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    ok heres a magnet tip, keep a p38 on your keychain and stick a hard drive magnet on it, that way you will always have a magnet with you, also the hard drive magnet backing plates have screw holes in them that you keyring will go thru, either way will work, i like the p38 method because the magnet comes off the keyring easily when its needed, just dont put your keyring in the same pocket as your wallet

    another one is screwing the magnets to a piece of wood then attaching a broom handle to it, that way you dont have to bend over to pick the screws up off the floor

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    Quote Originally Posted by jghilino View Post
    ok heres a magnet tip, keep a p38 on your keychain and stick a hard drive magnet on it, that way you will always have a magnet with you, also the hard drive magnet backing plates have screw holes in them that you keyring will go thru, either way will work, i like the p38 method because the magnet comes off the keyring easily when its needed, just dont put your keyring in the same pocket as your wallet

    another one is screwing the magnets to a piece of wood then attaching a broom handle to it, that way you dont have to bend over to pick the screws up off the floor
    Haha, I do that with the stick and magnet for screws. I got a huge stereo speaker magnet I attached to a broken broom stick, use that sucker like a metal detector. Picks up all the crap I drop on the floor. Quick wave over an area and move on most of the time.

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    Roofers that roofed the house next door about 15 years ago left a magnetic sweeper behind. Not marked with the company name & number & I had no way to contact the homeowner since they'd moved. I still find it amazing that they can re-roof a house start to finish while I was at work. Anyway, the thing has gotten some use. One of the handiest inventions EVER!
    Out of clutter, find simplicity. --Albert Einstein

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    Quote Originally Posted by jghilino View Post
    another one is screwing the magnets to a piece of wood then attaching a broom handle to it, that way you dont have to bend over to pick the screws up off the floor
    I did a similar thing not long after I took up scrapping, but instead of attaching it to wood and broom handle, I just took a good lenth of wire insulation that I had removed, tied it through the hole and now can just dangle it over the floor or where ever I am working. Stick it to the side of my fridge when I am done with it, insulation still attached.

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