I'm sitting at my desk bored.. so I...

[ryan256]

completely disassembled a non working WD hard drive. The rare earth magnets in these things are stronger than I thought. Right now I'm trying to think if there's anything cool I can do with the platter....

 

[pontifex]

eat it
that should spice up your afternoon

 

[meltdown75]

serve a tiny meal on it.

 

[Jugernot]

Use a grinder and sharpen the edges... then throw it at someone.

Then, RUN!

 

[jtvang125]

Hang it around your neck like its bling.

 

[Nitemare]

call tech support on it?

 

[FoBoT]

that one guy around here makes those roses out of them, i forget his name

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

You should examine the hysteresis loop. I remember getting 2 days of lecture on hard drive magnets in my magnetism/dielectrics class =)

 

[mikej007]

Put one of the magnets on the left side of your nuts and then put the other one on the right side and see how close you can get before the magnetism makes the two clamp together...

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Originally posted by: mikej007
Put one of the magnets on the left side of your nuts and then put the other one on the right side and see how close you can get before the magnetism makes the two clamp together...

:Q I just felt a twinge of pain after reading that one.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: mikej007
Put one of the magnets on the left side of your nuts and then put the other one on the right side and see how close you can get before the magnetism makes the two clamp together...

best suggestion yet! 😀

 

[Uppsala9496]

So that is how Felix Pie hurt himself.

 

[ryan256]

Originally posted by: Jugernot
Use a grinder and sharpen the edges... then throw it at someone.

Then, RUN!

Yeah... but this thing preserves finger prints just a little too well.

 

[outofloop]

tape the magnet behind your ear lobe and use a screw in front ... instant ear rings

 

[Savij]

reassemble most of it w/o reattaching the platters with screws. Poweron and spin up the drive then tip the platter out (you may have to remove the head for this step). The platter should shoot across the room with a good bit of speed.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: ryan256

Originally posted by: Jugernot
Use a grinder and sharpen the edges... then throw it at someone.

Then, RUN!

Yeah... but this thing preserves finger prints just a little too well.

I guess you never heard of latex gloves huh?