Thread: rare earth magnets

Cheapest place to get them is on ebay.
Carbatec stock them as well as many other places.

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Regards
John

this guy is good too. based in Brisbane:

Diameter 1mm - 20mm, Length 1mm - 20mm items in Frenergy Magnets store on eBay!

http://aussiemagnets.com.au/.

Just bought some magnets last week from:
Magnets Australia, Lodestone Industries - International Suppliers of Quality Magnets

Mark

Um, am i going nuts or did a Mod remove some posts from this thread?
Maybe i really do need therapy?

Hi,

I hate to show my ignorance, but what do you do with a rare earth magnet? Are they any different to a normal magnet?

Cheers Ben

Ueee you aren't made there was defiantly another post.
" I hate to show my ignorance, but what do you do with a rare earth magnet? Are they any different to a normal magnet"
I not sure the use but I am pretty sure rare earth magnets are more " powerful" than a normal magnet.

Originally Posted by bwal74

Hi,

I hate to show my ignorance, but what do you do with a rare earth magnet?

Here are a few I can think of.
Hold the dust collection bag onto your DC while you clamp down that crappy clip.
Stick one in the bottom of a sealed PVC pipe to use as a magnetic broom.
Hold pieces of steel in place while they are welded together
Hold a long (60") chainsaw bar horizontal on a chainsaw mill.
As metal chip filter in a coolant tank on a metalwork lathe
To one handed start flat head nails.

Originally Posted by BobL

Here are a few I can think of.
Hold the dust collection bag onto your DC while you clamp down that crappy clip.
Stick one in the bottom of a sealed PVC pipe to use as a magnetic broom.
Hold pieces of steel in place while they are welded together
Hold a long (60") chainsaw bar horizontal on a chainsaw mill.
As metal chip filter in a coolant tank on a metalwork lathe
To one handed start flat head nails.

Just to add to that, one of the best tricks someone taught me with a magnet was to slip one in your pocket, that way if you are using lots of one size screw you can just whack a handful on the outside of your pocket.

Originally Posted by bwal74

Hi,

I hate to show my ignorance, but what do you do with a rare earth magnet? Are they any different to a normal magnet?

Cheers Ben

As welder said, they're much stronger. Even ones the size of a $2 coin are capable of giving you a nice little blood blister if you're careless with them, they are rated at a bit over 4kg of pulling power.

Originally Posted by Jekyll and Hyde

As welder said, they're much stronger. Even ones the size of a $2 coin are capable of giving you a nice little blood blister if you're careless with them, they are rated at a bit over 4kg of pulling power.

The one that holds my chainsaw bar horizontal can lift 15kg.

Originally Posted by Ueee

Just to add to that, one of the best tricks someone taught me with a magnet was to slip one in your pocket, that way if you are using lots of one size screw you can just whack a handful on the outside of your pocket.

Another use is if you have to start a screw inside a large hole just stick the magnet to the screw driver or allen key and then attach the screw to that. That works with a regular magnet but one can only hold small screws, with the REE mags I used it to start 10 x 75 mm allen bolts.

and I pop one into each plastic oil bottle near the lathe (way oil, spindle bearing oil, cutting oil) and sit the bottle in the swarf tray - cannot knock it over then