New tool

[finneyb]

A friend has just brought one of these back from the US. Just the thing for finding that lost grub screw in the sawdust.
A very powerful magnet, need to keep it away from electronics. Cost about £8

Brian

 

[blackrodd]

Looks like you could also take it for a putt! Rodders

 

[lanemaux]

Pretty fair price if you ask me . I did something similar with some scrounged fridge magnets and my push broom. Since the magnets were free (out of date business calendars) , I just staple gunned them to the wooden part of my shop push broom. Works really well and fit the budget to a T. Just sweep everything into a pile and nudge a few times with the broom upside down. I imagine yours is a lot better for tight spaces though.

 

[bugbear]

A friend has just brought one of these back from the US. Just the thing for finding that lost grub screw in the sawdust.
A very powerful magnet, need to keep it away from electronics. Cost about £8

Brian

Picture is small - make and model pls?

BugBear

 

[finneyb]

Empire Magnetic Clean Club http://www.amazon.com/Empire-Level-2705 ... B001DZEF1G
looks to be available in US only unless you want to pay the international postage.

Shouldn't be that difficult to make one

Brian

 

[flying haggis]

speaker magnet glued to a home made wooden handle perhaps. magnets from old hard drives are also very powerful

 

[Skeety]

This is what I use, very powerful

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Savage-Island-G ... B0049SL918

Bit pricy, but it's also used for it's primary purpose. Saves you getting your hands shredded in brambles etc. and saves your back

Jon.

 

[finneyb]

speaker magnet glued to a home made wooden handle perhaps. magnets from old hard drives are also very powerful

Or magnet recessed and glued into a wood base drilled to take a sweeping brush handle at an angle.

Brian

 

[Penny]

I have one of these due to my bad back, and it has a magnet on the end as well. Excellent tool:

 

[woodpig]

If only they made magnets for Aluminium Alloy swarf ... :lol:

 

[Eric The Viking]

speaker magnet glued to a home made wooden handle perhaps. magnets from old hard drives are also very powerful

+1 to both.

Speaker magnets can often be separated from their metalwork by a sharp sideways tap with a soft-faced mallet. Don't use a steel hammer s (a) it will stick, and (b) it will shatter most magnet materials.

You can do the same with hard disk magnets, but they're quite evilly strong, especially if you can ever get your hands on the old 5 1/4" size. Keep steel well away (i.e. don't attempt to prise them apart with anything you value), and a business card between them at all times as a minimum, as you really will not physically separate them if they ever come together.

In use I recommend a layer of plastic between the magnet and the search area - fertilizer sack plastic is about right. Filings embed themselves in the plastic and don't get stuck on the magnet itself.

Also handy for holding things together for tack welding.

 

[DTR]

In use I recommend a layer of plastic between the magnet and the search area - fertilizer sack plastic is about right. Filings embed themselves in the plastic and don't get stuck on the magnet itself.

I use a small magnet on the end of a bit of studding, inside a lump of 20mm PVC conduit (with an end stuck on). The swarf sticks to the PVC by virtue of the magent, then hold it over the scrap bin and withdraw the maget

 

[DTR]

If only they made magnets for Aluminium Alloy swarf ... :lol:

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