Our first time out and the kids pulled up a nail and a pipe...but we lost the magnet in the river.
Posted Mar 25, 2018, 7:27 PM UTC
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Sorry to hear you lost your magnet. Try using red loctite, and waiting for it to cure. Hopefully then it won't unscrew itself.
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That’s a good point.
The current plan is to orders new magnet which we will use to retrieve the first...although now that I’m thinking about it we should have just tied the rope to the pipe and seen if we could use that to entice the magnet out of the water.
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If you use a strong magnet to retrieve a strong magnet, I’d be concerned about chipping/shattering as they impact.
I’d suggest either using something like a moderate magnet attached to a 1/2 - 1 lb steel something, and/or providing some sort of impact protection around your retriever rig. Plasti-dip, or maybe just a thick layer of duct tape should help cushion any high-v collision.
And yeah, I’d suggest a lockwasher, normal washer, and at very least, blue loctite, applied as per instructions. Note, red loctite is often sold in blue bottles, and vice-cerva.
Also, I’m working on an unstickable magnet fishing product, so very strong magnets can be easily released from big flat heavy ferrous objects.
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That’s a good idea. I’ll look for something we can try and use before resorting to a second magnet.
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You can retrieve the magnet with a piece of iron, no need for another magnet.
I thought of that only after we see home already.
The extra magnet actually solves a more important problem. It means I don’t have to moderate arguments about which kid’s turn it is.