Ox
Diamond
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2002
- Location
- Northwest Ohio
I have several large burnouts to lighten up, and I told the guy that [off the cuff] I wasn't sure how I'd handle them as they don't lend themselves well to any way that I would generally handle them. He said that he had a magnet that could handle them.
They are 1850# burnouts!
Yeah, I've seen them advertised for years.
Walked past many booths at the shows that were trying to sell them, but they always scared me, and so far I haven't needed them...
Well, I get over there to pick up some blanks and he had the magnet there and he knew that it picked it fine from the mill-rolled surface but to toss it in the lathe - I need to pick it from the burn-out side. We wondered how it would hold there?
Unit was rated at 1000kg, and we picked 1880# from the burn-out side, AND he bounced the forks to see if she'd hold.
And she did!
To say the least - I am amazed!
I have several of these blocks to turn into chips, and I don't need to keep this guy's mag as he may want it at his shop...
So I looked into buying one for ourselves.
The one that he has is Earth Chain brand and is made in Taiwan.
I checked to see what McMaster had, and they carry Industrial Magnetics brand, but the 2500# unit that they have is imported from China. However Industrial Magnetics does have a USA line, but it only goes to 1200#, and is about 2wice the bucks.
Before I buy sumpthing, I would like to see what else [if anything] might be available - Made in USA/Canada that someone might recommend?
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Think Snow Eh!
Ox
They are 1850# burnouts!
Yeah, I've seen them advertised for years.
Walked past many booths at the shows that were trying to sell them, but they always scared me, and so far I haven't needed them...
Well, I get over there to pick up some blanks and he had the magnet there and he knew that it picked it fine from the mill-rolled surface but to toss it in the lathe - I need to pick it from the burn-out side. We wondered how it would hold there?
Unit was rated at 1000kg, and we picked 1880# from the burn-out side, AND he bounced the forks to see if she'd hold.
And she did!
To say the least - I am amazed!
I have several of these blocks to turn into chips, and I don't need to keep this guy's mag as he may want it at his shop...
So I looked into buying one for ourselves.
The one that he has is Earth Chain brand and is made in Taiwan.
I checked to see what McMaster had, and they carry Industrial Magnetics brand, but the 2500# unit that they have is imported from China. However Industrial Magnetics does have a USA line, but it only goes to 1200#, and is about 2wice the bucks.
Before I buy sumpthing, I would like to see what else [if anything] might be available - Made in USA/Canada that someone might recommend?
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Think Snow Eh!
Ox