I have seen a few people reference Lee Valley as a source for rare earth
magnets. I thought I'd suggest a couple other places I've come across.
1) ebay - If you want a lot of a particular size, I have found several
people there selling large lots of magnets for pretty good prices.
2) http://www.rare-earth-magnets.com - I have ordered from here. Their
prices seem a little lower than Lee Valley. My order came very quickly,
and they have a very good selection.
3) http://www.wondermagnet.com - This place has some odd magnets. If
you need something really powerful, this may be a good place to go. They
deal a lot in surplus magnets and have a small selection, but they're in
unusual sizes, some VERY large.
I have used Wondermagnet or Forcfield (Original name) for a long time
and like their info, service and reliability. never had a problem with
an order or with any of their magnets. I use them in door catchs, tool
holders and entertaining grandkids with a "dart" game on the whiteboard.
BRuce
Jeremy Brown wrote:
> I have seen a few people reference Lee Valley as a source for rare earth
> magnets. I thought I'd suggest a couple other places I've come across.
>
> 1) ebay - If you want a lot of a particular size, I have found several
> people there selling large lots of magnets for pretty good prices.
>
> 2) http://www.rare-earth-magnets.com - I have ordered from here. Their
> prices seem a little lower than Lee Valley. My order came very quickly,
> and they have a very good selection.
>
> 3) http://www.wondermagnet.com - This place has some odd magnets. If
> you need something really powerful, this may be a good place to go. They
> deal a lot in surplus magnets and have a small selection, but they're in
> unusual sizes, some VERY large.
>
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has a couple list in their January sales flyer on the next to last page.
"Jeremy Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have seen a few people reference Lee Valley as a source for rare earth
> magnets. I thought I'd suggest a couple other places I've come across.
>
> 1) ebay - If you want a lot of a particular size, I have found several
> people there selling large lots of magnets for pretty good prices.
>
> 2) http://www.rare-earth-magnets.com - I have ordered from here. Their
> prices seem a little lower than Lee Valley. My order came very quickly,
> and they have a very good selection.
>
> 3) http://www.wondermagnet.com - This place has some odd magnets. If
> you need something really powerful, this may be a good place to go. They
> deal a lot in surplus magnets and have a small selection, but they're in
> unusual sizes, some VERY large.
>
On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 11:25:14 -0600, "Jonathan"
<jonathan_kendall@hot(ihatespam)mail.com> wrote:
>
>Try American Science and Surplus www.sciplus.com for magnets... they have
>lots of other weird/cool stuff, too. Good prices as well.
>
>Jonathan
>
What a bunch of cool stuff. I've boolmarked it for (possibly hours
of) later perusal. Thanks.
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where do you find them? the dump here doesn't let you near the actual dump
part, and Budgest Steel which takes things like microwaves stoves etc is
rather testy about people raiding their stuff while they drop off, so you
hafta grab and go while your dumping and they can't see you, something about
if you hurt yourself, you might sue them(even though it would be your fault
for climbing around the bins anyways.)
in article [email protected], Barry Lennox at
[email protected] wrote on 1/9/04 12:13 PM:
> On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 13:11:31 -0800, Jeremy Brown
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have seen a few people reference Lee Valley as a source for rare earth
>> magnets. I thought I'd suggest a couple other places I've come across.
>>
>
> I harvest them out of old microwaves at the tip. Two donut magnets per
> magnetron, and they are very very strong.
>
> Be careful of the HV cap in there. They do have bleeder resistors
> across them, but you may be unlucky enough to find one where the
> resistor had failed. I never have, but do be cautious.
>
> You have to do a bit of metal bashing to get the magnets of the
> magnetron, but it's only heavy sheet metal and toy-tabs holding it all
> together.
>
> Barry Lennox
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caused Jeremy Brown to write in news:[email protected]:
> I have seen a few people reference Lee Valley as a source for rare earth
> magnets. I thought I'd suggest a couple other places I've come across.
Old hard drives.
I use them for all sorts of things, amusing the kids is just one.
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On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 13:11:31 -0800, Jeremy Brown
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I have seen a few people reference Lee Valley as a source for rare earth
>magnets. I thought I'd suggest a couple other places I've come across.
>
I harvest them out of old microwaves at the tip. Two donut magnets per
magnetron, and they are very very strong.
Be careful of the HV cap in there. They do have bleeder resistors
across them, but you may be unlucky enough to find one where the
resistor had failed. I never have, but do be cautious.
You have to do a bit of metal bashing to get the magnets of the
magnetron, but it's only heavy sheet metal and toy-tabs holding it all
together.
Barry Lennox
House of tools in canada...
John V
"Jeremy Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have seen a few people reference Lee Valley as a source for rare earth
> magnets. I thought I'd suggest a couple other places I've come across.
>
> 1) ebay - If you want a lot of a particular size, I have found several
> people there selling large lots of magnets for pretty good prices.
>
> 2) http://www.rare-earth-magnets.com - I have ordered from here. Their
> prices seem a little lower than Lee Valley. My order came very quickly,
> and they have a very good selection.
>
> 3) http://www.wondermagnet.com - This place has some odd magnets. If
> you need something really powerful, this may be a good place to go. They
> deal a lot in surplus magnets and have a small selection, but they're in
> unusual sizes, some VERY large.
>
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 04:44:42 GMT, Reyd Dorakeen <[email protected]> wrote:
>where do you find them? the dump here doesn't let you near the actual dump
>part, and Budgest Steel which takes things like microwaves stoves etc is
>rather testy about people raiding their stuff while they drop off, so you
>hafta grab and go while your dumping and they can't see you, something about
>if you hurt yourself, you might sue them(even though it would be your fault
>for climbing around the bins anyways.)
>
In my part of the world the dump gestapo are not too difficult, and
will generally look the other way. I did raid a couple of washing
machines to get a lot of spares, I asked about it first as it was
going to be pretty obvious. For a $10 donation to their beer fund, I
could take what I wanted. $10 was a lot cheaper than the new parts at
$87, and I got; hopefully, a lifetime of other stuff as well.
You might like to try an advert in a local free paper "Microwaves
wanted, dead or alive" You can strip the magnets, and lots of other
good bits as well, then take the carcases to the dump.
Barry Lennox
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 02:09:39 GMT, John Carlson
<[email protected]> wrote:
Ebay has lots of them. Small but mighty-
James
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