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Default Demagnetize tool

On 4/8/19 8:51 pm, Art Todesco wrote:
On 8/4/2019 5:40 AM, Xeno wrote:
On 4/8/19 3:50 pm, A K wrote:

I am trying to demagnetize this vise grips.

I tried the method where you hit it with a hammer, but it does not work.

https://imgur.com/a/LrrnOEV

Hunt up one of the old cassette tape head demagnetising tools. I've
used them before with some degree of success on tools like
screwdrivers. They work on the principle of a reducing AC current with
its associated magnetic field.

Or, a bulk tape eraser.Â* Like these:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw...tape%20erasers


Yep, that would probably work even better given the very large size.

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