Re: Faulty Hard Drives

On Feb 17, 12:18 pm, "spike chops"<fakeem...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Wagg,

If you still have some, i'd be interested in having the magnets and platters
please?

Can't afford much money, (out of work with 2 young boys), but i'm trying to
build a couple of smallish wind turbines to help with leccy costs. I recon
if i stack these magnets on top of each other, i might get enough force to
make it work.

I'm thinking of using the platters for another type of turbine that uses
compressed air to push the platters really fast and turn a small generator.

Cheers,

Andy (spikey)

url:http://myreader.co.uk/msg/101018707.aspx

Hi there,

Sure, drop me a line. I have since sold those, but I've a massive pile
of magnets piling up!

I can send you just those to save on costs if you like, depending on
how many you want and the weight, beer money is fine :)

-Ben
.

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