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A neat trick!
I'm sure lots of you already know about this trick but I just figured
it out a couple days ago and thought I'd share it. So, you know how sometimes you need to drill a hole in some type of electrical cabinet or similar and it's already full of stuff you don't want any metal chips to fall on? Well, I had to drill some holes in a machine's electrical cabinet the other day and finally figured out that if you put a strong magnet close to the drill while you are drilling the hole all the chips wind up on the magnet and none fall into to cabinet. I set a magnet from a magnetron on top of the cabinet right next to where I was drilling the hole and it attracted all the chips. For my next trick I'm going to make a magnet that attracts aluminum, wood, and drywall. Eric |
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A neat trick!
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A neat trick!
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A neat trick!
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A neat trick!
On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:39:15 +1000, John G
wrote: formulated the question : I'm sure lots of you already know about this trick but I just figured it out a couple days ago and thought I'd share it. So, you know how sometimes you need to drill a hole in some type of electrical cabinet or similar and it's already full of stuff you don't want any metal chips to fall on? Well, I had to drill some holes in a machine's electrical cabinet the other day and finally figured out that if you put a strong magnet close to the drill while you are drilling the hole all the chips wind up on the magnet and none fall into to cabinet. I set a magnet from a magnetron on top of the cabinet right next to where I was drilling the hole and it attracted all the chips. For my next trick I'm going to make a magnet that attracts aluminum, wood, and drywall. Eric A magnetron Magnet !! in 2012 What about a hard drive magnet. Much stronger in a small space. But good idea never the less. I have hard drive magnets, assorted other NdFeB magnets, and magnetron magnets salvaged from dead microwave ovens. The one I used just happened to be handy. One advantage of the magnet I use was the large surface area used to collect the chips. Eric |
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A neat trick!
Magnet naturally in a plastic bag to keep the swarf off the magnet
and drops into the trash when the plastic is pulled off. Martin On 4/1/2012 10:45 AM, wrote: On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:39:15 +1000, John wrote: formulated the question : I'm sure lots of you already know about this trick but I just figured it out a couple days ago and thought I'd share it. So, you know how sometimes you need to drill a hole in some type of electrical cabinet or similar and it's already full of stuff you don't want any metal chips to fall on? Well, I had to drill some holes in a machine's electrical cabinet the other day and finally figured out that if you put a strong magnet close to the drill while you are drilling the hole all the chips wind up on the magnet and none fall into to cabinet. I set a magnet from a magnetron on top of the cabinet right next to where I was drilling the hole and it attracted all the chips. For my next trick I'm going to make a magnet that attracts aluminum, wood, and drywall. Eric A magnetron Magnet !! in 2012 What about a hard drive magnet. Much stronger in a small space. But good idea never the less. I have hard drive magnets, assorted other NdFeB magnets, and magnetron magnets salvaged from dead microwave ovens. The one I used just happened to be handy. One advantage of the magnet I use was the large surface area used to collect the chips. Eric |
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