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Originally Posted by jb2020

if you've got some old hard drives lying around, they have some powerful magnets inside them (to the point where you will struggle to get two of them apart) - not sure if they'll meet your salt water requirements though.

they look like this - the magnet can be taken off by slowly bending the metal bracket in a vice with a shifter and prying the magnet off with a screwdriver.

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I smashed all my old hard drives with a hammer then burnt them

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Bout time for an up date.

Here a metal pole with a grove cut into it

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And late last night I got it in my head that I need a "fighting butt" for a rod with a skinny end

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I scanned the internet for a perfect part before saying - bugger this - I'll just use a champagne cork

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Shaped it so it would have a slight pistol grip, to make double handed casting feel awesome

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But my finest work came later in the day when these magnets arrived.

They've got a fair bit of pull for little fellas - Thanks for the tip Stella

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So now I can use these flimsy lures for big fish without being worried about the terminals being ripped out

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One magnet wasnt enough to survive my "Being thrown into a bucket of water really hard" test - but 2 did the trick. Theres room for more but I'll see how this goes first

Here's the break away system in action - just imagine a big Jewie hanging off it

[stella fella]

Marvelous!

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Originally Posted by stella fella

Marvelous!

I'm mean - sure - you came up with the idea - hand selected the parts, did all the trouble shooting and basically did it for me - But I wont be telling anyone else that

[stella fella]

Originally Posted by yellow door 1

I'm mean - sure - you came up with the idea - hand selected the parts, did all the trouble shooting and basically did it for me - But I wont be telling anyone else that

Haha, you're welcome!

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Originally Posted by stella fella

Haha, you're welcome!

I'm currently making a triple strength version out of all the magnets I accidentally superglued together while mastering the technique.

These little magnets will jump 5cm out of your hands to latch on to their mate. And if theres superglue involved - they aint coming apart - even with 2 sets of pliers.

[stella fella]

Nice. You should test different hooks on them. I don't know much about which types of steels are used in hooks, but the higher the content of iron in the alloy the better they'll stick.

Are you going to epoxy over them and/or paint them?

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I was going to give them a coat with this stuff once the superglue has fully dried - it dries white so I thought I'd just leave it white.

I do have some nail polish in clear and a few other colours if you reckon that would do the job - it would be easier to do a thin coat of nail varnish.

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I like it.

If you soak the superglued magnets in acetone the glue wil dissolve.