Magnetized tweezers? |
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Magnetized tweezers? |
 Jul 12 2011, 08:10 PM
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Shovel Buster!  Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 31-March 11 Member No.: 15,180  |
My tweezers ended up being magnetized about half way through clean up last night. Is this common? Anything I can do to De-magnetize them? They were not magnetaic when I started using them.
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Jul 13 2011, 06:41 AM
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russau Group: Members Posts: 2,841 Joined: 4-December 03 From: st.louis missouri Member No.: 43 |
just hit/tap hard them on a metal surface untill it dont pickup particals anymore. dropping magnets onto a floor will also lessen its ability to be magnetic. no joke! anytime you rub use metal tools around any magnetic material, it will pickup small amounts of magnetics.
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Jul 13 2011, 12:37 PM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 31-March 11 Member No.: 15,180 |
Thanks for the tip Russau, it worked. Makes it a lot easier to pick stuff up without all the black sand interferrence!
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