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ragnarok
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Post subject: Demagnetising drill bits  Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:36 pm |
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Post subject: Demagnetising drill bits Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:50 pm |
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You're timing is odd in that I bought mine just recently as well (along with that little wooden drill handle). I have found them doing the same thing, although I will admit it isn't a strong attraction. I chocked it up to static charge (due to the plastic container).
Those buggers are so thin I wouldn't recommend hammers or heat  . If it is indeed a static problem I'd think it would be much easier to remove. Personally, I was planning just plunging them into a stiff block of foam and being done with it.
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Post subject: Demagnetising drill bits Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:08 pm |
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Heat should be fine, and is probably your only chance. I'm not sure how hot they will need to get, but the bits are already tempered steel so should be able to withstand fairly high temperatures. Make sure that your heating and cooling is done slowly (annealing) and free of magnetic fields.
The way to rule out static charge is to ground them. Touch them to a metal computer case and they will fall apart. If they stick to the case instead, then they have been magnetized (probably at the factory.)
Also, you can buy a plastic vernier caliper at a DIY store for probably less then $3. You really don't need a micrometer to measure the bit diameters.
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. I think that heating and hitting with hammers might work.