Videocard Cooking Aid

Well I always wanted to do an instructable with magnets but I never had any ideas until now. I had to raid 3 hard drives for the magnets for this project and I think it turned out fine. This magnet is used for holding up books on the fridge for cooking.

Step 1 Get the Materials

3 Hard drives worth of magnets
Gorilla Glue
Clamp
Obsolete video card

Comments

[nearadyn]

You shouldn't have used a rage 3d pro! In the words of Indiana Jones: "That belongs in a museum!"

[alternativesurfer]

Umm...I'm sorry if I am missing it, but does this instructable have ANY point?

[icanryme2002]

yes if you have a small kitchen and you have nowhere to put the book you can put it on the fridge

[munchman]

Using a video card
^?

[olivierdemontpellier]

it's also working for network card !

[munchman]

It doesn't matter what you use. It is the fact that there is no point to have a video card.

[olivierdemontpellier]

OK, you don't like the video card and the network card, use a sound card instead, or a motherboard !! icanryme2002 found it fun to use a videocard and hdd magnet. it's a bit nonsense, it's for for fun !! I'm olivierdemontpellier and i approve this Instructable !

[Estwald]

Why is the video card obsolete ? Oh, wait, it's an ATI.... never mind !! };-)

[Derin]

oh shut up everyone knows ati pwns nvidia since it is a part of AMD which also pwns

[Estwald]

Derinsleepsays: oh shut up...

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[Weissensteinburg]

Why'd it say that you had to get your magnets from three hard drives then?

[icanryme2002]

each magnet is from a different harddrive

[Weissensteinburg]

You should say that you need two hard drives worth of magnets then, because you used 3, and two drives will give you 4 magnets.

[Estwald]

Take apart more, different manufactures hard drives and you will find that some designs only use one magnet. Thus, icanryme2002 must have been getting his magnets from one magnet designs.

[GreenDay]

Why does this matter so much? Three magnets... 1 2 3

[Weissensteinburg]

So that if someone is trying to do this, they don't get halfway through and realize they destroyed an extra hard drive.

[GreenDay]

If they ruin old hard drives that would have zero value to them otherwise?

[Weissensteinburg]

They may have some other use for them.

[Estwald]

With a small, thin screwdriver and a small hammer all it takes is a light tap to break the glue bond and seperate the magnet from the piece of metal its mounted to. Vola', no worries about any bumps bends or otherwise.

[!Andrew_Modder!]

so your basicly putting magnets on a video card, to use as magnets....?

[unclelar]

OMG ! what is the big deal about the number of hard drives he used.Just count the mags and go from there.

[Weissensteinburg]

Aren't there two magnets in each hard drive?

http://www.instructables.com/id/EEZ1HB9F2FRVD47/?ALLSTEPS
"You now have access to the first of the two magnets.
See that thing that has a number on it... Thats a magnet. You will have to pull really hard to get it off.
Directly underneath that is the second magnet. you may need to use a knife to get it off."

[westfw]

Some hard drives only have a single magnet.

[Weissensteinburg]

Then maybe he should just put "# hard drive magnets"?

[icanryme2002]

i know in total i got 5 magnets from 3 harddrives 1 only had 1 my friend stole one and i broke 1 trying to get the tabs off for another project