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All right geniuses...

DucatiHoney said:
You can't rotate them. Not even a little.

Oh and just for more comic moments...the effing box is sticking to the steel door. It slid over there on its own after one of the delivery guys knocked it gently with hit hand cart. :wtf We're gonna have to warn the UPS guy or triple box this sucker or something. I think we're going to try wrapping it in tons of bubble wrap like the magnet guys did in order to get it shipped back. good lord... :rolleyes
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You should try my electro magnet idea with the bolt first. :x
 
DH, what exactly was/is this project that you needed this thing for?

I'm intrigued now.
 
DucatiHoney said:
They get close, but can't get them safely separated and the one guy with the swollen finger is now afraid of the magnets.
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This was my favorite part. It sounds like a caveman who has been burned by fire.

"Magnet mean to Ug, Ug no like magnet."
 
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You could just wait for the Earth's magnetic field to weaken before it reverses. Although if that happens, sticky nuts will be the least of your problems.
 
vaara said:
You could just wait for the Earth's magnetic field to weaken before it reverses. Although if that happens, sticky nuts will be the least of your problems.
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That would have next to no effect on small magnets.
 
Traq said:
You should try my electro magnet idea with the bolt first. :x
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I've tried making an electromagnet once with a car battery. It got hot. And now I'm skerrt of 'em.

sinncere said:
DH, what exactly was/is this project that you needed this thing for?

I'm intrigued now.
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We designed this glass enclosure for a private elevator into a woman's condo in a building in Nob Hill. The door is a very heavy piece of sand-blasted glass in a metal frame. It weighs a few hundred pounds at least. We need the magnet to hold open the door.
 
DucatiHoney said:
We designed this glass enclosure for a private elevator into a woman's condo in a building in Nob Hill. The door is a very heavy piece of sand-blasted glass in a metal frame. It weighs a few hundred pounds at least. We need the magnet to hold open the door.
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I hope your client doesn't get stuck to this thing somehow.
 
Slide don't pull.

I once took apart a hard drive and took the magnets out. When they snapped together, it pinched the web of my hand....OWWW!! :cry
 
Step 1: Glue one magnet to the cable of a steam cat on an aircraft carrier.
Step 2: Kinda fuzzy on these details.
Step 3: World domination via powerful magnets.
 
if you heat the magnet really hot and apply an external opposed magnetic force to it, you may be able to reverse the magnet.
 
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Heat the magnets, as they heat up they will temporarily lose their magnetic properties...

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Oh, look up the curie point for the material the magnets you have are made of.
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Heh, if those are ND, have fun hitting around 300C to reach it..
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So, what were theses super duper magnets originally indended to be used for?

--S
 
Valgar said:
Heat the magnets, as they heat up they will temporarily lose their magnetic properties...

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Oh, look up the curie point for the material the magnets you have are made of.
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Heh, if those are ND, have fun hitting around 300C to reach it..
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I have no idea what they're made of, but they're an 1" thick. I'm guessing it's going to take quite a lot to get them hot enough to make a difference--we only have a small propane torch in the office. It's better at making creme brulee than it is heating metal.


GPzPop said:
So, what were theses super duper magnets originally indended to be used for?

--S
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try reading up a half a dozen posts or so... :twofinger

Aluisious said:
I hope your client doesn't get stuck to this thing somehow.
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Unless she has an assload of iron fillings, I think she's safe. :p
 
Can we see pics of the giant ball of metallic objects that are now stuck to the magnets?
 
DucatiHoney said:
Unless she has an assload of iron fillings, I think she's safe. :p
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How do they explain the corpse, and the red paste on the glass as the ubermagnets rip the iron from her blood cells?

:p
 
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