OT but must have a variety of m/c uses...

From the sheddi:

http://www.supermagnete.de/eng/magnets.php?group=blocks_big

Want lots of them!

No, don't know why.

 

...and I was only mentioning boot magnets just the other day!

--
Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

Look at Rings and the largest one at the bottom of the page.

"One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them. One Ring to bring them
all and in the darkness bind them."

*want*

 

love the descriptions, particularly regarding the "Death Magnet": "My
advise to you is to buy a smaller magnet".

 

A few of those stuck on the front of the Jeep could save a fortune in
fuel costs on motorway runs.

--
Krusty
www.MuddyStuff.co.uk
Off-Road Classifieds

'02 MV Senna '03 Tigtona 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

Hmm, applying that to this:

http://www.supermagnete.de/photos/anim/0001.gif

could get you some nifty suspension possibilities. You could have
a naluminium tube to slide it on and vary damping with position by changing
the thickness of the tube (eddy effect).

--
Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

Must be bloody hard to deliver to customers by post.
<envisages posties stuck to railings, being dragged by passing vehicles
etc.>

 

Heh: I like the Death Magnet: "And please never, never allow children to
play with the Death Magnet."

Like you, I want lots of the, but I can't actually figure out a use for
them. Unless it would be to put one on each of my bikes, and a repelling
one on the rear of the Doctor's car, so she can't drive into them again.

 

I hadn't thought of that, but yes. Just imagine a bulk order, and it
being at the bottom of the bag, locking it to the floor of the van.

 

That's rather clever.

 

Mu-metal is what you're looking for.

 

There's a chap on eBay selling lots of different sizes including tiny weeny
ones:
http://tinyurl.com/2hrmcc

*Has* to be a fun use for them! You could... um...

 

I used to do that with CRT focusing magnets - way back when, of course,
but it occurred to me later that such a suspension or bearing system
could have endless possibilities.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

It can be quite dramatic. If you get a strong magnet, such as the
"voice coil" magnet from a dead hard disk, try sliding it down an inclined
copper or aluminium sheet, compared to something non-metallic such as a
pane of glass. There's a demo where you drop a strong cylindrical magnet down
a copper pipe, and then down a pipe with a slit along its length -- it takes
ages to drrop through the intact pipe, but the slit interrupts the induced
current and the magnet falls straight through that one.

--
Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

Every postie should carry a crowbar for just such an occasion.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

Heh: I like the Death Magnet: "And please never, never allow children to
play with the Death Magnet."

Like you, I want lots of the, but I can't actually figure out a use for
them.[/QUOTE]

Glue a couple inside your K's fuel tank? No more tankbag problems.

Just make sure they're the right way up....

 

Glue a couple inside your K's fuel tank? No more tankbag problems.

Just make sure they're the right way up....[/QUOTE]

Apparently you will find that having one in the tank improves fuel economy
by 15%

 

Do you really need a reason?. Magnets are fascinating things. GBFO magnets
hold an even greater attraction.

Mount one of the larger bar magnets on the centrestand pivot and use it to
trigger induction loops at traffic lights?.

Take one in to Currys/Dixons and have seconds of fun magnetising the shadow
masks in the display televisions?.

One of the smaller ones ( or a voice coil magnet from an HDD ) taped to your
oil filter for extra magnetty goodness?.

Stick small children to garage doors.

I like Ivans suspension idea.

 

<wince>

P.