Isaac Wingfield writes:

In article ,
"Gideon" wrote:

Another good source of powerful magnets is the field
magnets from some motors. I believe that they are
becoming common in automobile starters.

I've never seen one that was anywhere near as strong as a hard drive
magnet.

Nothing you're likely to find in common motors, but very high performance
normal motors, and especially linear motors, use larger version of the
highest strength latest rare earth magnets.

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