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Does anyone else harvest the magnets and platters from old drives as a monument to selfhosting history? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by surfrock66 to c/selfhosted

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[–] surfrock66 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's rad, and you did an amazing job keeping them whole. Recently I have been wrapping them in cloth, then the kids form clay around them for various fridge and office magnets.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That's a good idea. Yeah, the trick I discovered in getting them off the mounting bracket without the chrome plating peeling is to grab each end of the bracket with vice grips and/or pliers (after you unscrew it from the drive) and just bend it down and away from the magnet. They usually come off in one piece that way, too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Cool, I'll try this next time. So far the least damaging way I've tried is putting the thing in hot water. The magnet and the base expand by different amounts and it is relatively easy to pry the magnet off. But the thing cools down quickly so it takes a few tries.

[–] surfrock66 3 points 10 months ago

I've done some of that, recently I have an old putty knife and I will put it right against the crack and just hammer it which will unstick it enough that I can pull it off. Newer drives definitely have weaker magnets than some of my much older ones.