Hard Drive magnets.

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>

>Original poster: "Jason Johnson by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <hvjjohnson13-at-hotmail-dot-com>

>I used were kidney shaped NIB (neodymium iron boron, I think) ones out of 
>an
>old hard drive. They could lift 80 lbs of iron a piece.

I wanna see this drive :) that's a SERIOUS magnet, I've gutted 300Lbs hard 
drives (out of a 3990IBM and also an IBM AS400 mainframe) and never seen a 
hard drive magnet that could lift 80lbs (though they WILL give you really 
nasty blood blisters). I want a couple of those magnets....the fun I could 
have :)


SNIP

LARGE (in size that is, not capacity, 5.25" high performance hard
>drives under 100mb usually) hard drives there should be a pair in there.
>
>Jason Johnson
>

Before you go gutting out hard drives, look at the bottom. If there is a 
little stepepr motor in the corner, don't open it, there are no useable 
magnets inside (only a couple small ones in that stepper motor). You want 
what is referred to as a "Voice Coil Actuator" type hard drive.

I've actually made working speakers form these. :) Really freaks out the 
guests, lol.

Christopher A. Boden Geek#1
President / C.E.O. / Alpha Geek
The Geek Group
www.thegeekgroup-dot-org
Because the Geek shall inherit the Earth!






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