Thread: What I did this weekend.. part 2
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16-09-2010 #31
Ooh, don't forget about the neodymium magnets in the hard drives, I've got plenty of projects waiting for some of them...
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16-09-2010 #32
Oh gosh, I have a lot of them (and have the blood-blisters to prove it) and kept all the platters. They make real nice shiney coasters ......
You want them magnets? I think I could get about 25-30 together (I still have to strip a few). They all vary in size though, so dont know what you need them for.-- if you can't be good, at least be good at it --
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16-09-2010 #33
Blisters, ouch yes...they do nip a bit! Not as bad as the 2"x1"x0.5" monsters I used on my wind turbine though!
Yep, I've been using some platters for coasters too! Seems a shame to melt the platters but I wonder if they're a special grade of aluminium or anything?
I'm intending to make a generator and probably a brushless motor with the hard disk magnets when I've got enough.
You want them magnets?
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16-09-2010 #34
Watch those platters as most are made of glass these days and they look like aluminium. Gentle bend one in a vise and watch them shatter :-)
Hard disk aluminium is lovely stuff to cutIf the nagging gets really bad......Get a bigger shed:naughty:
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16-09-2010 #35
well i went into 4 poundstretcher/poundland/99pShops and couldnt find any stainless steel shakers/beakers... lots of alumnium ones pretending to be stainless steel!
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18-09-2010 #36
Hi Irving
Didyou have a look in the kitchen sideofthe poundlands? the sugar,tea,coffee sets are stainless steel as I got a set last year but it wasn't ina pound shop it was in Home&Bargain shop which you might not have in your neck of the woods?the set was £2.99 I also picked up a stainless steel Ice bucket at a car booty for a pound this will be ideal as the crucible because its a lot thicker than those tumblers I just mentioned.
Car bootys are a great source for stainless steel items,seen a teapot and some beakers at the same booty but as I got the ice bucket I figured this will last sometime.
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18-09-2010 #37
yes i looked extensively.. as I said, lots of ali ones but none I defintively say were stainless steel. have a few more to look at today, plus a car boot sale in the morning. No worries, i'm in no hurry as furnace wont be finished till next week at the earliest
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18-09-2010 #38
Have you read this?
Really talented guy!
http://vagdrivers.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=37059
http://vagdrivers.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=39794
(Starts on page 10, but read whole thread. Interesting stuff!)
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18-09-2010 #39
Lol,I don't think Irving is contemplating on rebuilding his cars engine?
That fella has too much time on his hands. :lol:
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18-09-2010 #40
Could you use a terracotta flower pot for the crucible? There's some 50% off in the Wilko near me...not sure if the sizes were suitable as my mum steered me away too quick!
The hole in the bottom is a bit annoying, but maybe you could plug that with a bit of mild steel. Maybe even just a bolt with a big washer.
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