n4zou

Old computer hard drive magnets are much easier to salvage than speaker magnets. There also much stronger and very hard to pry off an old can when your ready to replace it with a fresh can.

Joshua A.C. New

You know, I bet some neodymium magnets stuck to the can would be awesome. I bet I can even get the can to stick to my work stand with them.

operator

You are such a wet blanket jsharr

jsharr

valid point

dwood

The biggest downside of using a magnetic parts tray is that the stuff placed in it can end up with residual magnetism. Can be annoying, especially when they pick up a bunch of fuzzy metal slivers. In my machine shop I have a de-magnetizer so I can eliminate the problem . . . but I prefer muffin tins myself.

BCRider

Mods have the tolerance and patience of Job.....

Of course who knows how long his finger paused over the BAN button before he sighed in resignation and posted that reply. Who knows how close you came to darkness and damnation. Dooomed to burn in the fires of internal combustion bereft of all that is bicycling on the web! ! ! !

I know your internal pain Jsharr, I'm a moderator on a couple of forums not bicycle related. We have a very heavy cross to bear my friend.....




Is that schmaltzy enough? Can we go back to having fun now?

jsharr

Go over to foo, where I hang out, and you will see that I am far from a wet blanket. Schmaltz, is that like Schlitz Malt Liquor?

I do like the idea of using old cans though for washing parts. May have to dig into the recycling bin next time.

Does Wolf brand chili hurt bike parts?

Grand Bois

That's brilliant! I've got some blown car stereo speakers in the garage.

j0e_bik3

until you accidentally step on the edge and the entire contents get launched across your garage, yard, driveway etc,...

SCHMALTZ: yiddish (jewish) for rendered chicken fat,...it's used like a cooking oil and flavoring agent in jewish foods, like chopped liver and gefilte fish.

it's also used as slang for "fake extravagance".

BCRider

What's foo? Like a Mr T "foo" from the old A team show? Of course up here we all knew it as the Eh Team.....

And the chili will only harm the parts if it makes contact with actual reactive metal. But with suitable HAZMAT procedures it should be relatively practical to cleanse the chili tins sufficiently well to avoid seeing your Campy parts dissolve in a froth of bubbles topped by a brilliant flash and a 20 foot mushroom cloud......

If any of you elect to try making a magnetic tray using hard drive magnets be careful with them when there are two in close proximity.

I was showing a guy how one of them on top of your hand and one in your palm moving around would make them follow like ghost movements. He wanted a couple to use for finding wall studs and I strongly urged him to only take one. Nope, he wanted two. In less than 15 minutes he was back to return one and had a nice bleeding pinch in the thumb to forefinger web from demonstrating how strong the magnets were and accidentally swiped the lower one off via the webbing. Once the bite there's no way short of the Jaws Of Life to get them apart and avoid serious damage to yourself. The person watching was no help at all as they were laughing far too hard to function and pry the magnets apart. In a fit of pain he just ripped them away and then the bleeding started.

So be careful out there kids. Magnets are NOT your friends....

enigmagic

The Altoids Sours tins are my favorite for organizing bits and pieces. I like the slip-off lid and more positive closure as opposed to the hinged one on the mint types.