Magnets like that were used on a waterjet I was working on to keep parts from falling in the tank as the machine cut them out.
I used paper towel to wipe off fillings from the cutting process. I think a rag might work better. Dave On 11/12/2014 10:41 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings; > > I was given 4 of the rare earth magnets used in hard drives yesterday, and > have visions of using them in lieu of holddown clamps for flat, non- > magnetic material clamps on my toy mill. > > These will exert 150+ lbs of pull when placed over a 1/8 masonite > sacrificial, with say a .090" lexan sheet laid on the masonite. > Restricting them to non-ferrous material hold downs should keep them > fairly clean. They are very strong & Jim got a finger between two of them > and sustained a nearly bone crushing injury that took about a month to > heal. > > Has anyone else used these for alu or plastic sheet hold downs? > > And if they do collect ferrous swarf, an air hose is not going to dislodge > the swarf, so how would one go about cleaning them? > > Cheers, Gene Heskett --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154624111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
