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Cleaning shop floor with magnets.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...295#post121722
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...614#post104788
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...410#post122179
Nice idea,...
Now I just need to find some ferromagnetic aluminum and brass.
looks like someone had been turning cast iron
I have a magnet designed for this purpose of picking up iron swarf off the floor. The use of a plastic jug bottom is good, as removing fine material from the exposed magnet is a PITA.
I machine plastics as well non ferromagnetic materials. That coupled with a rubber mat system with holes, makes for extra fun clean up. I typically hand pick up the larger swarf, then vacuum the dust and small turnings.
My impression is that remains of flame cutting, grinding and sanding typical in weld shops.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
Would generally have larger chunks in the sweepings for flame cutting I'll yield tot the grinding though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
Yes, chunks certainly in the pit below table and outside perimeter. I recall the oxidized dust piling in drifts everywhere else. It's like graphite, except abrasive and must be semi-spherical shape, because heavy parts slide nicely over it. Closest similar material is glass bead blast media, just as hard to sweep.
But a really good Tennent vacuum will make short work of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
When I was home gunsmithing I got one of those big retrieval magnets and hung it from paracord to swing it close to the floor. The first time I used it I found enough pins, springs, detents and fasteners to more than pay for the magnet.
those small bits do have a way to escape don't they?Quote:
Originally Posted by Crusty