On Wednesday 12 November 2014 11:48:02 rayj did opine And Gene did reply: > I assume these are those kinda crescent shaped ones.
Exactly. > I've used them > for holding metal in position when welding. Did kill one of them by > heating it. Forgot it was on the backside. Yeah, most of those super strong alloys have a surprisingly low curie point. I've heard rumors some are even below the boiling point of water! > I have had some luck using non-ferrous metal wire brushes. I use brass, > but I assume SS might work, or even ferrous brushes, but I think they > might present problems when they get magnetized. > > I'm able to get 99% of the swarf, but there's always a little patch of > "finer than sand" particles that I just push to the side I'm not > sticking to the metal. > > Raymond Julian > Kettle River, MN Thanks for that wire brush suggestion. It should be sufficient. > The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, > honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in > our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, > acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of > success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the > produce of the second. -John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate > (1902-1968) > > On 11/12/2014 09:41 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 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- 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.c > lktrk _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
