Home-Built Portable Magnet
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Im in the farm construction business, and there are always a lot of nails scattered around when a job is over. To clean them up, I built this portable magnet that uses a magnet from an old mix-mill feeder. I bolted two short pieces of 3-in. aluminum angle iron onto each end of the magnet and also drilled a series of holes that allow me to adjust the magnet's height. Two 6-in. pneumatic wheels fasten to the ends. Then I made a handle from 1/2 by
1/8-in. thick flat bar and bolted it to the angle irons. My portable magnet has saved hundreds of flat tires and works so well that I've even rented it out to neighbors. (Jake J. Braun, Box 282, Hague, Sask., Canada S0K 1X0 ph 306 225-2250 or 306 225-2153)
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Home-Built Portable Magnet MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 26-4-35 Im in the farm construction business, and there are always a lot of nails scattered around when a job is over. To clean them up, I built this portable magnet that uses a magnet from an old mix-mill feeder. I bolted two short pieces of 3-in. aluminum angle iron onto each end of the magnet and also drilled a series of holes that allow me to adjust the magnet's height. Two 6-in. pneumatic wheels fasten to the ends. Then I made a handle from 1/2 by
1/8-in. thick flat bar and bolted it to the angle irons. My portable magnet has saved hundreds of flat tires and works so well that I've even rented it out to neighbors. (Jake J. Braun, Box 282, Hague, Sask., Canada S0K 1X0 ph 306 225-2250 or 306 225-2153)
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