Super magnet fits perfectly in keychain tool

ElementalBreakdown

ElementalBreakdown

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Civivi was giving these away, the 1" sphere N52 magnet fits perfectly. If you have one of these freebies Civivi was giving away, check out K&J Magnets, or PM me if you are interested in selling or trading it, I would like a few more.

This magnet is borderline dangerous, at least 10-20 lbs of pull, but it's perfect for boats or anywhere else you want to create a hook. You can use the tool to hang shirts, hats, other tools, etc. on.

Anyway, the fact it fits almost perfectly, just enough room to take the magnet out, makes it useful and interesting. Bottle caps stick to it so you can open a bunch of bottles fast without dropping anything overboard. 1000000428.jpg
 
Yessir, this magnet is an N42, but the pull force is still between 24-30 lbs!

You don't get a true sense of how dangerous these are until you handle some N52's 1/2" and larger. Downright terrifying once they get bigger than an inch or 100lbs, my first order included 2 one inch cubes that I had out on my bar. Placed them a couple feet apart and as soon as I put the second magnet on the bar, it attracted the other one several feet away and exploded in a shower of sparks.
Glad I was able to react quickly enough to get my hand out of the way!

Anyway, they are so damn cool, just have to be careful with pacemakers and all aspects of storage and handling.

These 1" sphere magnets are incredibly powerful. The magnetic fields of sphere magnets are concentrated more at the poles than disc or block magnets. Please use extreme caution because these large spheres are incredibly powerful
 
So strong your bronze sculpture guy can’t take his hand off it? Wow, that is powerful.

Course, it’s got to be uncomfortable with the other bronze guy standing on his crotch. Is that the sculpture you look at when your problems are getting you down, and say to yourself “well, at least I’m not that guy”?

Parker
 
Lol
I never thought of it that way, but yes, yes, and sometimes.

It's the only thing it doesn't stick to that was handy.

It's actually St. Michael doing a Mortal Kombat type finishing move on Satan.
It was a gift for a funeral service I performed.
 
I see. If it’s Satan, now I don’t feel bad for him - guess he had it coming.

Strong magnets are even funner than regular magnets, but ya gotta be careful with them. Heard a story about an industrial magnetic drive shop where a foreman was carrying one in each front pocket, moved wrong and they slammed together, crushing one of his testicles. Supposedly it took the paramedics about 45 minutes to pry them apart.

Talk about “at least I’m not that guy”…

And “It’s your misfortune and none of my own…”

Parker
 
I can't imagine the agony - there's no way to pry them apart without sacrificing whatever is in the middle of that pain sandwich.
They sell magnet fishing gear where each magnet has 500 lbs pull. It takes 520 pounds to crush a human skull.

Magnetic booty traps? That's what I said, booty traps!
 
I bet there’s a bunch of 500# pull magnets stuck to shipwrecks, you’d have to use it with a winch off a good sized craft.

I happen to know that the average healthy human can exert about 100# pull on a horizontal rope (.4 of a Kn, for those readers not raised up in the USA). Pulling upward derates that by about 20%, pulling downward augments it almost as much under ideal conditions. Mechanical advantage can increase that figure, but unless you’re using power equipment, lifting 500# of anything is a brutal chore. Not to mention capsizing a small craft.

I was at a lake once where somebody had deposited a rusty engine block (later weighed at 242 lbs) on the boat ramp about chest deep. A county maintenance guy had it hooked, but couldn’t pull it out with his little truck.

When I offered to help he said no, he’d drive back about 50 miles to the yard and get their crane truck. I told him with 100’ of rope, 2 pulleys, a 2x12 ramp and a solid anchor, he and I could have it in his truck bed in under half an hour.

We did it in 28 minutes, and he bought my lunch at the nearby snack bar. But if it had weighed 500#, he’d have been going after the crane truck.

Parker
 
Lot less glamorous than it sounds, just everybody has something they’re good at. No hero here, but I do happen to have a mechanical mind.

I suck at social interaction though, that’s why I turned down 2 invitations to New Years parties and keep checking this forum tonight. That, and my dog is frightened by fireworks.

Parker
 
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Well Parker, this is exactly the kind of knowledge me and a couple of my pals stand around exchanging at parties while the womens are talking TV or whatever they really talk about once we're out of earshot, and the childrens are running and playing.

Maybe you avoided the parties because the conversation is dull, and it's actually other people who suck at social interaction. Anyone can talk sports. It's a particular person that is interested in a question kike "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"😉 Have a happy new year, your friends apparently DO appreciate your big brain, and no need for excuses to stay home NYE, it's amateur night. Me and my friends group stopped making a thing of it in our late 30s,/early 40's and I don't miss NYE parties. Done everything from be in Times Square to just a nice dinner with the family and last few years it's been just the wife and kids home with some sushi and a good movie. No worries about idiots driving drunk, or to be slightly over the legal limit and join the ranks of the idiots.

I never tried magnet fishing, but I was thinking of a rig with a lighter 15 or so pound magnet and cheap scope on the rope, so if we hook into something bigger we can see what it is before trying to haul it up.
Sounds like you are saying about 75 pounds is absolute max that makes sense. Mostly thinking gear that people dropped but would survive the time in a lake. Probably not much down there worth bringing up.
 
Long ago I worked summer maintenance at a resort with a boat dock, and people were always dropping their keys off it. We had about a 10#er on a line, and about twice a weekend I’d go retrieve a set of keys, or somebody’s fish knife. Fortunately, the water was really clear and not too deep, and I could usually see some glint to know where to drop. Magnet fishing in murky water is more work and less fun.

The strongest magnet I have now is probably about 50lbs. It’s in an aluminum housing, that I threaded and tapped 3/8-16 for an eyebolt or a long stick of allthread. Comes in handy for fishing pull line through PVC conduit and other tasks on a construction site.

Parker
 
Huh, ya I pulled plenty of wire, but before rare earth magnets were cheap and powerful. It's a good idea.

Working on an edc organizer that uses magnets to keep things organized, and a tray to work on knives. As well as a w tool to clean the winterblade knives and secure /supply a tritium insert
 
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