OK, I had this ingenious idea yesterday. What if you used something besides fishing weights that were attracted to a magnet? Fishing weights are are made of lead, which does not attract to a magnet, so they won't work. But if you used something magnetizeabel, like, for example, steel or iron, it would make picking up darts easier, prevent lost darts, and (with a magnet on the end of a stick) make it easier to get them from behind the couch.
So I'd like to give this a try. Does anyone know of any small, round(ish) objects I could use that can be "magneted" to accomplish this? Thanks!
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Started by black inferno, Sep 28 2009 06:55 PM
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Posted 28 September 2009 - 06:59 PM
Hmmm. Lots of people already use washers. i'm pretty sure washers will already stick to a magnet. problem solved.
EDIT: i'm pretty sure BBs are also magnetic. With those being very VERY common stephan making materials i'm pretty sure you could already use a magnet and not have to worry about making the entire community switch materials!
EDIT: i'm pretty sure BBs are also magnetic. With those being very VERY common stephan making materials i'm pretty sure you could already use a magnet and not have to worry about making the entire community switch materials!
Edited by guardian21, 28 September 2009 - 07:04 PM.
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Posted 28 September 2009 - 07:00 PM
I've heard of a couple people use magnets to pick up darts. Most people I know don't use lead anyway.
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Posted 28 September 2009 - 07:44 PM
black inferno, on Sep 28 2009, 07:55 PM, said:
...magnetizeabel, like, for example, steel or iron, it would make picking up darts easier, prevent lost darts, and (with a magnet on the end of a stick) make it easier to get them from behind the couch.
So I'd like to give this a try. Does anyone know of any small, round(ish) objects I could use that can be "magneted" to accomplish this? Thanks!
Magnetic, but you could use steel bb's or washers like stated above.
guardian21, on Sep 28 2009, 07:59 PM, said:
Hmmm. Lots of people already use washers. i'm pretty sure washers will already stick to a magnet. problem solved.
EDIT: i'm pretty sure BBs are also magnetic. With those being very VERY common stephan making materials i'm pretty sure you could already use a magnet and not have to worry about making the entire community switch materials!
Not all bb's I know around me they sell copper bb's which aren't magnetic.
But even if they were magnetic you'd need a pretty wide bar magnet for it to be worthwhile because if you have a normal magnet on a string, you'd only be able to pick up one or 2 darts at a time, and then you might as well just pick them up by hand.
fallinouttadabox (intentionally lowercase): sometimes you want to be somewhere between thinking in the box and thinking out of the box. Trust me, I would know.
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Posted 28 September 2009 - 07:49 PM
I believe badger uses a "magnet on a stick" to help his back. Mostly just so you don't have to bend down.
Washers are commonly used. I use them, and they attract to magnets.
Washers are commonly used. I use them, and they attract to magnets.
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Posted 28 September 2009 - 08:30 PM
My friend and I drive around in his go-cart and pick them up.
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