Rare Earth Magnets

Morris Williams · Jun 10, 2007

I have recently discovered rare earth magnets and they are great for locating nails and other iron objects you have a hard time seeing. A magnet will save a lot of time. These little magnets, about the half the size of a sharpie top, will pick up to 10 to 50 pounds, depending on the size you get! I stick one on my little eagle shovel and it is always within reach. They are cheap. Just go to google and type in rare earth magnets.

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indyflyer · Jun 10, 2007

Cheaper still

Rare earth magnets are used in hard drives of computers. If you know a tech computer person they can get you all the rare earth mags you want, for free. Just don't stick two together, you'll never get them apart! :lol:

Diggler · Jun 11, 2007

I heard you could stick one on your electric meter to keep it from spinning... :?:

z118 · Jun 11, 2007

I have a pretty large one (2.5'' in diameter) that I have mounted on the end of a dowel. I used it to pick up all of the nails in my yards. I got it too close to my TV once and it took days for the colors to return to normal. I though I would use them when detecting, but since I always discriminate out iron, I never found the need.

Also be careful if you have two because they can pinch your skin something awful.

sctoddc · Jun 11, 2007

Wow, I had heard these were strong magnets, but never realized they THAT powerful...lol

McSeeker · Jun 12, 2007

Want powerful eh? Check these things out

http://www.supermagnete.de/eng/magnets.php?article_id=R-60-06-30-N#R-60-06-30-N

I ordered a 100Kg ring magnet from that place. I tied a piece of rope to it and tried to fish some stuff with it from a local lake. Got a knife, lots of bottle caps etc junk

renold · Jun 12, 2007

OK, I have an old hard drive in the shop. How do I get the magnet out of it?

Rare Earth Magnets

Morris Williams

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