Handheld lifting magnet - GIF

**Altair** · Oct 28, 2022, 04:42 PM

Handheld lifting magnet.

Previously:

Load lifting magnet - GIF
Industrial magnet lifting iron filings - GIF
Magnetic rebar lifting beam - GIF
Pneumatically-actuated magnets - GIF
Cleaning shop floor with magnets - GIF

**hemmjo** · Oct 30, 2022, 06:21 AM

Sure would love to have some of those cut-offs laying on the floor under that table.

**baja** · Oct 30, 2022, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by hemmjo

Sure would love to have some of those cut-offs laying on the floor under that table.

That was my first thought!

**Toolmaker51** · Oct 31, 2022, 01:11 AM

Originally Posted by hemmjo

Sure would love to have some of those cut-offs laying on the floor under that table.

Originally Posted by baja

That was my first thought!

Right behind me....... Actually these are now hard to come by, as the price of scrap is nearly that of stock. But if you find a friendly burn shop running laser or plasma, they can be convinced to deal. For the right project, a box of instant gussets would be a huge plus.

Far as the magnet goes, these have been around awhile from handheld to manipulated by crane . Another variation is sheet separators, that fan the next few of sheet metal, kind of like playing cards, for an operator to avoid prying them.
I've watched press brake operators struggle without them, places apparently immune to cost of overhead.