Magnetic idea!

Framar

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I have a little trick which I just invented for those half dozen of you who, like me, join frames with nails and a mitre vise.

I have a muffin tin with six sizes of nails in a Nielsen 22 (upside-down, screwed under bench) drawer-slide affair. I remove a handful of nails and put them in easy reach whereupon they slide all over my counter, fall on the floor, etc.

To solve this,I attached a small round refrigerator magnet to that big thumb-screw that sticks out of the center of the vise. Then my handful of nails is firmly attached to the magnet yet easily extracted for use one at a time. No more loose nails rolling around! Why didn't I think of this 20 years ago? It is sort of like a magnetic pin cushion!
 
Mar, 34 years ago, we used a 4" bench vice to hold the frame leg while we <strike>beat the heck out of</strike> I mean, nailed the other leg. I got tired of chasing nails all over the table & floor, so I magnitized the whole dang vice by attaching a 2lb speaker magnet to the thing.

Worked great until they came out with those fad frames out of metal.....the dang nails would stick in the metal either. LOL.
:D
I'm looking for a wood maginet now. :D

baer
 
Thanks Framar!

Excellent idea and I don't know why I didn't think of that myself...may even help with arthitis too! I enjoy pounding nails more than chasing them.

Dave Makielski
 
Did I say arthitis? I meant arthritis.

Hope my metal chain doesn't bind me to the vise though.

D.M.

"I can't help it, I'm just drawn that way"
Jessica from "Roger Rabbit"
 
Also handy is a small handled flat magnet (about 9" long and 2" wide) covered in plastic and costing less than $2. Great for picking up dropped nails/screws etc. It is sold at bingo supply stores. Seems they are primarily used to pick up magnetized bingo markers at the end of a game.
 
My lastest hardware store find is a telescoping magnet. It's about the size of a Sharpie but extends to three feet and has a magnet where the felt tip would be. Now I don't have to bend over to pick up nails from the floor. Cool!

Kit
 
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