Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Oct 23, 2008, at 2:46 PM, Dan wrote: > >>> It's done by a voice-coil "motor", not a stepper motor, and no >>> springs. >> Ok. Guess I was thinking of one of the large HDAs that we took apart >> after a crash, back in my college days. It definitely had springs - >> two of 'em on each arm. > > Next time you get a dead HDD, tear it down. Good info on how drives > are made nowadays,and you get two of the strongest damn refrigerator > magnets you'll ever need. I have a hdd magnet on my fridge holding up > about 15 pages of recipes. >
As to the magnets, OH YEAH. I've used them to magnetically attach a five foot long antenna made of copper pipe to a portable canopy and it has held on quite tightly. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
