Date:         Wed, 16 Feb 2000 23:27:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Bill Nolan <bill@FREEHOLDER.COM>
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From:         Bill Nolan <bill@FREEHOLDER.COM>
Subject:      Magnets - was table won't open
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Good source for magnets is:  http://www.wondermagnet.com

At 07:42 PM 2/16/00 -0800, Antaki wrote:
>Rare earth magnets work very well, indeed. I found a very good source of
>them for free - defunct hard drives! Some of the magnets found therein are
>attatched to nice little steel plates with holes in them for your
>convenience, and if you are really lucky, there will be a matching steel
>plate for the other side.
>
>These magnets are also currently holding a plastic sheet over my Golf's
>leaky sunroof (will clean drain tubes someday).
>
>Collect as many as you can, and if you don't have the right tools to
>disassemble the drive, break the casting as need be. What, afraid of data
>loss ? ;->
>
> R    τΏτ
> o
>Antaki
>
> Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film!
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
>> Of Lawrence Johnson
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 3:54 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Table won't open. Any ideas how to open?
>>
>>
>> Michael, a rare earth magnet would hold your table very firmly
>> (IMO better than
>> velcro). I bought mine at Lee Valley as a complete kit: magnet,
>> screw down cup,
>> screw down metal plate.
>> -Larry
>>
>> Michael Townsend wrote:
>>
>> > <snip>pry it open every time.  One of these days, I am going to remove
>> > the latch pin and add velcro.
>>
>
Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com
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