Solution for dropping claybar issue

[Jbirk]

http://unitednuclear.com

You can buy the worlds strongest magnets there... They make Neo whatever look week. Be careful, these are about 10x stronger than any other magnets!

[rusty bumper]

Originally posted by Jbirk
http://unitednuclear.com

You can buy the worlds strongest magnets there... They make Neo whatever look week. Be careful, these are about 10x stronger than any other magnets!

Strange looking web site.

I noticed they had Uranium for sale!?

[Jbirk]

Well most of it is Uranium Ore, which is neither U235 or U238, so it is not really very radioactive. Uranium ore looks like lead, but makes lead feel light in comparison.

It is safe to come into contact with for short periods of time as stated on the website.

A friend bought some. He has a rock the size of a golf ball and it weighs more than a bowling ball... about 25 to 30 pounds.

I am not all that impressed with radioactivity as you can't see it and it is damaging. The Ore throws off just enough to make it not a good idea to sleep with it ... If you hold onto it in about 10 to 15 years you will have acquired a lethal dose of radiation, but only with direct contact and you likely really won't given the timeframe.

He stores his outside in a shead.

[Tim Lingor]

Well...I am certainly glad it is not enriched uranium! I am still not sure why someone would want the ore either.

But either way, we need to get this thread back on topic regarding the original post. Feel free to start a new thread in the Breakroom regarding ore etc...

Tim

[BlkBear]

Re: Re: Re: Solution for dropping claybar issue

Originally posted by Rusty Bumper
Now that's an idea.

But it looks like it would take a strong magnet(s) to hold the apron in place.

Actually not really, as all you'd need is three to four of them (kinda like what you'd find in shower curtains). Don't think an apron, would weigh as much as a shower curtain.

I tried it on the oven today with a shower liner and a bar towel (didn't have an apron handy), and it was able to hold up the thickness of the bar towel and the shower curtain liner and hold a brush and a bottle 16 oz bottle of dish soap, so it would surely hold a dropped piece of clay. Did this while squating and pulling out the pan drawer and moving things around (much more active than if I were claying a section of a car).

The only problem I see, would be keeping the magnets from sticking to the car while doing other things (so the fabric doesn't get dragged on the finish), unless you only wore that apron while claying. And that would be easy enough to throw over your work apron or they could be in a towel that you tucked one in into you pants. (just as an idea anyway).

[rusty bumper]

Originally posted by Jbirk
A friend bought some. He has a rock the size of a golf ball and it weighs more than a bowling ball... about 25 to 30 pounds.

Wow! That is impressive!

Thanks for posting the link about the magnets.