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Here's something I wish I hadn't done.
Here you can see I was using a hack-saw to slice through a neo magnet. Pouring water constantly so that they don't catch fire (newbie alert: yes magnets can catch fire - personal experience). The magnet is hiding between the pieces of angle that I'm using to guide the saw. The original was a 2" x 1" x 1/2" rectangular magnet with two holes. I need a 1" square magnets to complete my latest motor conversion. These magnets were recovered from my wrecked generator, which had 12 magnets. The new conversion has 8 flats, each of which is 3" long. Since I had 4 spares after putting on the first 8, all I had to do was cut them in half. No problem, right?
Nah.
So up there in the photo I'm on my sixth hacksaw blade, and have only 2 left. I've managed to cut only about 3/8" through each of the four. Realizing after the second or third blade that I wasn't going to cut all the way through even one, I came up with the plan to cut part-way and score all around, then strike them, and they would break in half.
Don't get ahead of me...
So here is one of the partly cut magnet blocks clamped on the vise. You can see the ends of a few pieces of angle-steel in the vise jaws so that one end of the magnet can stick and be clamped, and the other end hangs over the edge. When it falls it sticks to the other angle. I struck it with a hammer, using an aluminum block to carry the blow. The last thing I need is a magnetized hammer!
(What am I saying, it would go well with my magnetized screwdrivers, c-clamps, wrenches, measuring tapes, etc....)
Well, here are the eight resulting pieces. Some aren't that bad. At least none of them broke through the screw holes, though one came very close.
Why? Why in the world would I do such a thing? I have a motor conversion under way that needs more magnets. The rotor is 3" long, but the magnets I have are all 2" long. All of these 2" long block magnets are salvaged from my wrecked alternator. I can't find any 1x1 magnet blocks with the screw hole for sale, not even any with dowel holes. Been poking around e-bay for a while with no luck. Still looking and not happy. Cultivating a love/hate feeling for neodymium.
SAFETY NOTE:
Doing dumb things like this doesn't mean I skipped some safe practice.
- Wear gloves.
- Use water or some other fluid bath to prevent them from burning. I once witnessed the pyrotechnics while counter-sinking a hole.
- Collect the cuttings, filings and chips and dispose of them in a wad so that they don't get collected in the mechanisms of your tools.
- Wash your hands and arms thoroughly, with soap, afterward to remove any dust or abrasive powder that may get into your eyes or mouth.
- DON'T BOTHER TRYING THIS - IT DOESN'T WORK.
Stay tuned... more goof-ups to come.
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