Ooo, Death Magnets!

Phlogiston · 2019-04-18T12:04:50.000Z

[Internet rabbit hole via djozz’s post on the Sofirn C01 thread]

djozz:

[…] In Europe we have supermagnete.de , not that more expensive than Fasttech or Banggood, that makes a point of actually selling what they claim, and I have never got bad magnets from them.

Supermagnete

Death magnet power magnet giant magnet 100 kg adhesive force

The Death Magnet is a large block magnet with an adhesive force of 100 kg and a phantastic price-performance ratio. Order it from us now!

Wow. “Strength approx. 100kg”. I wonder how they deliver those without leaving a trail of demagnetised items across every country in between?

I think my strongest magnet is rated for 7kg (for retrieving tools I’ve dropped down holes :person_facepalming: )

fluke · 2019-04-18T12:17:20.000Z

WOW

Unloco · 2019-04-18T13:27:13.000Z

What about the MONOLITH ?

Phlogiston · 2019-04-18T22:59:22.000Z

Unloco:

What about the MONOLITH ?

Whoa. I missed that one.

I’ll be honest with you, I would never dream of buying super-powerful magnets like these. The safety tips on the MONOLITH page are downright scary (the video at the bottom of that page is definitely worth a watch). I would have one of those “smash into a thousand eyeball-piercing shards” accidents sooner or later.

It’s just weirdly fascinating to know that these things exist

Lexel · 2019-04-18T23:20:42.000Z

strongest magnet 12kg heavy

DavidEF · 2019-04-19T00:11:28.000Z

Stronger magnet here: K & J Magnetics

Firelight2 · 2019-04-19T00:11:48.000Z

These things look pretty dangerous.

Phlogiston · 2019-04-19T00:15:25.000Z

And now I know how they ship them

Thank you, Lexel

PBWilson · 2019-04-19T00:55:10.000Z

In addition to wiping computer memory and potentially shattering if they get away from you, another big issue is getting them unstuck from a metal object or another magnet. I’ve seen people create a jig to shear large magnets apart from one another because pulling is pretty much futile when they are stuck flat to a large metal object.

Some hard drive magnets I’ve retrieved (about the size of a guitar pick) have pinched my fingers like they got caught in some pliers. Yeowch! I’ve got about half of them left since a number of them have cracked or shattered over the years.

Still, they come in very handy in some woodworking repairs where a clamp might be hard to place.

gchart · 2019-04-19T02:12:11.000Z

Death Magnet…ic?

deleted-200707 · 2019-04-19T02:16:18.000Z

That’s almost…….

Couchmaster · 2019-04-19T02:39:06.000Z

It’s all fun and games until your significant other, in an attempt to clean the house, sits it right in there with your brand new Fluke, your Rolex or your Oscilloscope.

DBSS · 2019-04-19T06:35:34.000Z

I bought a magnet from Fasttech and easily picked a 50lbs dumbbell off the floor with it. They shipped it in a plastic envelope and nothing more…I do wonder how much stuff it stuck to along the way!

zerodish · 2019-04-22T12:27:02.000Z

I had a 300 pound horseshoe magnet growing up in the 60’s. I can’t remember it damaging any thing including a watch. Since it was a horseshoe it was easy to remove from things it was stuck to. If you just want to magnet fish get a horseshoe.

X31 · 2019-04-22T14:34:17.000Z

I once ordered some strong magnets in China.
They shipped it in a padded enveloppe with nothing else.
I waited them for months, to the point I got a refund.
One day I went to the mailbox, having forgotten them for long… to find a padded enveloppe stuck inside the mailbox to the door.
They were probably stuck in a container or anywhere in the way between the seller and m home, to be recovered months after…
I’m sure postal services have some thousands of padded enveloppe filled with magnets which are stuck somewhere and will never arrive lol