You could try heating the magnet up then cooling it down apparently the magnet would still be magnetized once cooled down but would not be as magnetic
hope this helps
I would try that, but the temps required to demagnetize something are very high, and i dont want to melt the drive spindle
can you remove the magnet from the drive
no i cannot. Its attached to the spindle in a way that makes removal impossible
that makes your problem into another problem you dont want to damage the spindle by any overheating.
Thats the only thing that might provide a solution to your problem is to demagnetize the magnet maybe just continually overheating and cooling might degmatize it
What if i forced the same pole of another magnetonto that one? could that theoretically demagnetize it?
im not sure how you would force the pole (but in theory) i have tried this with 2 batteries and all that happens when forcing them back to back is they just force themselves apart if you do the heating make sure the you have some cooling substance around the spindle end/s
thanks. I'll try that. 4thumbs up
yes you could place a lesser magnet next to this magnet hopefully it will draw the energy from your magnet
if you drain a magnet first then place it next to your magnet to draw some magnetism from it
this might work
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That does not seem to make sense.. The magnet thing I mean.
You said it works fine when horizontal, but not when vertically oriented. I should think, you need to figure out what part is hanging, when vertical, and causing it to jam up or catch on somthing, that does not happen when it's laying flat.
If you want to tackle it by working with the magnet, all you need to do is to add a layer of non conductive material, like a disk of cereal box card, or birthday card etc.. on the surface of the magnet, creating a small additional gap between the magnet and it's contact point. This will reduce the initial holding force. May take 1 or 2 layers to make it work. I still think it's not that. Good luck.
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Good idea though.
unfortunately, no. I can't do that without removing the entire spindle; even then the magnet cannot be completely removed from the plastic.
No. The magnet is attached to the plastic in a way that makes it impossible to separate from the spindle.
what if I forced the end of a magnet with the same polarity onto the spindle? Could that theoretically demag it?
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