Magnetic Stirrer

Step 3: Salvage the magnet.

Sorry I dont have pictures for the steps on how to extract the magnets.

1. Get the old harddrive and remove the screws from the casing.
2. Locate the magnets and unscrew them from the casing.
3. Use pliers to hold the piece of metal attached to the magnet, the magnets have some kind of glue holding them down, adding to amazing strength these little things have.
4. What you want to do is bend in two directions so that the magnet comes off the base.

Comments

[fr05ty911]

do you have to use the magnet out of a hard drive or can it just be any magnet??

[Eirinn]

Don't know if you need the info any more, but any magnet should work - i think he's using the HD magnet because it's free and because the shape might help :)

[beehard44]

the shape can be bar or something like the HDD magnet, it's just that the HDD magnets are neodymium

[zygo91]

Another way that helps remove (although I don't know if its safe) is to get a lighter and apply some heat to the part that isn't' the magnet. it seems to lessen the apoxy

[jarp87]

do you know other magnets source? i wanted to put two magnets in the fan but i broked one..duh

[alwinovich]

depends on where you live
Europe
America
I think both will ship worldwide, i live in Holland and get mine from supermagnete.de