Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 14:39:48 -0700
Reply-To: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
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From: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Guess the gizmo
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Allison, the gadget is of course, as you hinted on your blog, a third
hand. So, when working on something on the van (or any vehicle, or
anything ferrous that can't be gotten to a vice or clamp, just use this to
hold it in place against a ferrous background. The work item wouldn't even
need to be ferrous, if thin. Wood, plastic, non-ferrous metal, any could
be held in place against a ferrous base.
Regarding dogwood, excellent for walking sticks and for mallets. Gavels
are typically dogwood.
Another wood besides lignum vitae that sinks is Osage orange, also known as
bois d'arc, hedge apple, and horse apple. It also will not rot, and many a
house in the lower midwest and Texas is on bois d'arc posts rather than
concrete piers. It was the favorite wood of Native Americans for bow wood,
hence the French name bois d'arc (arch wood). Woodworking tools are ruined
quickly trying to work it, however.
mcneely
On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 2:01 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
> The cup provides a path for flux lines from backside of magnet to get to
> the front, creating intense flux in the gap between them.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>
> On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > Old shipwright gave me some scraps, wasn't from broken mallet.
> >
> > Yes, could use it for all those purposes, but isn't the primary use.
> >
> > The metal cup for the magnet I got from lee valley but must be available
> > from many places. Sized for the magnet and has countersunk hole for
> screw.
> > I think they now have a notch in the side so you can get the magnet out
> > again. Pretty well impossible to pry the magnet out of my version.
> > Supposedly the metal cup alters the magnetic lines of flux enhancing the
> > attraction on that side.
> >
> > Alistair
> >
> > > On Jul 5, 2017, at 1:18 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > >
> > > Very nice. Lignum vitae scraps? You must have had a woodcarving mallet
> > come
> > > apart on you. Also sticking notes, maps and such to the dash of a
> diesel
> > > vanagon! Where'd he get the magnet with the pocket on one side, or is
> > that
> > > just the way it appears?
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > >> On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 3:03 PM Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> to prop open a too loosely swinging vent window?
> > >>
> > >> Edward (who once made a much less attractive magnet with stick glued
> > on
> > >> for this purpose.)
> > >>
> > >>> On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> This little gadget might be too small for Felder industries to bother
> > >>> with. It might be even considered silly, but it works.
> > >>> But just having a magnet on a short handle is handy for finding
> screws
> > >> etc
> > >>> dropped in the gravel or dirt.
> > >>>
> > >>> Most every van owner could use this, not saying many will, but they
> > could
> > >>> :-)
> > >>>
> > >>> https://shufti.blog/2017/07/05/vanagon-whats-this-gizmo-used-for/
> > >>>
> > >>> Alistair
> > >>
> >
>
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