 02:52 PM	#12
welloff Newbie   Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1	Get strong magnets for free There is 2 nice ones in the mag. of a microwave oven.

03-22-2010, 03:02 PM	#13
shumakerscott Dorf dude...     Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Grafenwoehr Germany Posts: 1,630	Get strong magnets for free I didn't know that, thanks for the tip. dorf dude... __________________ Today is only yesterdays tomorrow, Now get to work!

03-22-2010, 03:14 PM	#14
DangerMouse the Musigician     Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: I'm right here! Posts: 10,404	Get strong magnets for free I'd be careful poking around in microwaves if you don't know what you're doing.... DM __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]Click To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. to see some of my original magic tricks and trick boxes!

03-22-2010, 03:55 PM	#15
drtbk4ever Newbie Bill   Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,030	Get strong magnets for free Darn, I was looking for a couple of nice magnets to help keep our wood screen door closed at the cabin. And guess what I just destroyed and recycled, the hard drive from two old computers. Doh. __________________ Bill A DIY Noob that knows just enough to be dangerous.