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03-21-2021, 10:22 PM | #1 |
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magnetic parts trays
A friend came by the other day and saw the magnetic parts tray my wife got me for my birthday a few years back. His shop is a steel shipping container and he told me he keeps bolts/ nuts / washers etc stuck on the walls so he knows just where everything is--- sideways. Tonight I was bolting fenders onto bedsides by myself and no place to set the nuts and washers into easy reach. (fender moving all around and the sloping flareside tilting inwards...), So I did what Ron does. I wish I had thought of that 30 years ago.
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03-21-2021, 10:28 PM | #2 |
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Re: magnetic parts trays
Paradigms are sticky things - we often can't see past our current practices.
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03-21-2021, 10:39 PM | #3 |
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Funny story about those handy magnetic trays. Once my dad was working on a RC helicopter that had a bunch of small pieces. He came up one fastener short. Much time and many colorful words later he found it stuck to the OUTSIDE of the tray!
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03-21-2021, 10:45 PM | #5 |
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When I finally stuck it to the side the only thing that fell out was a hose clamp!
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03-22-2021, 01:55 AM | #6 |
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03-22-2021, 06:25 AM | #7 |
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Re: magnetic parts trays
I use large magnets to hold patches in place. One of the big problems comes about if you grind...filings get on the magnets and are the dickens to remove. A tray may be easier to clean dunno
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03-22-2021, 06:36 AM | #8 |
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I made my own magnetic dish about 10 years ago using a stainless dog dish from the dollar store and glueing a large magnet I scrounged from an old speaker.
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03-22-2021, 07:02 AM | #9 |
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I've done it upside down on the frame while working under the car. One drawback to these is do not use them for parts you do not want magnetized. I was taking a transmission apart and as handy as it was to throw all the needle bearings into, they were not parts I wanted magnetized.
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03-22-2021, 10:19 AM | #10 |
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Not to hijack your thread, GB but I find this magnetic finger to be invaluable, especially when working solo.
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