Scrounging Magnets

[wphfla]

For anyone trying to find ferrite magnets for a test bench or prototype, at Wal-Mart in the aquarium section they have an "Aqua-Tech Magnetic Algae Remover" ($4.88US in Pompano Beach, Florida).  Inside the plastic holders are two (2) 1" x 2-1/4" x 3/8" ferrite magnets which are of fairly good strength.  Maybe a local source for some of you.

wphfla

[hiker]

lowes has mags--somthing like 1 by 2 by 7/8" thick..you get two for 1.98..

[electrondady1]

i was under the impresion scrounging would be going to a wrecking yard or a sterio store and ripping the mags out of old speakers . as opposed to purchaseing mags at retail stores

[wphfla]

Scrounging, in my view, means finding what you can, where you can.  Even if it means cannabalizing another device you bought for what you need.  Just my opinion.

wphfla

[nothing to lose]

Sometimes it might, but most often it means recycling old junk into a new life as something else or getting used parts to fix something. Scrounging is not often a term used for buying new things to strip down, unless maybe it's scrounging for discontinued stuff or through old stock found in a warehouse and such.

Geuss it could mean alot of things, just depends. Mostly to me it means a trip to a salvage yard

 Or an old dump if I find one I can dig through

Hmm, that last one almost applies to my front yard!