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Originally posted by: Shockwave
Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Originally posted by: joshsquall
I wonder if any of those magnets are strong enough to make the iron in your blood pile up near the magnet. That'd be crazy if you could kill people with a magnet over the heart.
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You've been watching too many x-men reruns.
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Theres actually some form of medicine that advises putting magnets on certain parts of you rbody. Supposedly stimulates blood flow or some such. See here
But no, you wouldnt be killing anyone with a magnetic field. At least, not which we can produce today.
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...but I'm one of the 4400.
 
When I was a kid my brother would bring me some incredibly powerful magnets that he got out of car engines. I guess he got them from the generator/alternator of the vehicle. They were black and domino-shaped. And they were fairly brittle. If you let them hit each other they would shatter. But they were so strong that my little kid arms had trouble getting them apart.
 
Glen: as far as candlepowerforums, I have already been there and now own a Surefire 6P and G2Z with the High Output Lamp Assembly (HOLA). 😉

These magnets you guys are talking about are bitchin. Gonna have to pick up a few of them!!!
 
Originally posted by: NuclearNed
When I was a kid my brother would bring me some incredibly powerful magnets that he got out of car engines. I guess he got them from the generator/alternator of the vehicle. They were black and domino-shaped. And they were fairly brittle. If you let them hit each other they would shatter. But they were so strong that my little kid arms had trouble getting them apart.
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Ceramic.
 
Originally posted by: Antisocial-Virge
Originally posted by: hjo3
Originally posted by: glen
Typical refrigerator magnets are so weak they barely hold themselves up.
What kinds of magnets are really strong?
Do you know of a place that might sell them for a decent price?
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Rare earth magnets are where its at.
If you have some old hard drives, just take them apart. Each one has a couple super-strong magnets in it.
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Exactly. I saw one page once where they wouldn't sell to the general public becuase they were uncoated and therefore fragile enough to shatter when they smashed together. I think they would also do a job on fingers.
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I have a couple of Neodyum magnets. When I first took them from the box, they shot together and one of them shattered but all of the pieces stuck to the other one (which was chipped itself) Was pretty exciting.
 
Well, thanks guys. Because of this thread I ordered a 10 pack of these.

My question is how would you store these properly? Obviously, these are going to go out in the shed cuz I don't want my puter and stuff messed up. Is there a container that I could get that would be able to sheild the magnetic field?
 
I can see it now.... in a few days time we are going to start seeing people post stories about how their HDDs were scrambled or their fingers were crushed the day they received their new magnets.
 
Originally posted by: KDOG
Well, thanks guys. Because of this thread I ordered a 10 pack of these.

My question is how would you store these properly? Obviously, these are going to go out in the shed cuz I don't want my puter and stuff messed up. Is there a container that I could get that would be able to sheild the magnetic field?
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No special storage is needed, other then to keep them from iron filings or you end up with a heck of a mess.
 
Originally posted by: KDOG
Now if you put a few of them together, do they create an even more powerful field?
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to the best of my knowledge, yes
the ones i have will hold about 10 large ball bearings
if i stick multiple magnets together, i can dangle more ball bearings in the chain
 
Originally posted by: KDOG
Now if you put a few of them together, do they create an even more powerful field?
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Yes.

In all honesty, Neo is overkill for every application around the house. There just more powerful then you need. However, the price is low enough theres absolutely no reason not to go that route. Whats a savings of a few bucks?

I also recommend everyone purchase 2 large blocks of Neo just for the amusement value. Watch your friends struggle and grunt trying to get them apart 😉
 
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Originally posted by: andylawcc
Originally posted by: Xiety
Originally posted by: MaxDSP
This is what you need 😀


Holy sh!t.... it can lift 100 lbs. of metal :Q

It can affect your monitor from 30" away :Q
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great way to fukk up a LAN party 🙂
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Get a big one and walk through your colleges PC lab.... :Q
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Oooooooohhhhhhh!! It's only like $15.. do it and take pics!! 😀
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hey Shockwave (and other magnet fanatics)

how do you properly and effectively shield those Neo Mags?
I was wondering how can the UPS or Fedex guy ship those without all the trouble that you guys mentioned.
 
If you have any old dead or small IDE hard drives you can open them up and
there are a couple of strong magnets in them.

You can't hardly pry them loose from a flat piece of steel with your fingers.
 
i have multiple dead hard drives lying around, but have never taken one apart


what do i do, and what do i look for?
 
Originally posted by: andylawcc
hey Shockwave (and other magnet fanatics)

how do you properly and effectively shield those Neo Mags?
I was wondering how can the UPS or Fedex guy ship those without all the trouble that you guys mentioned.
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You dont have to shield them during shipping. Just drop them in a box and send them on there way.
 
"Cow Magnets" are generally the strongest out there. At least that you can purchase from a store you can find. They're the magnets they force cows to swallow so any metal slivers in the hay they're eating attach to the magnet instead of puncturing one of the cow's stomachs.

If you can get an MRI magnet that would definitely do the trick. Just don't move it on an axis within 50 feet of any discs or tapes. By the way, opening the fridge door would count as moving it on an axis.
 
Originally posted by: yukichigai
"Cow Magnets" are generally the strongest out there. At least that you can purchase from a store you can find. They're the magnets they force cows to swallow so any metal slivers in the hay they're eating attach to the magnet instead of puncturing one of the cow's stomachs.

If you can get an MRI magnet that would definitely do the trick. Just don't move it on an axis within 50 feet of any discs or tapes. By the way, opening the fridge door would count as moving it on an axis.
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what material are the cow magnets made of?
 
Originally posted by: MaxDSP
what material are the cow magnets made of?
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I'm not sure. I don't care, and neither do the ranchers.

All I know is that it's chrome-looking and fairly dense. Not Lead dense, but dense all the same.
 
Originally posted by: yukichigai
Originally posted by: MaxDSP
what material are the cow magnets made of?
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I'm not sure. I don't care, and neither do the ranchers.

All I know is that it's chrome-looking and fairly dense. Not Lead dense, but dense all the same.
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maybe neodymium?
 
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