All

Nail rake

How to protect yourself from rusty nails on the ground when barefoot

Author: Martin und Walter, Bad Vöslau, Austria

Project 210 - Online since: 21/04/2009, Number of visits: 120307

After the roofing work, many nails remained undiscovered in the gravel around the house. This is not particularly healthy for running around bare-foot...

We had the idea of fixing 15 blocks Q-15-15-08-N with adhesive tape on flat brass (about 30 cm long) at intervals of approx. 3 cm. You need two people for that, because the blocks gravitate towards each other heavily! To protect the magnets, we covered the whole brass bar with tear-proof adhesive tape.

Then, we we attached the wrapped bar to a short-haired broom with some adhesive tape. Thereafter, we patiently pulled the broom over the gravel, lane by lane.

The result was astounding: We "harvested" a total of 1,5 kg rusty nails that were not visible to the naked eye before.

keywords

screw (9)
tool (10)
nail (4)
outside (25)
diy (43)
protecting (13)
collecting (10)
easy (122)
low priced (105)
useful (134)

Articles used

15x Q-15-15-08-N: Block magnet 15 x 15 x 8 mm

You used our super magnets for something interesting ? Please send us your application! Every published project is rewarded with a supermagnete voucher worth EUR 30. Further Information

The entire content of this site is protected by copyright.
Copying the content or using it elsewhere is not permitted without explicit approval.