magnetic broom

[steptoe]

your gold magnet might have to wait for a bit Xtrian,,

am in the middle of 2 major builds right now with another one at the door,, but with hrs to mull things over on the road,, I'll work something out 

[melbxs]

That is awesome Steptoe. 

[Christian Raith]

NOW Steptoe how about one that will find GOLD!!!!!!!

or while you are in the inventing mood a lotto number picker.....that picks the right numbers of course 

[steptoe]

here ya Melb, a little chuckle coming





did it with a centre pop

[steptoe]

 ay Ev THAT'S what I'm working on ,

and that's what your coming to look at when you get here 

thanx melb, great idea, I'll make a little name plate for it

[Eveready1100]

"Shed Echidna"  Yeah, I quite like that. Very Australian.
Hey Steptoe, got your patent design finalised yet?

[melbxs]

Classic steptoe.

Call it the Shed Echidna. Looks a bit like an echidna with that long nose and it sucks up metal like an echidna sucks up ants.

[Eveready1100]

Absolutely shameless!! See you're still getting around with the appropriate footwear. Spanner will be horrified!
  Onya Mate!!

P.S. just curious as to what you were drilling to end up with swarf scattered over an area of what looks like 30 - 40 SQ metres???

[steptoe]

look at it again,  pt 2 is up, with a shameless plug 

[steptoe]

the rag's a bloody great idea, ,

the tongue's longer cause it wasn't real stable with the wheels behind the mag,

 plus with the tongue longer the mag is out on it's own further getting a better clean

[Eveready1100]

You're a classic piece of work, mate! Show's how confident you are with it working by walking around your shed in bare feet. Good stuff! You've modded it slightly from when I saw it. The layout's a bit different underneath. Any reason for that, or are you just tweaking it?
I've got an idea to make it easier to get the swarf etc. off the magnet after you've "swept"up. wrap a thin piece of cloth over the magnet, then when you're done, hold it over the bin and pull the cloth away from the magnet and all the metal will come away with it. Whaddaya reckon?

[steptoe]

for when your cleaning metal filings or have dropped a bolt or washer under the bench