a spring loaded tubular catch, or a super magnet from maplins or an old fashioned gate latch, or an aeroelastic or couple of hooks and a rubber band
a spring loaded tubular catch, or a super magnet from maplins or an old fashioned gate latch, or an aeroelastic or couple of hooks and a rubber band
ordinary IDE, the magnet is so strong that it is hard to get off a flat metal surface without tools!!!
Well I guess you learn something new every day. I would think a magnet anywhere near the metal recording medium where the data lives would wipe it out.
Since Faraday all motors use magnets!
Not all use permanent magnets. The majority of small direct current motors yes use permanent magnets. But they rely on an armature with wound coils and a commutator with brushes to function. You wouldn't find that in todays drives. The spindle motor is a pulse driven 3 phase motor. The head actuator is a stepper motor. I wasn't aware there were strong magnets inside the drive. The base of the spindle inside the drive would have to contain the magnet. The base outside would contain the coils for driving the spindle plus a voice coil for data. Also there is a fluid bearing between magnet and coils on all newer drive over 5400 RPM.
Buy some large 100mm PP castors, plank of wood, screw a Really Useful Box of 9L (short narrow oblong) 18W (large fat oblong) 19L (tall narrow oblong), attach a vertical pole for manoeuvring, done. You may want braked castors if on a slope.
You can buy something similar, with drawers, but the weight can become a pain unless you have a sloped door threshold.
Any idea what that shield is made of? it looks like aluminium, but isn't.
Would it be mu-metal - an alloy of nickel IIRC?
Pop on over to the locksmith and have him make you a spare key you can leave in the door while you are working on the car.
Another option would be to purchase a latch that you can install that does not require a key to operate, or has a function where it can be locked or unlocked as you see fit. These are very common in the US and Canada, and while custom doesn't have them in use in the UK, I would bet that something of this sort is available from your local locksmith.
If the OP has one of the modern double-glazed doors, especially the ones than shoot dead-bolts up, down, left, right and every-which-way when locked, it's probably not an option - at least not without paying the locksmith a fair wad for him to come and fit a replacement.
But those types of doors already have a latch where the door remains shut and is only locked when you lift up on the lever. At least the ones that I have seen that have made it to California.
Still the local locksmith should have a solution at hand, even if it is only the spare key.
But this is Sunday. Faraday's not for 5 days.
Get one of those toolboxes made for pickup truck beds and keep it near the door, put tools in it, close the lid when you finish working on car for the day. Or build something similar to a dog house with lift up lid. Makes more sense than opening the house door over and over and letting all the heating or cooling escape.
Better yet, build a garage to work on the car..... Of course that costs more.
True with ours but my daughter's has no lever on the outside. Let the door shut when you're outside and you need the key to operate the latch.
OK so there are some models that have no lever on the outside, but Still the local locksmith is probably knowledgeable about the hardware in use in his area and might be able to come up with a solution that is cheap, easy and aesthetically pleasing.
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