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What to do with an...

...industrial-strength magnet with a pull force of over 180lbs?

There must be a wise answer for the question as well, but I made a bottle cap catcher out of mine. :D

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Here's my latest: A Nintendo-ish bottle opener contraption on the fridge door. Works like a charm. :) For one reason or the other, this seems to keep a lot of guests entertained for a while, every now and then.

The actual opener is a fridge door magnet in black matte finish by Suck UK. Great stuff. I've slapped a Piranha Plant there because it looks good and since I'm a mouth-kind a guy... 's a good inside joke.

"Have a beer and byte me" ;)

The bottle cap catcher below is a 2" x 1" disc of n48 neodymium. I've encased it in a roughly 4mm thick compressed cardboard casing overall and black constrction tape. Works great. :) The 180 lbs pull force is from contact, so the force of the encased magnet is probably a fraction of this, but it still works great. It will still probably take a few hundred caps before it needs to be cleared.

Took some doing but the outcome is pretty dandy. :)

Comments

  • SpiritOneSpiritOne Magneto ABQ NM
    Well just keep it away from any tv type display and your credit cards.

    my reccomendation, drill a hole in it and make a magnetic catapult.



    what? no no, I dont do that with the mri machines I work on :D
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    Hehehe. Good recommendation Spirit.. ;)

    I like neodymium, cool stuff.. :)
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    use it for evil my friend, use it for evil!
  • AnlaShokAnlaShok Democrat From Hell
    I got rid of the velcro holding the dome on my Vader helmet and replaced it with neodymium magnets scavenged from dea hard drives. Easier to put it on and atke it off now. Also tends to align properly on its own now insted of fighting to get it oriented correctly.
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    ... so, AnlaShok also uses it for evil.. ;)
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