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Demagnetize tool
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 |
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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 Heat it up. |
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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. -- Xeno Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing. (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
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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. Like these: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw...tape%20erasers |
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On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 22:50:38 -0700 (PDT), A K wrote:
I am trying to demagnetize this vise grips. https://imgur.com/a/LrrnOEV If you have a soldering gun... Energize the gun and slowly move each tip of the vise grips in and out of the loop of the soldering gun tip. -- croy |
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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. -- Xeno Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing. (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
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On Sunday, August 4, 2019 at 11:05:19 AM UTC-4, croy wrote:
On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 22:50:38 -0700 (PDT), A K wrote: I am trying to demagnetize this vise grips. https://imgur.com/a/LrrnOEV If you have a soldering gun... Energize the gun and slowly move each tip of the vise grips in and out of the loop of the soldering gun tip. -- croy Must be a hell of a big soldering gun or a very small vice grip for that to work. |
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On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 22:50:38 -0700 (PDT), 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 If you still have something around with a big transformer, laying the pliers on the yoke will do it. A doorbell transformer may work but the bigger the better. |
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On Sunday, August 4, 2019 at 2:04:28 AM UTC-5, Bill wrote:
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 Heat it up. I will try it. I have a Benzomatic propane unit. Andy |
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On 8/4/19 1:50 AM, 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 Spray them with the original formula WD-40 and let the WD-40 soak into the metal for a few hours. |
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A K wrote: On Sunday, August 4, 2019 at 2:04:28 AM UTC-5, Bill wrote: 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 Heat it up. I will try it. I have a Benzomatic propane unit. Use a soldering gun. Replace the tip with a loop of heavy copper wire. Pass the tool through the loop several times. Fred |
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