Run magnets through sand, by your windowsill(or any place that collects a lot of dust, really)and try your best to remove the filings from the magnet. It ain't easy!

On 1/10/2020 11:18 AM, wrote:
Run magnets through sand, by your windowsill(or any place that collects a lot of dust, really)and try your best to remove the filings from the magnet. It ain't easy!


Put the magnet inside a heavy plastic bag first. Turn the bag inside
out to remove iron filings.

Bob La Londe on Fri, 10 Jan 2020 13:50:45 -0700
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
On 1/10/2020 11:18 AM, wrote:
Run magnets through sand, by your windowsill(or any place that collects a lot of dust, really)and try your best to remove the filings from the magnet. It ain't easy!

Put the magnet inside a heavy plastic bag first. Turn the bag inside
out to remove iron filings.

Good idea, that way, your filings are all bagged.

I was thinking of the various sorts of "Magnetic picker uppers"
where the magnet is inside a not magnetic housing (usually plastic)
and having "swept up" the steel bits, you can then pull a handle, move
the magnet away from the bottom, and "clatter' they fall off into a
bucket.
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

On Friday, January 10, 2020 at 3:50:47 PM UTC-5, Bob La Londe wrote:
On 1/10/2020 11:18 AM, wrote:
Run magnets through sand, by your windowsill(or any place that collects a lot of dust, really)and try your best to remove the filings from the magnet. It ain't easy!


Put the magnet inside a heavy plastic bag first. Turn the bag inside
out to remove iron filings.

You can collect iron filings by swishing a (plastic bagged) magnet around in a bowl of Wheaties cereal. Not kidding.

"rangerssuck" wrote in message
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On Friday, January 10, 2020 at 3:50:47 PM UTC-5, Bob La Londe wrote:
On 1/10/2020 11:18 AM, wrote:
Run magnets through sand, by your windowsill(or any place that
collects a lot of dust, really)and try your best to remove the
filings from the magnet. It ain't easy!


Put the magnet inside a heavy plastic bag first. Turn the bag
inside
out to remove iron filings.

You can collect iron filings by swishing a (plastic bagged) magnet
around in a bowl of Wheaties cereal. Not kidding.

Do you suppose they are an added mineral supplement, or from wear in
the packaging machinery?
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Ir...hProfessional/

On 13/01/2020 10:44 am, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"rangerssuck" wrote in message
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On Friday, January 10, 2020 at 3:50:47 PM UTC-5, Bob La Londe wrote:
On 1/10/2020 11:18 AM, wrote:
Run magnets through sand, by your windowsill(or any place that
collects a lot of dust, really)and try your best to remove the
filings from the magnet. It ain't easy!


Put the magnet inside a heavy plastic bag first. Turn the bag
inside
out to remove iron filings.

You can collect iron filings by swishing a (plastic bagged) magnet
around in a bowl of Wheaties cereal. Not kidding.

Do you suppose they are an added mineral supplement, or from wear in
the packaging machinery?
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Ir...hProfessional/



There are chemical techniques for producing finely divided metal particles. Ask
a chem prof.

On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:10:48 -0600, gray_wolf
wrote:

On 13/01/2020 10:44 am, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"rangerssuck" wrote in message
...
On Friday, January 10, 2020 at 3:50:47 PM UTC-5, Bob La Londe wrote:
On 1/10/2020 11:18 AM, wrote:
Run magnets through sand, by your windowsill(or any place that
collects a lot of dust, really)and try your best to remove the
filings from the magnet. It ain't easy!


Put the magnet inside a heavy plastic bag first. Turn the bag
inside
out to remove iron filings.

You can collect iron filings by swishing a (plastic bagged) magnet
around in a bowl of Wheaties cereal. Not kidding.

Do you suppose they are an added mineral supplement, or from wear in
the packaging machinery?
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Ir...hProfessional/



There are chemical techniques for producing finely divided metal particles. Ask
a chem prof.
Why is everyone missing the obvious - USE A FILE!!!!! Rub it on mild
steel, or a casting, and make PURE iron filings, not mixed with
carborundum or other abrasives or other chemical compounds.

"gray_wolf" wrote in message
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On 13/01/2020 10:44 am, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"rangerssuck" wrote in message
...
On Friday, January 10, 2020 at 3:50:47 PM UTC-5, Bob La Londe
wrote:
On 1/10/2020 11:18 AM, wrote:
Run magnets through sand, by your windowsill(or any place that
collects a lot of dust, really)and try your best to remove the
filings from the magnet. It ain't easy!


Put the magnet inside a heavy plastic bag first. Turn the bag
inside
out to remove iron filings.

You can collect iron filings by swishing a (plastic bagged) magnet
around in a bowl of Wheaties cereal. Not kidding.

Do you suppose they are an added mineral supplement, or from wear
in
the packaging machinery?
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Ir...hProfessional/



There are chemical techniques for producing finely divided metal
particles. Ask a chem prof.

Ask me, I was a chemist before the Army taught me computer
electronics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonyl_iron

"Jim Wilkins" writes:

"rangerssuck" wrote in message
...

You can collect iron filings by swishing a (plastic bagged) magnet
around in a bowl of Wheaties cereal. Not kidding.

Do you suppose they are an added mineral supplement, or from wear in
the packaging machinery?

https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Ir...hProfessional/

Here'a a doc at the American Chemical Society:

https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acso...-breakfast.pdf

I haven't bought any breakast cereal for 40 years but I suppose I'm
going to have to buy some Wheaties (my favorite, tied with Cheerios,
65 years ago) and try that.

There's a tradition dating back to colonial times that women could
maintain health by putting (what was then a wrought iron) nail in a
glass of water each night, drinking the water in the morning.

--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

"Mike Spencer" wrote in message
...

"Jim Wilkins" writes:

"rangerssuck" wrote in message
...

You can collect iron filings by swishing a (plastic bagged) magnet
around in a bowl of Wheaties cereal. Not kidding.

Do you suppose they are an added mineral supplement, or from wear
in
the packaging machinery?

https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Ir...hProfessional/

Here'a a doc at the American Chemical Society:

https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acso...-breakfast.pdf

I haven't bought any breakast cereal for 40 years but I suppose I'm
going to have to buy some Wheaties (my favorite, tied with Cheerios,
65 years ago) and try that.

There's a tradition dating back to colonial times that women could
maintain health by putting (what was then a wrought iron) nail in a
glass of water each night, drinking the water in the morning.

--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition...ron-is-harmful

on Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:18:58 -0800 (PST) typed
in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
Run magnets through sand, by your windowsill(or any place that collects a lot of dust, really)and try your best to remove the filings from the magnet. It ain't easy!

That's not how you make them

That is one way to collect iron filing.

To make them, take a block of cheap iron/steel, and a file. Or a
grinder. Or a sander. Or just rub the metal on the concrete.
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
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on Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:18:58 -0800 (PST)
typed
in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
Run magnets through sand, by your windowsill(or any place that
collects a lot of dust, really)and try your best to remove the
filings from the magnet. It ain't easy!

That's not how you make them

That is one way to collect iron filing.

To make them, take a block of cheap iron/steel, and a file. Or a
grinder. Or a sander. Or just rub the metal on the concrete.
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

Or rub your magic credit card and make a wish to the Amazon genie.

"Jim Wilkins" on Fri, 10 Jan 2020 20:18:16
-0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
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on Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:18:58 -0800 (PST)
typed
in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
Run magnets through sand, by your windowsill(or any place that
collects a lot of dust, really)and try your best to remove the
filings from the magnet. It ain't easy!

That's not how you make them

That is one way to collect iron filing.

To make them, take a block of cheap iron/steel, and a file. Or a
grinder. Or a sander. Or just rub the metal on the concrete.
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

Or rub your magic credit card and make a wish to the Amazon genie.

That works too. But where is the sense of craftsmanship, of
having accomplished something? Yeah, sure you have to wait two whole
days for it to arrive, but. Meh, kids these days ....

tschus
pyotr




--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
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"Jim Wilkins" on Fri, 10 Jan 2020 20:18:16
-0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
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on Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:18:58 -0800 (PST)
typed
in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
Run magnets through sand, by your windowsill(or any place that
collects a lot of dust, really)and try your best to remove the
filings from the magnet. It ain't easy!

That's not how you make them

That is one way to collect iron filing.

To make them, take a block of cheap iron/steel, and a file. Or a
grinder. Or a sander. Or just rub the metal on the concrete.
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels
alone."

Or rub your magic credit card and make a wish to the Amazon genie.

That works too. But where is the sense of craftsmanship, of
having accomplished something? Yeah, sure you have to wait two
whole
days for it to arrive, but. Meh, kids these days ....

tschus
pyotr

I sincerely hope my efforts produce more than chips. You don't feed
animals just for the manure.

Besides, it does seem sorta magical that I can click on a picture and
the real thing appears at my door.

"Jim Wilkins" on Sun, 12 Jan 2020 07:17:49
-0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
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"Jim Wilkins" on Fri, 10 Jan 2020 20:18:16
-0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
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on Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:18:58 -0800 (PST)
typed
in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
Run magnets through sand, by your windowsill(or any place that
collects a lot of dust, really)and try your best to remove the
filings from the magnet. It ain't easy!

That's not how you make them

That is one way to collect iron filing.

To make them, take a block of cheap iron/steel, and a file. Or a
grinder. Or a sander. Or just rub the metal on the concrete.
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels
alone."

Or rub your magic credit card and make a wish to the Amazon genie.

That works too. But where is the sense of craftsmanship, of
having accomplished something? Yeah, sure you have to wait two
whole
days for it to arrive, but. Meh, kids these days ....

tschus
pyotr

I sincerely hope my efforts produce more than chips. You don't feed
animals just for the manure.

True. Unless you're in the cow pie business. (I recall a short
story where alien tourists took a shine to cow pies, and they became
Big Business. Right up until the tourist fashions changed, and the
ones who bought cow pies, no longer came.)

Besides, it does seem sorta magical that I can click on a picture and
the real thing appears at my door.

Yep.

Once again, we're in the conflict between "I need one ASAP" and "I
want to make it myself." I can make a cabinet, or buy one at Amazon /
Walmart."
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."