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03-19-2008, 08:15 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: raleigh
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|  Make any screwdriver magnetic!
I was working on getting a starter out on my Honda Accord (it is buried) and did not want to lose the bolt into the abyss under the starter so I threw a rare earth magnet in the socket and the bolt came up with the socket. Now when I work with small screws I just throw a magnet on the shaft of the screwdriver/nut driver and the screws or small parts don't go anywhere.
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03-19-2008, 08:47 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada
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I do this all the time and it works really well for eclips.
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03-29-2008, 10:58 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Santa Rosa
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thanks for the old American Hot Rod tip...been so long that I worked on a 1:1 I forgot all about this...  |
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03-31-2008, 10:02 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Colorado Springs
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Isn't there a way to make them magnetic using a 9v battery? I remember something about coiling two wires along the shaft, connecting to a battery and letting it sit for a few hours. Been a while since I tried it, maybe somebody can fill in the parts I missed.
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04-01-2008, 11:41 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Southern Arkansas
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I use a coil from an old copier machine servo hooked to a laptop ac adapter to magnetize my screwdrivers. Works like a champ. |
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04-01-2008, 12:42 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vegas
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Old motor cans work well also.
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04-12-2008, 09:24 AM
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| Picky Fab'r/Acetal Junky   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Arizona Desert/AJ
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Just leaving a ferrous metal tool attached to a magnet for a small amount of time will leave it with a magnetic force. If you took a large magnet and attached it to the screwdriver for a couple minutes then removed it, the screwdriver should stay magnetized.....depending on the composition of steel in the screwdriver.
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04-12-2008, 06:35 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: hillbilly illinois
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I've done this for years. Started as a auto mech now a semi. All you need is a large magnet. Rub the end of the driver back and forth on the magnet a done. If you want it back normal slap it against something hard and done. it litterallyt nocks the magnetisim out of it
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