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Coolest magnet tool ever

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BDI:
Most of us probably keep all kinds of little odds and ends around. Were not sure why :| but we don't toss this crap because it maybe good for something some day. This is one of those cases. It's the magnet from a bycicle spedo, it goes on a spoke. As it passes a pick up coil on the fork to count wheel revolutions to calc speed. Any way this is one stuck on the end of a piece aluminum tig welding rod. The rod Is three feet long and can be bent in any desired way to get into hard to reach spots. I think it's cooler then any store bought magnet tool I have ever owned, I guess I'm easily amused.

blueoval:
Nice BDI.  I save all sorts of things too. 

Friar-Tuck:
  Another great Idea on the magnet rod.
  I also have to confess about not being able to toss out good stuff.. Truth of the matter is I even disassemble the Items I can't repair to save the nut's bolts, washers, and wire etc...   :oops:
      I have been trying to put together a small waste oil burner from all the vehicles I drain.  There are several models out there however they are quite large and expensive.  If I could scale one down and put it in the wood stove.....
   sorry, just got carried away...
  Tuck \o/

KXcam22:
The best small magnets are the ones from computer hard drives, neodymium.  Any computer IT guy can give you a handfull.  Same idea though, bust a small piece off one end and tape or glue it on a flexible rod..  By far the smallest, strongest magnets I have come across.  Cam.

BDI:

--- Quote from: Friar-Tuck on February 06, 2010, 05:47:52 PM ---  Another great Idea on the magnet rod.
  I also have to confess about not being able to toss out good stuff.. Truth of the matter is I even disassemble the Items I can't repair to save the nut's bolts, washers, and wire etc...   :oops:
      I have been trying to put together a small waste oil burner from all the vehicles I drain.  There are several models out there however they are quite large and expensive.  If I could scale one down and put it in the wood stove.....
   sorry, just got carried away...
  Tuck \o/

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I once took appart an office copier for every screw,bearing,steel shaft and motor. I even got some very cool magnifying lenses that worked great for starting fires  :lol: thanks on the hard drive thing kxcam, I have a couple dead ones in a box of computer parts.

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