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A very cool "What is it?" picture
« on: November 05, 2010, 11:42:56 am »
I took this picture last night, and thought I would share it here.  As the title states, who knows what this is?  The winner gets absolutely nothing.  Well, maybe an explanation.  ;)
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Re: A very cool "What is it?" picture
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2010, 11:48:42 am »
Stuff the magnet pulled out of your engine.


Cool pic.
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Re: A very cool "What is it?" picture
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2010, 12:06:36 pm »
Stuff the magnet pulled out of your engine.


Cool pic.

+1 Definitely looks like magnetized iron particles.

Edit: Upon further examination of the blown-up picture, I'm gonna say something like solder or welding splatter ...

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Re: A very cool "What is it?" picture
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2010, 01:01:35 pm »
Looks exactly like some solder splatter.  i've saved many of those over the years to attempt to photograph them, but it didn't work! 

you should check out the pieces that you'll find on the ground in a steel mill, PRETTY cool!!
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Re: A very cool "What is it?" picture
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2010, 01:28:28 pm »
iron mans sperm?

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Re: A very cool "What is it?" picture
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2010, 04:13:01 pm »
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Re: A very cool "What is it?" picture
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2010, 04:49:44 pm »
Solder dripped on a magnet?  Mercury on a magnet? New 21st century 3D Wooly Willy?
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Re: A very cool "What is it?" picture
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2010, 04:56:52 pm »
Yikes!!! I hope not! 
But you are very close.  It is metal shavings from a bolt I had to drill out on the front sprocket cover.  Then I used the magnet to clean it up.  It was very cool to see how the shavings were reacting in the magnetic filed; they moved like water as I picked them up off the frame.  Once the shavings were free of the frame they froze in this configuration.  Cool, huh?


Stuff the magnet pulled out of your engine.


Cool pic.
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