Impromptu Test Lead Rack

[Rich Grise, but drunk]

So, whaddaya do when you've disassembled a microwave oven, and one of
the maggie magnets is broken in two?

And what do you do with those Radio Shack Clip Lead thingies in between
projects, when bench space is limited?

http://www.abiengr.com/~sysop/images/clip-lead-rack.jpg

Cheers!
Rich

 

[James T. White]

So, whaddaya do when you've disassembled a microwave oven, and one of
the maggie magnets is broken in two?

And what do you do with those Radio Shack Clip Lead thingies in between
projects, when bench space is limited?

http://www.abiengr.com/~sysop/images/clip-lead-rack.jpg

So how do you demagnetize the alligator clips?

 

[Boris Mohar]

So how do you demagnetize the alligator clips?

Run them through the loop of the soldering gun.



Regards,

Boris Mohar

Got Knock? - see:
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things) http://www.viatrack.ca

void _-void-_ in the obvious place

 

[phatty mo]

So, whaddaya do when you've disassembled a microwave oven, and one of
the maggie magnets is broken in two?

And what do you do with those Radio Shack Clip Lead thingies in between
projects, when bench space is limited?

http://www.abiengr.com/~sysop/images/clip-lead-rack.jpg

Cheers!
Rich

Before I saw the pic I had a slightly different vision in mind,
I was thinking you'd put the broken ends against the bench/cabinet,and
looped the cables through to hang over the magnet..but that works too!

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

I found out decades ago that if you used a soldering _gun_, many
professionals would laugh you out of their shop, and tell you to go back
to being a greasemonkey at an auto repair shop. No offense, tho, I
still use a soldering gun, but it's out in the garage, where it's only
used on large wires. In the shop, I have a hundred watt _iron_.

If you use a disk drive magnet, it usually has both N and S poles on the
same side, so you should be able to demagnetize the clip by flipping it
end for end. But really, who gives a rat's ass if it's magnetized.
That's a statement, not a question, BTW.

Watson! Where have you been?

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Watson A.Name - \Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\]

So, whaddaya do when you've disassembled a microwave oven, and one of
the maggie magnets is broken in two?

And what do you do with those Radio Shack Clip Lead thingies in between
projects, when bench space is limited?

http://www.abiengr.com/~sysop/images/clip-lead-rack.jpg

Cheers!
Rich

I've been doing the same thing with my too numerous test leads but using
more than a dozen hard disk drive magnets, which seem to be a lot
stronger than magnetron magnets. They're abitch to get off the fridge,
tho. So far I've held up to the overhead (modular cabinet) over a
quarter inch of 8.5 x 11 paper sheets with those magnets, and they are
so strong that a single sheet might get munched if I'm not careful when
removing it.

There seem to be a _lot_ more defunct (or just obsolete) hard disks than
there are magnetrons. By obsolete I mean less than about ten gigs.

 

[Watson A.Name - \Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\]

Run them through the loop of the soldering gun.



Regards,

Boris Mohar

I found out decades ago that if you used a soldering _gun_, many
professionals would laugh you out of their shop, and tell you to go back
to being a greasemonkey at an auto repair shop. No offense, tho, I
still use a soldering gun, but it's out in the garage, where it's only
used on large wires. In the shop, I have a hundred watt _iron_.

If you use a disk drive magnet, it usually has both N and S poles on the
same side, so you should be able to demagnetize the clip by flipping it
end for end. But really, who gives a rat's ass if it's magnetized.
That's a statement, not a question, BTW.