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D.I.Y Magnetic coupling for laptop out of small D/C motor

D.I.Y Magnetic coupling for laptop out of small D/C motor
A few months ago my Laptop battery went dead, so i have to be plugged in 24/7 or else my laptop goes dead. So getting tired of getting unplugged by slight movements of my laptop I decided to make a magnetic coupler for it so it would stay in place. I didn't get any pictures while i was making it but this should be easy enough without them.
 
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Step 1Materials and tools

Materials and tools
You'll need
-a small D/C motor (easy to find in R/C cars/planes or busted gaming controllers)
-electrical tape
-some kind of adhesive ( I used some finger nail acrylic power and liquid,I imagine super glue or hot glue would also work)
-saw blade to cut the motors metal frame ( I used my handy dandy Swiss Army knife's file/saw blade)
-something to pry open the motor with( once again Swiss Army knifes are nice, but a screwdriver or anything that you can get the job done with works)
-file to finish up the cutting

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3 comments
Dec 29, 2008. 12:34 PMadmin says:
This is a great Instructable, but you need to add a main image of the final project to the intro step. Please do that and leave me a message when you have so that we can publish your work. Thanks!
Nov 24, 2010. 11:23 PMlux4x4 says:
I am sorry ...but I don't understand where is connected the original plug?? Or iwhere did you connect the + and - of power???

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