What was it fixed to? The magnet, not the broken half shaft? ;) I saw magnets for sale at Peterborough but never paid em any real attention.:o

This a pretty strong magnet so maybe glued into a piece of ally pipe will stop it sticking too much inside the axle.

What happened? Or it just didn't?:)

Good luck.

Ill pop up to skipton and drill it then ;)

The idea of drilling it was just to get a screw through it and into a dowel so a 3mm hole would be plenty. Maybe ill have a practice on an old speaker magnet first to see how it goes.

Would the steel pipe not "drain" the magnet? Aluminium would work in that case.

:) Now then, I might be a thick twunt but im pretty sure that wont happen................................will it :eek:

Hi all, Not sure if this is in the right place? :confused: I found a very very strong magnet at work the other day. Bout the right size for extracting bits of broken half shaft. Now I want to attach it to a piece of dowel but not sure I would trust just gluing it. Can a magnet be drilled...

But hang on; im old too:rolleyes:. My first was born and I was entitled to nothing. I didn't complain, I got on with it. My second was born only 3 years ago. I would have been entitled but took nothing. I didn't complain, I got on with it. My third was born on the 4th of this month and you know...

Fuel pump timing?

Fuel pump timing?

What colour then?

So you think I spent my entire paternity leave playing with my "toy"? My" toy", as you call it, is also my only form of transport which I maintain and look after myself as much as possible.. My 3 year old was outside with me whilst I played with it keeping him out of mothers hair. And I do my...

See the thread on lazy scrounging doly ****ers. That's what puts the strain on business's not the working tax paying fathers entitlement to a few days paternity leave;)

Ah, the good old days. Don't ya just miss em?:)

Cheers all. That's me third and never had time off for the first two. Thank god for Landies, keeps us occupied at weekends :D

:DYou were quicker off the mark than me

Uh oh :eek: This time of day? Well, im not doing much this morning so....:pop2:

Thank you. Fishing sounds like a good way to spend paternity leave too.:)