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Arachnopeon
- Joined
- May 28, 2015
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I used to be a desktop support tech, and crashed hard drives tended to stack up on my desk. What I did was disassemble them (typically a small torx screwdriver is needed, from t6 to t10, depending on the brand) and remove the magnets. Hard drive magnets are rare earth/neodymium magnets that are extremely strong. They also tend to have holes in them that one can drive screws through.
Now, I wanted a cork tube to be mounted up on the top of my A. diversipes' cage. I could have glued it or used epoxy, but the fumes would make the cage deadly for a while. I've used waterweld underwater epoxy in a cage with animals with no problems, but I didn't have any. What I did have was a bunch of HDD magnets.
I used some small self-tapping screws to attach one to the bark, and held it up to the top. I then put another one above it on the other side of the plexi, and BOOM! Cork bark mounted!
I've done this with light dishes, silk plants, other stuff. THey are so strong that I had a 19" flat panel monitor mounted on the wall above my computer with three of them.
Just thought I'd share. Pic below.
-Chris
Now, I wanted a cork tube to be mounted up on the top of my A. diversipes' cage. I could have glued it or used epoxy, but the fumes would make the cage deadly for a while. I've used waterweld underwater epoxy in a cage with animals with no problems, but I didn't have any. What I did have was a bunch of HDD magnets.
I used some small self-tapping screws to attach one to the bark, and held it up to the top. I then put another one above it on the other side of the plexi, and BOOM! Cork bark mounted!
I've done this with light dishes, silk plants, other stuff. THey are so strong that I had a 19" flat panel monitor mounted on the wall above my computer with three of them.
Just thought I'd share. Pic below.
-Chris