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02-20-2012, 05:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-20-2012, 05:36 PM by PixMan.)
I had a junky China-made one that I bought many years ago. It also lost much of it's pulling power so I popped off the drive pins that hold the front cover plate. Nothing to it...just a simple large bar magnet rotated by a fork on the back end of that plastic lever.
I believe the magnet can be re-magnetized by wrapping a wire around it and energizing the wire. Not sure, Google is your friend. I just tossed the whole thing and bought a Starrett.
That one is worth fixing if possible because of the build quality. I'd bet that lever is chrome-plated brass!
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You are probably right Ken. If nothing else, that base is heavy. And that lever is certainly not plastic.
Hmmm..... I do have a good supply of magnets salvaged from hard drives too. I have to wonder if those really would work for this, or if they would be too thin. I am tempted....
Willie
At least tear it apart and let us see what's in it. I bet you could stack a few hard drive magnets and rejuvinate it.
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I have had a Mitutoyo one for years and tried everything but no success, you need a automotive electrician who has a remagnetiser for magnetos to fix it, I have asked around but no one over here seems to have one, and my son is an auto electrician.
Dave
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Well for now I think this is going on the back burner.
I have a problem of never being able to find a sheet of scrap paper to scribble on when I want to jot down a measurement or something when I'm in the shop. It's always buried under a pile somewhere.
So I picked up a small dry erase board and markers that I could hang, and it wouldn't get lost. I don't have any wall space available, so I thought about how I could hang it near my machines. :huh:
Long story short.... the back of the frame is now lined with hard drive magnets so I can just stick the board on or near
any of the machines.
So there goes my supply of magnets for now.....
Willie
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I can show the inside of this Mag base.
Must be 15 - 20 years old now. I had to take it apart when the lever switch broke, and I had to make another one.
General view the lever switch in the ON position. The Ali cover plate which is stuck on is all that holds in the lever switch in.
This shows the inside still in the ON postion
This shows the OFF postion
The lever switch
Shows how the lever switch moves the inner magnet
:)
DaveH
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Nothing like I expected. Thanks Dave. I'll leave it as is.
Willie