I don't carry a magnet. I carry too many other things (credit cards, cell phone) I worry could be damaged by a powerful magnet.
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I use a small disc magnet (with a hole I drilled in the middle) to prevent the blade of the fred can opener from opening. And I did already used it a few times to pick small ferromagnetic stuff up. And I drilled the hole so I could tie it to a thread if I needed to.As for damaging your electronics with a static magnetic field... well let me put it like this: I tried. I really did.And I utterly failed. You see, modern electronic components just aren't all that easy to destroy with a static magnetic field. In the world of yesteryear where a magnetic storage media that you would carry on your person magnets were a problem. If you moved a magnet close to the magnetic tape or the magnetic disc you could scramble the magnetic particles used to store data. If you moved a magnet close to the magnetic tape or the magnetic disc you could scramble the magnetic particles used to store data. Nowadays only real danger from magnetic fields to the electronics you have on you is from induced voltages. And to induce a voltage the magnetic field must change in time. The thing about the magnetic field of a permanent magnetic field is that it is static (it does not change in time). So only way to induce voltages high enough to damage the electronics with a permanent magnet is to move it really fast. And if permanent magnets ever move around you that fast in real life, fried electronic gadgets will be the least of your problems...Of Course I could be completely wrong.
To keep things in perspective ... - If you carry a multitool and cell phone loose in your pocket, your phone could be scratched.- If you carry a spare battery with exposed contacts in the same pants pocket with loose coins, you could short circuit the battery and burn yourself. - If you carry a fixed blade knife in your pocket without a sheath, you could cut your leg. - If you carry a pliers in your back pocket, you could bruise your butt when you sit.Find an item useful? Use common sense and carry that item in a way which doesn't cause a problem. If, however, you have no use for something -- don't carry it.
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Quote from: pfrsantos on October 30, 2014, 06:00:50 PMApart from my personality? No... I dont know what you do for a living but you always crack me up. Comedy writing would have been a terrific career.
Quote from: Aloha007 on October 30, 2014, 06:08:19 PMQuote from: pfrsantos on October 30, 2014, 06:00:50 PMApart from my personality? No... I dont know what you do for a living but you always crack me up. Comedy writing would have been a terrific career. Maybe not. When I'm out having lunch or dinner with friends, someone always says that. Then the bill arrives and they never pay my share...
I don't carry a magnet, but for those who want to, don't toss old hard drives - they have powerful magnets in there. Just take the drive apart, retrieve the heads, and I suppose you could chop and grind them to whatever shape you want.