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    I got my finger pinched between two small rare earth magnets yesterday, not a pleasant experience.

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    Did that with some hard drive magnets, once. Many nasty razor sharp fragments. Old SCSI drives have wicked strong ones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Altair View Post
    Magnets shattering on contact.

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    Previously:

    Uniformly-spaced magnets sticking together - GIF
    Dropping a magnet through a hollow copper bar - GIF
    Magnetic field visualizing tool - GIF
    Magnet paper for revealing location of magnets inside devices - GIF
    Industrial magnet lifting iron filings - GIF
    Probably don't need to say this for most folks here, but DON'T try this at home should be located in the tittle. The shrapnel from these neodymium magnets can travel at seemingly near ballistic speeds
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    This! The ones that I shattered snapped together at <¼" apart



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